Vol. 52 No. 3 The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, April 18 , 2012

County RecordCounty names finalists for engineerAnd then there were three.The three finalists for the

county engineer position for the Road and Bridge Depart-ment were made public Mon-day afternoon at the Orange County Commissioners’ Court meeting.

They are: Clark R. Slacum,

Jaems A. Layne and Kenneth J. Wiemers. All three candi-dates have Orange addresses. The application period closed April 5.

Early voting locations are now set in Orange County af-ter Texas received a late start setting a national primary date. The Orange County Commissioners’ Court ap-proved the following locations

on the follow-ing dates at their meeting Monday after-noon:

• Orange Public Library (Main early voting location)

220 N. Fifth St.• First Baptist Church Mau-

riceville

11540 Highway 12• Bridge City Public Works

Building220 Nitsche• The Raymond Gould Com-

munity Center385 Clairborne in VidorEarly voting will be conduct-

ed on the following dates and times:

• Monday, May 14 through Saturday, May 19

• Monday, May 21 through Friday, May 25

• During the hours of 8 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Commissioners also ap-proved Orange County em-ployee holidays for 2013:

New Year’s Day - Tuesday, January 1

MLK Day Monday - Mon-day, January 21

Texas Independence - Fri-day, March 1

Good Friday - Friday, March 29

Memorial Day - Monday, May 27

Independence Day - Thurs-day, July 4

Labor Day - Monday, Sep-tember 2

Veterans’ Day - Monday, November 11

Thanksgiving - Thursday,

The Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange will wrap up their Earth Week celebration with Eco-Fest on April 21 and 22, including an Earth Day But-terfly Release. Shangri La will offer two-days of environmen-tally-conscious programs and informational talks regarding the environment and earth-friendly practices at Eco-Fest on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and Sun-day, April 22 from noon until 4 p.m. The public is also invited to attend a Butterfly Release on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. Shangri La opens at noon on this day, and all entry fees (except for Outpost Tours) will be waived for visi-tors of all ages.

Shangri La kicks off Eco-Fest, an educational family event that combines learning and fun for children of all ages. During the festival, children and adults can participate in activities throughout several designated Fun Zones, see skits and visit Maxine the Owl in the Performance Tent, and learn more about the Earth and earth-friendly products and practices. Booths will have eco-friendly information, and children will delight in crafts and games.

For children, the day will be filled with activities, includ-ing skits, art activities, face

painting and scavenger hunts. There will several Fun Zone with different activities such as Making a Seed Bomb in the Children’s Garden, Nature Art on the Great Lawn, Making Paper in the Nature Discovery Center and much, much more.

For adults (and children of all ages), information booths set-up by “green” organiza-tions and companies will pro-vide information and samples on earth-friendly products,

services and opportunities. Some of the local business and organizations participating this year are Wild Birds un-limited, Native Plant Society of Text, Metal Art, Southeast Texas Energy Savers, Tree fog Coffees, Golden Triangle Si-erra club, Big Thicket Natural Preserve, Arbor Energy, Gold-en Triangle Bromeliad Society, Lake Charles Bird Club, Urban Harvest, Waste Management Corporation, Sabine River Au-

thority and many more.In addition, there will be

presentations throughout the day on April 21, providing visitors the latest information in energy solutions, garden-ing and nature. Below is the schedule for presentations.

Saturday, April 21, 2012Going Solar! (10 a.m.) - Ever

considered how to reduce your carbon footprint? Join Steve

The first order of business at the Bridge City council meeting Tuesday night was the issuance of two proc-lamations by Mayor Kirk Roccaforte. The first was to proclaim April as “Sexual Awareness Month” in Bridge City. The second stated that the week of April 22-28 would be designated as “Crime Vic-tims Week.” Cindy Fertitta re-ceived the proclamations and gave a presentation about rec-ognizing potential problems with children possibly being victims and how to properly deal with the children and any problems that may be discov-ered.

There was a standing room

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SPRING CLEANING HELD IN PINEHURST

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Enjoy complimentary admission, excluding Outpost Tours, on April 22 for an Earth Day Butterfly Re-lease.

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Down Life’s Highway See Page 5ADickie Colburn: Fishing See Page 1B Hometown Baseball Page 1B

Local law enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another op-portunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Northway Retail Center at 3700 N. 16th St. in Orange..

Residents may bring their medications for disposal to the location. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Last October, Ameri-cans turned in 377,080 pounds—188.5 tons—of prescription drugs at over 5,300 sites operated by the DEA and nearly 4,000 state and local law enforcement partners. In its three previ-ous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in almost a million pounds—nearly 500 tons—of pills.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.

Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused pre-scription drugs are ob-tained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.

In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for dispos-ing of unused medicines—flushing them down the

DEA and local law agenciestake backunwantedmedicines

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Saturday was a beautiful day for a spring cleaning and the city of Pinehurst took full advantage. The city hosted set up roll-off dumpsters at MacArthur Shopping Center to take items such as household garbage, wood, furniture, appliances (free of freon). Limbs and trees, haz-ardous materials such as tires, paints, cleaners, antifreeze, car batteries, used oil, insecticides, swimming pool chemicals, gas tanks, etc. were not accepted. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

Cardnerhonoredforservice

Bridge Cityaddresseshousingconcerns

Linn Cardner can added an-other prestigious award to her resume.

She was named the 2011 Altrusa Woman of the Year Tuesday afternoon at Robert’s Restaurant. Before President Gale Beckett presented her with the award, she named her numerous accomplishments.

Cardner has been employed with the United Way of Or-ange County for 28 years. She started as a secretary/book-keeper under Executive Direc-tor Paul Pearson. When Pear-son retired in 1988, Cardner became executive director

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November 28 and Friday, No-vember 29

Christmas - 5 Monday, De-cember 23; Tuesday, Decem-

ber 24 and Wednesday, De-cember 25

Lynda Gunstream, tax assessor-collector, reported

March collection figures for the tax office. Overall, a to-tal of $3.321 million was col-lected with a little more than $571,000 going to the county and a collection rate of 93.3 percent.

Jeff Kelley, emergency man-agement coordinator, reported he and staff recently attended the National Hurricane Con-ference and the State Emer-gency Conference and the things learned there. He also announced his department expects Round 2.2 of Hurri-cane Ike funding to come in at any moment.

Cindy Fertitta, primary prevention specialist/educa-tion coordinator for the Rape and Suicide Crisis Center of Southeast Texas, and Kim Hanks of Garth House, ad-dressed the court. The month of April was proclaimed as Sexual Assualt and Awareness Prevention Month and April 22-28 as National Crime Vic-tims’ Right Week.

Fertitta said adults need to model the appropriate behav-ior to children and in the pro-cess, they may save a life.

Hanks said 9,168 children have gone through the doors of the Garth House since opening in 1992.

May was also declared as Motorcycle Safety and Aware-ness Month.

ever since.She graduated from Lamar

High School in Houston and holds a BBA from the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin. She has thee sons and daughter-in-laws. 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Cardner moved to Orange in 1963 when her husband, Dr. David Cardner went to work at DuPont. Beckett said she was a leader at UT and a leader in the community.

Some of the things Cardner accomplished over the years:

• Being the first woman president of the College of Business Administration at the University of Texas

• Being selected as Out-standing Student at UT as a junior, an honor usually re-served for the senior year

• Being a finalist in the

Southeast Texas Women to Watch in 1997, sponsored by the then Business and Profes-sional Women’s Club

• Being a graduate of the Leadership Southeast Texas Program Class of 1998

• Securing more than $30,000 in outside grants to fund local agencies to hlep Or-ange County citizen s during 2009 for Hurricane Ike victims

• Member of the Rotary Club of Orange since 1988, board of directors and Paul Harris Fellow

• Past member of the Service League of Orange

• A member of First United Methodist Church of Orange

Beckett said one of Card-ner’s greatest achievements was in 2009 was working with Susan Mowery, manger of the Bush-Clinton Coastal Recov-

ery Team to gain financial as-sistance with the rebuilding of the Central Fire Station in Or-ange that was flooded during Hurricane Ike.

Cardner was able to secure $400,000 to be used in con-junction with the funds from the Office of Community Af-fairs to help with the $4.5 mil-lion project of rebuilding the fire station.

She was given a key to the city on Aug. 11, 2009 in recog-nition of her efforts in obtain-ing the funds for the Orange Fire Department.

Cardner’s latest accomplish-ment is working as founding president of the West Orange-Cove CISD Foundation board of directors.

During her tenure, the Foundation was able in Janu-ary, 2011 to award a total of

$17,200 in grants to teachers in all four WOCCISD schools. This was considered an out-standing accomplishment since the Foundation has only been in existence for a little over a year.

“This is a prime example of her community involvement and commitment to making Orange County a better place for all citizens,” Beckett said. “Additionally, her daily du-ties at the United Way helping the member agencies help the citizens of Orange County is a testament to her love for and dedication to Orange County.”

According to their website, Altrusa make communities better through leadership,

partnership and service.“That is our goal. Founded

in 1917, Altrusa is relevant to many civic-minded people who are interested in creat-ing better communities. Last year, Altrusans proudly gave over a million volunteer hours around the world, including clubs in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Bermuda, Ireland, India, Scot-land, New Zealand and Rus-sia,” the site read.

Several decades ago, Altrusa decided to institute literacy as an area of focus for the organi-zation; since then, service ar-eas have expanded to include HIV/AIDS and disaster relief. During the last biennium, Al-trusans assisted in relief ef-forts for the Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Christchurch, New Zealand earthquakes, as well

as the Tsunami in Japan. They have also given their time and resources in areas that are deemed most important in their local communities.

Farmers Market opens soon

The Orange County Farm-ers’ Market will open Wednes-day, May 2 and continue through November. It will be held in the parking lot in front of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive.

Hours are 3-6 p.m., Wednes-days and 7-10 a.m., Saturdays. New vendors are welcome. The Market is sponsored by Texas AgriLife; for informa-tion call 882-7010.

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Death Announcements:Rosella B. Toenges

Rosella B. Toenges, 88, passed from this life at 5:20 a.m., April 15.

Mrs. To-enges was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Chi-copee, Kan. to George Walker and Mary (Morris) Epps. She married at the age of 17 in Flatt River, Mo. to the late Benjamin To-enges in 1940. She was a devoted homemaker and enjoyed doing ge-nealogy.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband and three broth-ers and is survived by her daugh-ters; Patricia Braddock and hus-band, Ken of Bryan, Miss; JoAnne Gholson and husband, Dan; granddaughter, Sharlean Perio and great grandchildren, Tyler Perio and Madason Perio all of Orange.

Death Announcements:Clinton Conrad BedsoleOrange

Clinton Conrad Bedsole, 52, of Orange passed away Friday, April 13, surrounded by family after a brief illness.

He was born in Mansfield, La. to Mitchell Glen Bedsole and Jan Marilyn (Smith) Bed-sole Caraway. He served in the United States Navy as a hos-pital corpsman third class and later was an electrician.

Mr. Bedsole is preceded in death by his parents and sis-ter, Marilyn Hatcher and is survived by his wife, Carey Bedsole. He is also survived by his step-son, Adrian Stan-ley; beloved cat, Kitty; nieces, Crystal Manning and Desareé Evans; nephews, Jake Trahan and Kamron Dillard; brother, Mitchell Bedsole; half sister, Jennie Caraway and sister-in-law, Nora Barnett.

To Be held:Patsy Deloris (Dearmond) SpectorWest Orange

Patsy Deloris (Dearmond) Spector, 76, of West Orange passed away Wednesday, April 11, at Christus Hospital - St. Eliz-abeth in Beaumont.

Memorial Service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with the Rev. David Berkheimer officiating. Inter-ment of cremated remains will be at Hebrew Rest Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Nacogdoches on March 3, 1936, Patsy was the daughter of Leamon and Opal (Anthony) Dearmond. She was a member of Community Church in Orange.

She was preceded in death her parents; brother, Jerry Dear-mond; and son, Davy Joe Spec-tor. Patsy is survived by her husband of 57 years, Willie Joe Spector of West Orange; daugh-ter, Becky Kay James of Orange; and son, Robert Spector of Washingtonville, N.Y. She is also survived by her five grandchil-dren; two great-grandchildren; and sister, Hazel Hill of Spring.

Held:Charlsie Ramona “Skeeter” BinghamVinton, La.

Charlsie Ramona “Skeeter” Bingham, 83, of Vinton, La. died Wednesday, April 11, at her home.

Funeral services were Satur-day, April 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating was the Rev. Scott McIntosh, pastor of North Orange Baptist Church. Burial was at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.

Born in Orange on Oct. 24, 1928, Mrs. Bingham was the daughter of J.E. and Agnes (Green) McClelland. In high school she was the drum major for the Bengal Guards. She was a past president of the DuPont Retiree Club, and a member of North Orange Baptist Church for over 66 years. She was also a for-mer president of the P.T.A. and was a member for over 50 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Weldon McClelland, Bruce McClelland, J.E. “Butch” McClelland; sisters, Zollie “Tate” Clark and Helen Hodges; and brother-in-law, E.J. Singletary.Mrs. Bingham is sur-vived by her husband of 64 years, Mervin Bingham of Vinton, La.; sons, Lin M. Bingham and wife Vicki of Orange, Paul D. Bingham and wife Stephanie of Vinton; grandchildren, Jessica Pickett and husband Pike, Derek Bing-ham and wife Meghan, Jacob Bingham, James D. Bingham; brother, James McClelland and wife Rosemary; sister, Audrey Singletary; and sister-in-law, Lola Bingham.

Held:Kay CarltonVinton, La.

Kay Ava Carlton passed away Wednesday, April 11, at her home with family and friends at her side.

F u n e r a l services were held Satur-day at First Presbyterian Church in Orange with the Rev. Mike Umbenhaur, pastor, officiat-ing. Burial was at Niblett’s Bluff Cemetery in Vinton, La.

Preceded in death by her par-ents, Fern and Fannie Carlton, her brother, Dr. John Carlton and her aunt, Kate Granger, Miss Kay is survived by her cousins, Patsy Allen and family, and the fami-lies of Evelyn Benoit and Bud Granger, the Galloway family, her caring neighbor, Leslie Huckaby and devoted caregiver, Doyle Hodgkinson.

She was born on Jan. 15, 1922, in Vinton, La. to Fern and Fannie Carlton.

Miss Kay, as she was affec-tionately known by her many stu-dents, held a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degrees in education and library science. She taught at Orangefield High School from 1960 until 1965 and West Orange-Stark High School from 1965 until 1985.

During this time she was hon-ored as Teacher of the Year in 1968-1969, 1974-1975, 1977-

1978 and 1979-1980. In 1975 she was honored with the John Lovelady Lifetime for Youth Award, given by the State Future Teachers of America. After her retirement from teaching, Miss Kay became a reference librar-ian for the Orange Public Library from 1987 until 2001.

She loved to read and travel and for several years would trav-el to Europe with students for studies.

Miss Kay became a Christian at the age of six. Her mother and father were very faithful in tak-ing her and her brother to church and guiding them in every way to be followers of Christ. Because of the guidance of their parents, both Miss Kay and her brother John remained committed to church work.

Miss Kay was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Orange where she served as an Elder and was honored by the women of the church by being named Women of the Year. It was truly Miss Kay’s desire to be an instrument of Christ’s love and peace.

Serving as pallbearers were Tommy White, John “Bojo” Moore, Gerald Burleigh, Mike Foreman, Bobby Swan and Mike Shugart.

Honorary pallbearers were all former students of Miss Kay.

For those who wish, memori-als may be directed to the Caring Ministry of the First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 129, Orange, TX 77631 or to the Orange Public Library, 220 N. 5th St., Orange, TX 77630.

Held:Carl “David” OwensOrange

Carl David Owens, 56, of Or-ange, died in Port Arthur on Thursday, April 12.

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s were Sunday, April 15, at Claybar Fu-neral Home in Orange. Crema-tion followed at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory near Bridge City.

Born in Port Arthur on April 26, 1955, David was the son of Paul Roderick Owens Sr. and Janette (LeBlanc) Owens. He worked in several different fields, the last being for the post office encoding center. He was a free spirit who enjoyed life and he especially enjoyed commun-ing with nature. David was a lov-ing son, brother, and good friend to many.

He was preceded in death by his father, Paul Owens Sr.; and brother, Roddy Owens. David is survived by his mother, Janette Owens; sisters and brothers-in-law, Paula and Richard Sistrunk, Linda and Claud Gossett; three nieces and two nephews; six great nieces and two great nephews; his beloved dog Ruby and many relatives and close friends that were like family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Triangle Aids Network, P.O. Box 12279, Beau-mont, Texas 77726.

To Be held:Ralph Mast Jr.Orange

Ralph Mast Jr., 85, of Or-ange passed away Satur-day, April 14, at Baptist Hospital in Orange.

Memor ia l services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Mike Umbenhaur officiating. A reception will fol-low the service at the church. Internment will begin at 1 p.m., following the reception at the First Presbyterian Church Co-lumbarium. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory and Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange.

Born in Neutral, Kan. on July 30, 1926, Ralph was the son of Ralph Mast Sr. and Ruby Fern (Pierce) Mast. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Providence during World War II. Ralph received one section of plank when it was commis-sioned on May 15, 1945. He was a member of First Pres-byterian Church and the Little Cypress Lion’s Club. He was employed by Spencer Plant in Pittsburg, Kan. until they closed in 1969, and transferred to the Gulf Chemical Plant in Orange which later became Chevron and retired after 35 years of service.

He was preceded in death his parents and sisters, Winona Gail Boyes.

Ralph is survived by his wife of 61 years, Stella Rick-man Mast of Orange; son, Tom Joe Mast and wife, Tammy of Springfield, Mo.; and daugh-ters, Peggy Ann Parsons of Orange, and Susan Kay Martin and husband, Wendell of Buna.

He is also survived by his eight grandchildren, Kellen Mast, Robby Joe Parsons, Sam Lee Parsons, Stephanie Ann Parsons, Shannon Christopher Martin, Logan Pierce Martin, Jacoby Pierce Mast, Linda Walker; five great-grandchil-dren with one on the way; two great great-grandchildren; one niece; one nephew; and numer-ous other family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Presbyte-rian Church Youth Group, P.O. Box 129, Orange, Texas 77631.

To Be held:Cloyd W. “Pete” Mouton Sr.Orange

Cloyd W. “Pete” Mouton Sr., 85, of O r a n g e p a s s e d away Sat-urday, April 14, at Bap-tist Hospital in Orange.

F u n e r a l Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with the Rev. John Warren, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the fu-neral home.

Born in Orange on March 20, 1927, Cloyd was the son of Albert J. Mouton Sr., and Lela (Lee) Mouton. Cloyd was a Seaman 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy, and for 37 years was an instrument mechanic at Du-Pont SRW. Cloyd was a mem-ber of the Masonic Lodge and a charter member of Orange Boat Club. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, making homemade jelly and working in his gar-den.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.

Cloyd is survived by his wife of 60 years, Bettie Mouton; sons, Cloyd W. Mouton Jr. and wife, Linda of Orange, David C. Mouton and wife, Patty of Orange; daughters, Terri Mou-ton Harley of Nederland, and Glenda Mouton of Houston. He is also survived by his grand-children, Chrissie Mouton, 1st Class Petty Officer Brian Mouton and wife Sadie, CW2 Brooks Mouton and wife Kar-en, Justin Mouton, Devin Har-ley; great-grandchild, William Cloyd Mouton; sisters, Lela Faye Dallas, Joyce Ann Meads; and brother, Robert L. Mouton.

Serving as pallbearers will be his grandchildren, Chris-sie Mouton, 1st Class Petty Officer Brian Mouton, CW2 Brooks Mouton, Justin Mou-ton, and Devin Harley. Also serving as pallbearer is Bobby Mouton.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wound-ed Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675,http://www.wounded-warriorproject.org.

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From the Creaux’s NestELECTION TIME WILL SOON BE ON US

I was just thinking about the disadvantage Republican Pri-mary candidates have to face with no presidential race and how that will cut down the turn out. If the Primary had been held in March, with Santorum and Romney battling it out, there would have been more interest and excitement. The local GOP candidates are working hard but to create excitement is costly. Those that don’t spend the money will be left behind. Money moves the masses. Mitt Romney is not a great candidate yet he will be the nominee. Tom DeLay and Rick Perry first started the Gerrymandering. Then Rick and the Republican Legisla-ture did it again. It backfired on them and the courts called them out. If they would have redistricted fairly and let the chips fall where they might, local candidates, running for of-fice, would be better off. Their main goal was to control con-gress. They could care less about down ballot candidates. There are some good candidates who are working hard to get your vote. Early voting starts May 14 and goes till May 19 and also May 21 to May 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is just one Satur-day voting for working people who work 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It doesn’t matter where you live in early voting, you can vote at any of the locations. Orange Public Library, Bridge City Pub-lic Works, 220 Nitsche, First Baptist Church, Mauriceville and the Raymond Gould Community Center. Early voting is easy but if you want to wait, Election Day is May 29 and you must vote at your regular voting precinct box. There are no contested Democratic races in the Primary. In local races, most voters seem to be more independent and vote for the person rather than the party. The only statewide race to pull the wag-on is for United States Senate. Dewhurst has the name ID and most of the money. If Cruz had the dough, he could give him a good run. Dewhurst and Romney are not the most likable or exciting. Either way, it will be a low statewide turnout.*****Well, I’ve got to move on. Come along, it won’t do you no harm.

THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO CHANGED

THE COUNTRYFew battles in world history have been more decisive or had

a greater influence on history than the 18-minute battle at San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836. We will never know what would have become of Texas if Sam Houston had lost. There was no orga-nized Texian Army. It consisted of colonist, TeJano Liberals, slaves, and American soldiers on unofficial leave, just looking for a fight. Soldiers from 12 different countries fought side by side to defeat the Mexicans and capture Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna on April 22. As a result, the treaties of Velasco were signed. Texas remained an independent nation for more than nine years before becoming the 28th state of the United States.

The tension between the two nations culminated in the U.S. Mexican War of 1846-1848. The loss of that war by Mexico changed the political map of North America. The U.S. ac-quired the lands, which now make up the states of New Mexi-co, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Think about that, one million square miles of territory changed sovereignty. More importantly however, was the fact that the United States became a bicoastal nation, with the nat-ural resources needed to add to its powerful political and mili-tary preserve in the world. Our late friend, attorney Louis Du-gas, a historian, was most aggravated over the fact that San Ja-cinto Day and battle got so little coverage. He considered it the most important battle in our history. Jesse H. Jones said, on the 100th anniversary of the battle, “That was a day which, more than any other, gives Texas a history peculiarly and dis-tinctly it’s own.”

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Next week we will publish our 52nd anniversary issue. It will be a special collectors edition, loaded with personal in-terviews and historical stories about Orange County, where the West begins. Lots of cowboy tales and many current events. We will feature human interest stories that will be a re-cord of the times. This is a great opportunity for advertisers to have a tremendous reach in both The County Record News-paper, reaching the greater Orange area, including Mauricev-ille, Deweyville and parts of Southwest Louisiana and The Penny Record, the community newspaper of Bridge City and Orangefield trade areas. Advertise in both for one low rate. We reach more readers than all other media combined. More reach for your buck. To be a part of this special issue, to advertise call Nicole at 735-7183 or your account executive by Friday. If you wish a salesperson to call on you please call us. Extra copies are being printed to accommodate the demand.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

10 Years Ago-2002Mary Ann Turner, a LCM grad, was elected County Court

at Law judge in Montgomery County. Raised a Democrat, she ran under the Republican banner. Eight out of ten voters there are Republican. Mary Ann worked for State Representative Wayne Peveto in Austin with Mickey Litton, an aid to Peve-to. Mickey knew Karl Rove, who worked at the Capital in those days. I believe she said he was a wimp. Mickey has a lot

of stories about those days in Austin and of the many charac-ters she met. Being the daughter of Moe Litten, a legal secre-tary and in her Austin days, she could write a book. (Editor’s note: Don’t forget she also knows C. Delle Bates, which would add a little extra color to the book.)*****The Orange County runoff elections are over. Owen Burton, with the able help of wife Nelda and a few good friends, had a 600-vote turn around to beat Commissioner Sue Bearden. C.J. Huckabey, the third man in the race, endorsed Burton in the runoff. *****Derry Dunn won in a runoff against Dawl Cooper for the J.P. Pct. 2 spot. He will face Republican incumbent Cimron Campbell in November. (Editor’s note: Dunn won that contest. *****County Judge Carl Thibodeaux became the first county judge to be elected to three consecutive terms. He defeated Judge Pete Runnels. (Since that time, Thibodeaux has added 10 more years to his judgeship.)*****Joel Steirman, who served as Port Commissioner in 1994 to 1998, is again a candidate for the post. *****Jerry Hughes announced for re-election to the Port board. *****Peter Henry, 61, died Sunday, April 14. *****Chris-tine Rhea Lane and Jared Alan Lacombe were wed Saturday, April 13. She is the daughter of Walter and Patty Lane and a 1998 Bridge City grad and a 2001 Lamar grad. Maid of honor was Courtney Huckaby. Serving as best man was Derek Blacksher. *****Claude Tarver officially takes over as Bridge City athletic director and head football coach. He’s the 11th AD in the school’s history. Tarver was at Hampshire-Fannett 16 years, 14 without a losing season. Tarver called the Bridge City job the best in Southeast Texas. (Editor’s note: Best I recall he didn’t stay in Bridge City long. I don’t recall why he left.)*****Luther Sanders’ Bridge City baseball career will lead to Blinn but first he has business to finish for Coach Sam Moore and the Bridge City Cardinals. Lutcher has pitched 143 innings and counting. He leads the playoff bound Cards with a perfect 8-0 so far this season the Cards are undefeated. Luther has 184 career strikeouts and 18-5 on the mound. He plays sec-ond base and this year has a .448 batting average. He is the son of Regina and Terry Sanders. (Side note: Luther wore the same baseball cap throughout his high school career. Mark Dunn bought it from him at the end of the season for a good amount. I believe Ike might have gotten it.)

35 Years Ago-1977

Fain Holbrook has given up the appliance business and is now selling for Courtesy Pontiac. *****The Rev. W.W. Kenne-dy celebrates his 34th year as pastor at Cove Baptist Church. *****Annabelle Caillier and Delbert Mires were married at St. Helen Catholic Church. *****Peggy Stanton became Mrs. Kenneth Morse Saturday at First Baptist in Vidor. *****Jo Amodeo and Janet Fontenot celebrate birthdays. *****Blaine and Linda Brown welcome their first child. They named him Chad. (Editor’s note: I recall that but can’t believe it’s been 35 years.)*****Randolph McLelland died. His body was flown to Arkansas for burial. He had two sons, Billy and Jack. *****Mary and Gene Maulsby celebrate 25 married years. *****New Bridge City cheerleaders are Nancy Gauthier, Kim Young, Tarya Hoffpauir, Tish Bratton, Sherri VanBreeman, Donna Pondexter and Tammy Poindexter. Head cheerleader is Me-lissa Harmon. *****Fire victim Jessie Dupuis is now consid-ered in fair condition but will remain in Dallas Parkland hospi-tal for a long time. James Rowe is recovering at John Sealy. He will be hospitalized for at least two more months. They were burnt in a Texaco Refinery fire. *****A new 1977 Buick Century, loaded, can be bought for $4,998 at Stephens Buick. *****High on the charts is “Mockingbird Hill” by Donna Fargo.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Megan Waguespack, Grant Mott, Emily Gilson, Barbara Sarver, Dustin Gibbs, Shirley Bonnin, Mandi Chesson, John Fuss, Cheryl Patterson, Maurelle McDonald, Ryan Fergu-son, Bill Nickum, Brad Williams, Theresa Lieby, Bill Brous-sard, Beverly Raymer, Donna Wiegreffe, Emory Webb, Ken Brown, Becky Atkins, Belinda Norman, Benjamin Ezell, Baylor Trantham, Don McFarlane, Bonnie Short, Joy Mc-Namara, Courtney Williams, Dana Hill, Virginia McNair, James Corley, Christian Dubose, Marshall Myers, Scott Fisher, Madeline Harper, Michael Harper, Jr., Joseph Jack-son, Allison Rendall, Adrienne Colletti Platt, Amelia Hol-lier, Brandon Fisher, Glen Prince, Lacy Rutledge, Jason Smalley, Linda Robinson, Nancy Rendall, Paul Zoch, Sa-mantha Briggs, Jeremie Breaux, Kathie Stephson, Shaun McAlpin, Sydney Bowman, Jacob Reynolds, Ida Schossow, Dickie Colburn, Robert Schilicher,

Sean Edgerton, Peggy Granger, Barbara Fuselier and Crystal McCarthy.

A FEW HAPPENINGSMoe Litton stopped by for a nice visit this morning. We

talked about everyone we could think of. Moe is doing really well. The doctor told him he wasn’t going crazy and doesn’t have Alzheimer’s; his forgetfulness is nothing but ‘old timers.’ Names just seem to disappear. Moe left too early because An-drea brought in a mess of cracklins’ from Paw Paw’s on 1442. No need to go to Louisiana anymore to get good Cajun good-ies, just a short drive to 105 and 1442. Tell Harvey or Burl we sent you. They’ll consider you a friend. *****Don’t forget the big 32nd Mauriceville Crawfish Festival starting this Friday and running through Sunday. Good weather, good food and a lot of family fun is promised. *****By the way, we are hearing some good things about LaBelle Femme’ Dress Shop in Jennings, La. Several brides to be have found just the right wedding dress. Right now they are having a sale on prom gowns. It’s worth the drive to this exclusive dress shop. *****We were glad to hear that after a short stay in a Galveston hospital our friend Roy Wingate is back home. Hopefully things will turn around and he will see better days ahead. *****I recall, like many of you, April 16, 1947. The windows rattled, the old school building shook and before long we found out the French ship Grand-camp had blown up in the harbor at Texas City. Another ship, filled with chemicals, also exploded the next day. The blast and fire killed nearly 600 people. The blast was felt down the coast from Corpus Christi to New Orleans. *****We heard from our longtime buddy Doug Harrington. He is not snapping back as quickly as he had hoped after fighting throat cancer and radia-tion. He and Regina are in their new home in Spring but he misses time at his Crockett ranch. He says Doug Jr. gave him a new, state-of-the-art computer that is way too complicated for him to operate. *****On April 15, 65 years ago, in 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the major league’s first black player. This opened the door for many other nationalities to follow.*****On April 21, a good man, Mickey McNamara, age 76, was killed with a baseball bat at his insur-ance company office by a young, black man.*****On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston won the battle of San Jacinto and captured General Santa Anna.*****This week in 1865, President Abe Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater.***** A few folks celebrating their special day, Nicole’s other half,

Dustin Gibbs, celebrates April 19, as does Shirley Bonnin and Barbara LeBlanc Sarver.***Our longtime friend, insurance man and Bridge City community leader, Bill Nickum, will be a year older April 19.***A lovely West Orange grad and retired Bridge City school teacher, Beverly Burgess Raymer cele-brates on April 20.***A lady that goes back to our childhood, Joy Simmons McNamara, marks her and her twin sister Joyce’s birthday on April 21.***Virginia McNair, a nice lady, also celebrates on the 21.***Christian Dubose Simonton, son of Joy and grandson of Joyce and John Dubose, turns 17. The years fly. It’s hard to believe, it seems just a few years ago his mom was 17.***Adrienne Colletti, a beautiful, talented young lady celebrates on April 22.***The oldest of the Smalley broth-ers, Jason, celebrates on April 23.***Rev. Paul Zoch, Bridge City born and raised, and now a home-grown preacher turns another peg on April 23.***The fisherman’s fisherman, fishing guide, former coach and popular columnist Dickie Colburn celebrates his special day April 24. Dickie will do to ride the waves with.*****Happy 52nd wedding anniversary April 23, to a special couple, Lou and Kathy Garriga. They live a good, Christian life and have raised a house full of great children.*****CREAUX’S TIP OF THE WEEK Ants, ants ev-erywhere indoors. You wonder where sugar ants etc. come from. If you can figure that out you can solve your problem. Ants will never cross a chalk line so get your chalk out, draw a line on the floor, cabinet or where ever ants tend to march. It’s a line they won’t cross. See for yourself. *****CAJUN DEFINI-TION Cafe’ Noir: The Cajun’s version of espresso coffee. Strongly flavored, drip, black coffee. (Not for weaklings) that is served in a demitasse, (very small coffee cup). In my youth the coffee was made in a small granite white drip pot and put in a pan of water, the coffee was never allowed to boil or scorch. The water had to be boiling when slowly poured, one spoonful at a time, over the coffee grinds. When compaigne (company) came, the oldest child or lady of the house served the coffee, cream and sugar on a serving platter, going from one guest to the other with the oldest, usually the grandma, served first.*****How silly can political things get. Last week Hilary Rosen, a Democratic activist but not a paid Obama staffer, said Ann Romney didn’t know the difficulties working women faced because she had never worked a day in her life. Of course Hilary meant worked outside the home. I think of women as waitresses, beauty operators, etc. who stand on their feet all-day and still have the kid chores at home. These women don’t have domestic help, a cook who prepares all meals, a driver who takes the children to school and other activities. These workingwomen don’t have a Nanny to change diapers, feed, burp and care for the child’s every need. Now what does all of that have to do with governing? Yet, even Kevin Brady is out spinning that the White House is against stay at home moms. Silly ain’t it?

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

On April 18, Conan O’Brien will be 29; America Ferrera, 28 and Maria Bello, 45.***Ashley Judd will be 44 April 19; James Franco, 34; Kate Hudson, 33 and Hayden Christensen, 31.***Carmen Electra will be 40, April 20; Joey Lawrence, 36; Jessica Lange, 63 and Luther Vandross, 61.***Queen Eliza-beth II will be 86 on April 21; Tony Romo, 32 and Tony Dan-za, 61.***Jack Nicholson will be 75 on April 22; Peter Framp-ton, 62 and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 46.***Lee Majors will be 73 on April 23; Michael Moore, 58 and George Lopez, 51.***Kel-ly Clarkson will be 30 on April 24; Shirley MacLaine, 78; Bar-bra Streisand, 70 and Michael O’Keefe, 57.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

A couple of Sundays ago, Joe Robecheaux and his wife, Lula Mae, went for a drive through da countryside. She was driving and it was a nice day. Dey planned on going to Mu-lattes to eat later. Joe him, he figure dis was as good a time as any to tell Lula Mae wat he had to tell her. He say, “Hon-ey, I know we been married 28 years us, but I want a divorce me.”

Lula Mae don’t say nutten, she jus speed up da car.Joe say, “I don’t want you to talk me out of it no, I’ve been

having an affair wit you friend Agnes.”Lula Mae still don’t say nutten, she jus speed up some

more.Joe him press his luck and say, “I want da house, dis car

and half da bank account.”Lula Mae’s mad by now, she speeds up to going fast, fast.Joe, he’s getting very nervous him so he say, “Ain’t dere

something you want to say, hanh?”Lula Mae speed up some more. Den she say, “No, me, I got

everyting I need.”“Oh really, Joe said, wat might dat be?”Right before dey slammed into da bridge piling, going 90

miles per hour, Lula Mae say, “Joe, honey, me I got da air bag.”

Dey bury Joe at Breaux Bridge a few days later.

C’EST TOUTThe Lunch Bunch will dine with Uncle Jim at Novrozsky’s

this week. Last week at Robert’s Sheriff Merritt joined wife Marlene. She always does the treating. I wonder how he man-ages that. Everyone is always welcome. *****There are a lot of elections coming up in school, city, drainage district and port. The race that’s surprised me the most is that Port Director Barbara Winfree is facing opposition. She was appointed to fill her husband “Buckshot’s” unexpired term. She is the only woman on the port board and is asking to be elected to her own first full term. Next week we’ll give dates and times of these elections. *****Roy wrote a Down Life’s Highway col-umn this week. He hasn’t written in several weeks but he’s now recalling a boyhood friend who died and the 32 Ford V-8 he got from him. He recalls the early years as boarding house room-mates and their lifelong friendship. *****My time is up, thanks for yours. Please read us cover to cover, check our web at TheRecordLive.com and please shop our family of advertis-ers. Take care and God bless.

n Raised like John Boy and the Walton’s, Harry shared their core val-ues.

I learned of Harry Waddell’s death about the

time his graveside service was taking place Sunday. Harry died April 13. His health had been deteriorating for sometime. He had a brilliant mind that could fix anything me-chanical. He replaced many auto motors, to-tally rebuilding them. He often said if man built it, he could fix it. It didn’t matter if it was an air conditioner, washing machine, tractor or whatever, but that’s not how he made his main livelihood. He retired from Texaco.

I’ve gotten way ahead of my story. Few peo-ple alive today had known me as long as Harry. When we were both youngsters, we were boarders at Ms. Shugart’s Boarding House in Port Arthur. I had been living at the boarding house for three summers before Harry came to Port Arthur from his home in Rock Island, Texas, just out of high school. He landed a job at Texaco. I was operating my Shetland pony ride at Pleasure Island. I had done this since I was 14. I earned enough money each summer to provide for my school clothes and those of my three little sisters and also to help Mom.

The first car my family ever owned was a 1932 Ford V-8 coupe that I bought from Harry for $90. After he had been at Texaco for a while he bought a 1949 Mercury sedan. He put lowering blocks on it and we made the ‘drag’

down Proctor Street. Harry had that Ford, the first V-8 on the market, purring like a kitten. When the summer was over, I drove it home to Ab-beville. At Riceland a local policeman got after me. I left him in my taillights. He was no match for the V-8 Ford. I ran from

those small town marshals several times. Their radios, with those long antennas, couldn’t broadcast over five miles.

At times I would show up broke in Port Ar-thur. If I didn’t stay at the Edwin Bourgeois house, Harry would sneak me up the back stairs to sleep in his room at the boarding house. He would pocket some of the food from the dining table, mostly those fresh, home-made rolls, to feed me. Harry also visited Ab-beville and got to know most of my friends, Gerald, Allen, Mac and Bobby Charles, who had just released his hit “See You Later Alliga-tor.” Bill Haley and the Comets recorded it and Bobby was off to the big times.

Several times my friends and I went home with Harry to Rock Island. His family lived in an old farmhouse. The cracks in the floor were a half-inch wide. His dad had killed over 90 buck deer and had all the horns hanging on the walls. He had some pretty, chesty, red headed sisters. They lived on the game they

killed, turkeys, rabbits, doves, robins, etc. On one trip, his brother Tommy gave Kenneth Bourgeois a guitar that he brought home to Port Arthur. His little brother Gene picked it up, learned to play and became Jivin’ Gene of “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” fame.

While we were living together at the board-ing house, Harry got his draft notice. A couple

friends, some family members and I took him to Columbus to tell him goodbye as he caught the Army bus in San Antonio. After basic training and during furloughs Harry always made the trip to Port Arthur. Soon after he got out of the service and returned to work at Tex-

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Community Bulletin Board

David Ess, Bridge City Strutter Golf Tourna-ment set for May 19

David Ess and the Bridge City Strutters will be hosting their annual golf tournament. The tournament will have a shotgun star at 8 a.m. (sign-in will be at 7:30 a.m.) on Saturday, May 19, at Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Port Arthur. It will be an 18 hole, four-person scramble with prizes awarded. Entry fee is $200 per team, which includes the green fee, cart, food, drink and prizes.

Hole sponsorships are also available for $100, which includes a sign at the golf course and an ad in the Strutters Spring Review Program. The deadline for hole sponsorship is April 17 or tour-nament entry deadline is May 8. For more information contact any Strutter, or call 735-8521 or 474-1395.

Orange Boat Club Bar-B-Q CookoffThe Orange Boat Club BBQ cook-off will be held April 20-21.

You do not have to be in the cook-off to enjoy this event. All Boat Club members and they’re invited guests are welcomed. The en-try fee is $100 per team. Advance sign-up sheets for the bar-beque cook-off must be turned-in to Reggie Broussard by April 19 and are available at the Boat Club facility located at 2206 Du-Pont Drive. Drawing for positions will be held on Thursday April 20 at 6:30 p.m.

This is one of our biggest events of the year and the festivities begin on Thursday, April 19 with a Team Cricket Dart (blind draw doubles) tournament at 7 p.m. A Team Moon Dominoes (blind draw doubles) tournament at 7 p.m. Friday. A Team Board Washer tournament and on Saturday starting at approximately 10 a.m.

Thrift & Gifts Center to host garage saleThrift & Gifts outside garage sale is being planned from 8 a.m.

to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. The organization needs at least 20 vendors. Spaces will rent for $12 with sellers providing their ta-bles and chairs. Gates will open at 7 p.m. for those setting up with sales beginning at 8 a.m. The shop and bargain room will be open. To reserve a booth or for more information, call 886-7649, or come by the Thrift & Gifts Center at 350 37th St. Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.

Red Hot Flashers to meet ThursdayThe Red Hot Flashers of the Red Hat Society will meet at 11:30

a.m. on Thursday, April 19, at the Sunset Grove Country Club. Ladies are asked to bring a door prize for the Bingo games. All ladies are welcome to attend. For more information call Helen Broussard 886-1609.

Crawfish Festival set for this weekendThe 32nd annual Mauriceville Crawfish Festival is set for the

weekend of April 20-22 at the MCF Grounds, 7441 Cohenour Road.

Friday’s hours are 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday’s 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday’s 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The festival features a barbecue cook-off with two divisions: brisket and ribs with a $300 first prize in each division. Live en-tertainment starts on Friday night and runs through Sunday af-ternoon. Attendees may take part in the parade, the crawfish-eating contest and crawfish races on Saturday. There will be a carnival, food booths and craft booths.

For more information, call 409-782-3488.

 

WO High School Class of 1962 to host reunionThe West Orange High School Class of 1962 has announced

their plans for the 50th Class Reunion.  The reunion will be held the weekend of April 20, 21 and 22. Information and registration sheets have been mailed out. If you have not received one and would  like to attend, please contact: Anita (Adair) Bussell at 409-886-2069.

Fraternal Order of Eagles to host danceThe Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523, located at 803 N.

28th Street in Orange, will host a dance with the band Jess Domingue and Company playing from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Sat-urday, April 21. The kitchen will be open for food. Admission is $5 per person.

OC GOP to hold county conventionThe Orange Republican County Convention will be held on

Saturday, April 21. The event will be held in the 128th District Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse, 801 Division Ave. in Orange.  Interested persons should arrive between 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.  for registration and breakfast. Delegates (Registered Orange County voters) will need to be seated by 9 a.m. for the Call to Order.

The convention process will include selection of delegates to the 2012 Republican State Convention to be held in Fort Worth, June 7-9.  Resolutions will also be presented and adopted to form the Orange County Republican platform. Our platform will be considered along with other county platforms to build the Texas Republican Platform.

For more information call 409-313-3314 or 409-670-5901.

Guns vs. Hoses set for April 23The 17th Annual Charity Basketball Game Guns vs. Hoses has

be scheduled for Monday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in the Little Cy-press-Mauriceville High School Gymnasium. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for students. All proceeds will go towards the LCM Project Safe Graduation. The community is invited to come out and support the LCM Project Safe Graduation and watch the Orange Police Department take on the Orange Fire Department in a fun filled night. Concessions will be available and door priz-es will also be given away.

LSC-O hosts administrative professionals luncheon on wednesday

Lamar State College-Orange will host an Administrative Pro-fessionals Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 at The Brown Center, 4205 W. Park in Orange. Guest speaker will be Jackie Simien.

Lutcher Stark Class of 1953 ReunionThe Luther Stark Class of 1953 will be having a reunion at 6

p.m. on April 28 at Spanky’s Restaurant in Orange. Call Bobby Vincent at 409-543-5478 for more information.

Senior Citizen of the Year Nominations soughtNominations are sought for the 2012 Senior Citizen of the

Year. The winner will be announced at the 43rd annual Senior Citizen Rally Day “Getting’ Hooked on Health” on May 8.

Nominees must be 60 years old or over. Application must be accompanied by a written summary of the nominee’s service to mankind such as: participation in service organizations; service projects; their contribution towards improving the community; and volunteer service (church, clubs, community, and fellow-man). Describe outstanding leadership, service, achievements, and awards.

Deadline for entries is April 16. Mail form to: Extension Com-

mittee on Aging, P. O. BOX 367, Orange, TX 77631-0367. Those submitting an application for a nominee must be willing to ac-cept the judge’s decision.

For more information call the extension office at 409-882-7010 or check out their Web site: http://orange.agrilife.org.

Dorothy Ann (Dot) Eshbach 90th Birthday open house set for April 29

The family of Dot Eshbach would like to invite all of her friends to an open house on Sunday, April 29 to celebrate her 90th birthday. The open house will be held at 1375 Oaks End in Bridge City from noon to 3 p.m. Stop by for cake and punch and to share memories. While it may not be possible, the families goal is to keep this a surprise, so mum’s the word.

Farmers Market opens soonThe Orange County Farmers’ Market will open Wednesday,

May 2 and continue through November. It will be held in the parking lot in front of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive. Hours are 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays and 7-10 a.m., Saturdays. New vendors are welcome. The Market is sponsored by Texas AgriLife; for infor-mation call 882-7010.

Habitat for Humanity hosts golf tournamentGreater Orange Area Habitat for Humanity will hold their an-

nual charity gold tournament on Saturday, May 5 at Sunset Grove Country Club, 2900 Sunset Drive in Orange. The format is a two person best-ball. Cost is $100 for a two person team. Gross and net prizes will be awarded. Mulligans, drinks on the course and lunch are included for participants. Entry deadline is Tuesday, May 1. Contact Sunset Grove Country Club at 883-9454 for more information.

Heavenly Hearts Summer Charity Pageant to be held May 26

Heavenly Hearts Charity Pageants announces it’s next event. The Summer Charity Pageant will be held on May 26 at the Bridge City Community Center in Bridge City. Entries are be-ing accepted now and will continue until May 24. Early bird entry discounts are given to those that enter by May 5. Age di-visions are from babies all the way to adult. The event is open to all areas and to both boys and girls. Attire is formal and summer wear. Awards are crowns, trophies, plaques, sashes, toys, gifts, and much more. No one will leave empty handed and all young contestants receive a tiara just for taking part in this event. The charity that will benefit from this event is the Bridge City Ministerial Alliance. Entry fee into this event if entered by the early bird deadline is $85.  Late entries will be charged $135.

Raffle tickets for various donated items can be sold to pay the entry fee, or you may get a sponsor if you want to enter at no cost to you. For more information, log on to Heavenly Hearts Charity Pageants on facebook. Anyone can enter, pur-chase a raffle ticket, or make a donation by calling Kari String-er 281-259-4437 (Must leave a message) or by email for a much faster response karimstringer@yahoo.com Applications can be mailed or emailed to you by sending your email address to the yahoo account. There are also applications available to pick up at the Ministerial Alliance. The alliance is open on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and they are lo-cated next to First Baptist Church on Roundbunch Road in Bridge City. Businesses are welcome to advertise free of charge with any donation of any value to the event.

Fraternal Order of Eagles to host pool tournamentThe Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523, located at 803 N.

28th Street in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament every Friday starting at 8 p.m. Prize money goes to first and second place winners. The community is invited to come meet the members of Aerie 2523 and join in the fun. For more informa-tion, please call 409-886-7381.

American Association of University Women collecting books

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

American Legion to host pool tournamentThe American Legion Lloyd Grubbs Post 49, located at 108

Green Ave. in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament every Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight. There is a ten player maximum. The community is encouraged to join in the fun and free food to help support the Veterans. For more information, call 409-330-4847.

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toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

Four days after the first event, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Dis-posal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.

The Act also allows the attorney general to

authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in cer-tain instances. DEA is drafting regulations to implement the act, a process that can take as long as 24 months. Until new regulations are in place, local law enforcement agencies like lo-cal law enforcement officials in Orange County and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug take-back events every few months.

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only group of citizens that were in attendance to discuss and question the proposed Acadian Village project. Tom Neyhart of Endgame De-velopment, LLC, was at the workshop to try to explain the project and answer questions and concerns about the project.

There is a great deal of opposition to the proj-ect from citizens that are concerned that the housing complex will not be beneficial to the community. There is concern that the project will be federally funded and will deteriorate in the manner of some of the current HUD and Section 8 projects in the area.

Neyhart explained that the project will re-ceive tax credits to offset construction costs and as an incentive to build the project. He ex-plained that the project is not a HUD or Section 8 project. Prospective residents will be subject-ed to criminal background investigation, credit checks, background checks for drug use and conviction. No one convicted of a felony will be eligible to rent an apartment in the complex.

“We are going to check the backgrounds on all of our applicants. We do not want anyone in the complex that will not be a good citizen for Bridge City. We do not want anyone in our complex who does not pay their bills,” Neyhart said. “All of the residents will have to pay all of their rent. No one will get any federal rent sub-sidy or any kind; they have to bear all of their expenses.”

He explained that he wants to build a qual-ity project. There will be granite counter tops as opposed to laminate counter tops. Each of the apartments will have a full range of appli-ances in the kitchens, plus a washer and dryer. There will be six different floor plans, 14 one bedroom, 38 two bedroom, and 28 three bed-room apartments. In addition there will be 16 handicap units. The size of the apartments will

be between 800 and 1,300 square feet.Questions were raised about why the apart-

ments were being built in Bridge City. Neyhart answered that there is a need for apartment housing in Bridge City based on the market studies he conducted. The cost of the project will be in the range of $7,500,000. Rents are set at a minimum income level and rents are based below market value of comparable apartment housing in the area. The rates are set to a mini-mum income to $11,074 to a maximum income of $37,260. Rents in the income levels will range from $323 for a one bedroom, one bath apart-ment to $897 for three bedroom, three bath apartments.

Other concerns voiced were about the drain-age situation on Charles Street. Neyhart stated that he has a civil engineer that is looking into the current drainage and looking at what will have to be done to install the drainage system. One challenge will be to build at current fed-eral floodplain elevation requirements and not flood out current properties on Charles Street.

Mayor Roccaforte and several councilmen made statements in favor of the project and the positive effect it will have on the community.

“We are always happy when a business wants to locate in our city. It will bring in new resi-dents; it will add tax dollars to our city. It may bring back some of the citizens we lost to Ike,” Roccaforte said. “Some of the problems you are afraid may come in with new apartments are not caused by the apartments, they are caused by the 50 and 60 year old houses around the apartments. It is not that the apartments are bad, there has just been deterioration all around them as a result of the passage of time and original people moving out and a different class of people moving in.”

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and Ledena Howard in this adult program as they talk on the advantages and financial in-centives of solar energy.

Lasagna Gardening (11 a.m.) - Speaker San-dra Hoke, a certified Master Gardener, will provide details on gardening by use of a layer-ing technique to grow food organically without hoeing.

Joy of Growing Your Own Food (1 p.m.) - En-joy a talk by Laurel Smith, Director of Houston Urban Gardeners, on how to create a home gar-den to easily grow vegetables.

Bonsai for Beginners (1 - 3 p.m.) - During this hands-on program, visitors will prune and shape yaupon, juniper or ficus bonsai. This in-tensive session will offer personal attention to attendees. There is a materials fee of $20 and a reservation is required; call 409.670.9799 to reserve a seat.

Up-Close with Nature (2 - 2:30 p.m.) - Walk-up visitors will discover which critters are ac-tive at Shangri La during the spring. Stop by the Star and Crescent Moon Café at Shangri La for this program and see several live animals and learn about their behavior and habitat.

Sunday, April 22, 2012Earth Day Butterfly Release (2 p.m.) - As part

of the Earth Week celebration, visitors can en-joy free admission starting at noon. (excludes Outpost Tours) and have the opportunity to participate in the release of 1,000 native but-terflies at Shangri La.

Located at 2111 West Park Avenue in Or-ange, Shangri La is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more informa-tion call 409-670-9113 or visit www.shangrila-gardens.org.

Tom Neyhart, of Endgame Development, LLC, addressed Bridge City council member’s and citizen’s concerns of new housing coming to Bridge City. RECORD PHOTO: Mike Louviere

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Most folks realize that barreling through a work zone can have consequences. But, for those who don’t, Texas has a message—“Drive Smart and Arrive Alive.”

The 2012 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NW-ZAW) is April 23-27. As in past years, the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation (TxDOT) will join the Federal

Highway Administration (FHWA), national transpor-tation associations and other state DOTs to remember victims and raise awareness about safety precautions for workers and motorists in work zones.

Work zones can be hazardous for motorists and crews working to improve Texas’ highways. However, TxDOT has seen a decrease in work zone fatalities in 2010 from the previous year because of increased safety measures and public outreach efforts.

In 2010, 100 people were killed in highway construc-tion and maintenance zones in Texas, down from 108 the previous year. While work zone fatalities and crashes have declined, there is still work to do.

“Each year, Texas sees fewer work zone fatalities than the year before largely because of coordinated efforts to educate motorists on the dangers of speed and distract-ed driving in work zones,” said John Barton, TxDOT’s deputy executive director. “Each of us has the power to protect lives as we drive. We just need to put our cell phones down, stop adjusting the radio and focus on driv-ing safely.”

TxDOT maintains approximately 80,000 miles of high-way and oversees more than 1,000 construction or main-tenance projects at any given time. With so much con-struction, motorists frequently encounter work zones.

In 2010, there were 3,073 distracted driver crashes in work zones, involving 7,468 vehicles. These distracted driver crashes resulted in 14 fatalities.

In 2010, 61 percent of work zone fatalities were male.Forty-five percent of all work zone fatalities for 2010

were 35 years old or younger.Nine out of every ten work zone fatalities are motorists

traveling through the work zone.One in three work zone crashes is a rear-end collision.Of the 100 work zone fatalities in 2010, 54 were drug

and alcohol-related.Barton said everyone should take responsibility for

work zone safety, from engineers and planners to driv-ers and pedestrians. For more information about work zone safety or to download our Public Service Announce-ments, go to www.txdot.gov, search work zone.

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

American Legion hosts bingo on SundaysThe American Legion Auxiliary Post 49 at 108 Green Ave. in

Orange hosts bingo every Sunday, starting at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a bingo game on Easter Sunday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 886-7202.

BCCC now accepting Business, Citizen of Year applications

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

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer sup-port group meetings

The Rape and Suicide Crisis Center of Southeast Texas will be hosting a support group for female survivors of sexual assault the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 5:30 p.m. Meetings will be held at the Foundation of Southeast Texas building, located at 700 North St. in downtown Beaumont.

To RSVP or for further information, please contact the Crisis Center at 409-832-6530.

BCISD to administer Credit by Examination Bridge City ISD, in accordance with Chapter 74.24 TAC,

will administer the Texas Tech University Credit by Exami-nation Tests. Testing dates will be June 5, 6 and 7, 2012. Stu-dents in grades first through fifth will be allowed to take each of the five tests (Math, Science, Language Arts, Read-ing, and Social Studies) at the elementary level without prior instruction. The student must score at least 90 on each of the five four tests to be considered eligible for grade level accel-eration. Students in grades sixth through 12 will be permit-ted to take an examination to earn credit for an academic course for which they have had no prior instruction. Stu-dents must score at least 90 on the test to receive course credit. Additional information and registration forms can be obtained by contacting Gina Mannino at: gina.mannino@bridgecityisd.net.

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aco I got married, moved away and lost track of Harry.After I moved back to Bridge City, I learned that Harry

had married and was also living in Bridge City. From that day on Harry maintained my air conditioners, autos and whatever needed repair. He set up a rig at my Cow Bayou place, “Dunn’s Bluff” to pull and replace or rebuild auto mo-tors. It was a sideline for him but he was so darn good at it. I never have known anyone who could work so much. He nev-er stopped and enjoyed every bit of it.

He was always very smart and it was sad when I learned, from his son-in-law, that he had mental problems. I had lost mom to Alzheimer’s so I knew what that could lead to. For four years, over the summer, we had shared a small room to-gether. Two small beds and the bathroom down the hall. We were just youngsters doing what young people do. We wit-nessed some of our friends maimed or killed at Broussard’s Curve and always felt fortunate we had missed that trip. Phyl and I started dating when she was in high school so Harry had known her as long as I had. Harry was a big part of the Roots of my Raising, a friend for over 60 years. His death saddens me.

We grew up during our early years together. Today, so many of the boys are gone. Jivin’ Gene stayed friends with Harry over all the years since that first guitar. He will be surprised, as I was, to hear that this talented, good man has died. I’ve never known anyone who didn’t like Harry. He never did anyone wrong. He helped a lot of people. He also shrimped the Gulf alone. I’ll never forget that hard working guy. His ancestors can be proud of their pioneering roots based on hard work and a fair shake. I just couldn’t let his death go unnoticed. Too much water had run under our bridge, at a special time in our lives. May he rest in peace.

Footnote: What became of the 1932 Ford? Harry kept it running for a couple of years. Then one day, in Louisiana, it quit. After getting an unsuccessful push for a couple of miles, I decided it had died. I left it on the side of the road and hitchhiked in. I often wondered what might have be-come of that faithful, old car. Both Harry and that old Ford will forever live in my thoughts. Condolences to his family.

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Mindy Guidry became the bride of Brad Dorr on Saturday, April at 1 p.m. at St. Henry Catholic Chuch in Bridge City with Father Steve Leger officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Bobby and Pam Guidry of Bridge City. The bridegroom is the son of Robert and Pam Dorr of Hi-ram, Ga.

Attending the bride as matron of honor was Keely Travis. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Humphries and Courtney Leak. Lilly Luttrull was flower girl and Jackson Humphries carried the rings. Robert Dorr served as best man. Groomsmen were Taylor Guidry and Chris Travis, with Jacob Vincent serving as usher.

Following their honeymoon in Ireland, the couple will reside in Beaumont.

Happy 30th birthday, Robin! Wish you were here. Missing you so much everyday. Sending up 30 balloons at 4:35 p.m. That’s when God gave you to me for 24 years. Just know in my heart, you will always live! Missing you!

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Karen and Stephen Clopp of Orange are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Paige Roy, to Mr. Matthew Farrow, son of Ms. Jeanne Gillis of Webster, Texas and Timothy Farrow of Dickinson, Texas.

The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Orangefield High School and a 2010 Lamar University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders, Magna Cum Laude. Paige will graduate with her Masters degree May 2012 in Speech Language Pathology from Lamar University.

The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Lumberton High School and studied at Lamar University and The University of Texas in San Antonio. He is currently employed as the Sales Manager at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur.

The couple will be married during a candlelight wedding cere-mony that will be held on June 9, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Orangefield.

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“The wind was just ab-solutely horrible,” said Bubba Sparrow, “but we at least had an excuse for being out there Saturday. I have no idea what the other people we saw on the water were thinking!”

Bubba and his partner, Eric Ronning, were one of the thirty-one teams that fished the Triangle Tailchaser tournament hosted out of Ancelet’s Marina last Saturday. One of the club’s best turnouts of the year was forced to deal with an uncompromising south wind that starched area flags with a steady 25 to 30 mph gale.

While the unique tournament format forc-es the teams to diversify their tactics, hiding from the wind isn’t normally an integral part of the game plan. Each team is allowed to weigh in two trout, two reds and two flounder for their total weight. There is also a side pot on a blackjack fish and last week’s fish was the trout closest to 21-inches which was eventu-ally won by Albert Bates and Mike Vetch.

At the end of the day I was very much sur-prised by the winning weight of 24.57 pounds posted by the team of Steven Havard and Kory Earp. Even more surprising was the fact that one of their two flounder weighed over 6-pounds!

Gary McElduff and Kit Carson finished second with 21.40 pounds followed by Trey Browne and Bobby Welborn with 21.06 pounds. The top five teams all bested the 20 pound mark and fourteen of the teams fin-ished with double digit weights.Twenty six of the thirty-one teams weighed in at least one fish.

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BC eyes championship, LCM battles on

The much anticipated show-down between the Bridge City Cardinals and Silsbee Tigers cer-tainly fell short of expectations as the BC cruised to a pair of lop-sided victories and all but assured them of another district champi-onship. The Silsbee Tigers came to BC on Wednesday with high hopes and left later that night with a bruised ego as Senior Jacob Lemoine just absolutely dominat-ed them in a two hit 13 strikeout performance that left little to the imagination. Lemoine racked up strikeouts in impressive fashion with a 90 plus mph fastball that lit up the radar guns for the dozen or so Major League scouts in at-tendance. Silsbee managed two hits all night and never advanced a runner past second base.

The Cardinal offense manufac-tured runs in the first and sec-ond innings and gave Lemoine a cushion to work with. In the third inning Cardinal Senior Mitch-ell Hubbard took matters into his own hands as he jumped all over a Silsbee fastball and sent it onto the roof of the batting cage beyond the left center field wall to give BC a 3-0 lead. The Cardi-nals added more insurance runs in the sixth as Hunter Uzzle put the game away with a three run homer of his own to push the lead to 6-0. From there on it was just a formality as BC finished the game off with a final score of 6-0 and the all important out right lead in the district race.

The Cardinal nine didn’t have much time to celebrate the win from Wednesday as they took the trip to Silsbee on Friday for one more meeting with the Ti-gers. Junior Hayden Guidry took the mound for BC and picked up right where Jacob Lemoine left off, shutting out Silsbee. Guidry carved up the Tigers to the tune of 12 strikeouts while allowing

four hits and again limiting Sils-bee base runners to advance no farther than second base in an impressive 11-0 win. Guidry’s curve ball kept the Tigers off balance all night as he threw it with confidence in just about any count. The Cardinal defense was as solid as ever while handling the few balls that were actually put in play.

Bridge City jumped out to a lead on the Tigers as they erupted for four runs in the second inning

courtesy of the long ball. Fresh-man Chase Shugart took advan-tage of his opportunity at the plate by blasting a three run home run to deep right center. The cheering for Shugart had barely subsided as Hunter Uzzle took the very next pitch out of the park for a solo home run which put the Car-dinals up 4-0. BC continued the scoring barrage with four more runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to finish off the Ti-gers in decisive fashion. Mitchell

Hubbard and Zach Smith had two RBI’s a piece as well to help pace the Cardinals offensively and give BC a two game lead in the district standings.

Bridge City has just three re-maining district games before the playoff run begins. The Car-dinals will play WOS at home, travel to Hampshire Fannett, and come back to BC for Senior Night against Orangefield. This

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Bridge City Cardinal freshman Chase Shugart hits his first varsity home run on Friday against the Silsbee Tigers. In the background is sophomore Hunter Uzzle who stepped to the plate after Shugart and did the same.

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Orangefield Bobcat Braxton Smith flies past first base as West Orange Stark Mustang Henry Foward dives to field the ball. The Bobcats defeated the Mustangs 16-5. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

club has the potential to be really special and a couple of statistics can help back that state-ment up. After seven district games the Car-dinals have surrendered a grand total of two runs while scoring 55, and no that’s not a typo. In seven district games the pitching staff has a total of five shutouts. If the road to Austin is paved with pitching then the Cardinal fans have plenty to look forward to because these guys can flat out throw it.

Recapping Orange County baseball action:The LCM Bears met the Ozen Panthers in

Beaumont on Tuesday, April 10 and had a few anxious moments.

Going into the top of the fourth inning the Panthers led 5-2. The Bears started a rally and scored five runs by the end of the game to go home winners 7-6. LCM is now in a three-way tie for second in district with Livingston and

Nederland.On Friday night, April 13, the Orangefield

Bobcats and the West Orange-Stark Mustangs met on Ronnie Anderson Field. When the claw-ing and kicking was over the Bobcats had put their fangs and claws into the Mustangs’ hide. They went back across the bayou with a 16-5 win over the Mustangs.

At the bottom of the third inning, the Cats led 3-0. Three runs in the top of the fourth put them ahead 6-0. The fourth inning saw the Mustangs score one run. They would stay that way until a four run scoring in the bottom of the sixth would give them the five run total score for the game. The Bobcats continued to score in each inning, one run in the fifth, six in the sixth and three in their final time at bat in the seventh inning.

Jake Best led the Bobcat hitters with a home run, and two hits, resulting in four RBIs. Dustin Selman and Ryan Gunstream got three hits apiece. Jacob Brown hit twice, Braxton Smith, Austin Scales and Luke Johnson hit one time each.

Maurice Morris was the leader for the Mus-tangs with two singles, one double and one run scored. Grant Anderson, Jacob Finney, and Tavin Terrell each hit once and scored once. Finney and Terrel got RBI credit with one each. Henry Forward walked to first and got around the bases to score one run.

On the schedule for Friday, April 20, Orange-field will host the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks and the LCM Bears will have a visit from Livings-ton. The Bridge City Cardinals travel to Ham-shire-Fannett and West Orange-Stark hosts Silsbee.

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Back in the Cardinal lineup is senior catcher Matt Menard. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

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We got caught in a bad storm Thursday and plowed our way home via the GPS due to a driving rain and spray off the waves that reduced visibility to fifty yards or less. It was a long painfully wet 23 mile boat ride from the south end of the lake back to Adams bayou. My hat is off to the entire Triangle Tail chasers field as the wind was even worse for them on Saturday!

We will have to start all over this week once the wind settles down, but what a week we enjoyed prior to Saturday. We easily limited on trout up to seven pounds most days in spite of a wind that limited the size of the playing field. Early in the week we could fish anywhere we wanted and it was difficult just deciding where to fish first.

We caught some nice trout off the revetment walls on topwaters and Swim Baits, flounder off the north end of Pleasure Island and around the mouth of the bayous on the Louisiana side of the lake, trout and reds over the grass around Willow and our best trout drifting the reef on the south end of the lake. At the same time, a number of other folks were doing equally well on both trout and reds in Keith lake and on the Gulf side of the Louisiana jetties.

That all sounds a little generic, but we haven’t had that may options in quite some time. Hope-fully, the wind will settle down and we will be right back at it by the end of the week.

Speaking of options, I cannot recall ever see-ing so many tournaments scheduled over the next

couple of months. I didn’t receive a report from last week’s river tournament, but that event takes place every Tuesday afternoon. I will have more information later but the first annual Do It In Or-ange Fishing Classic is set for the weekend of May 19 and 20.

The entry fee is $100 per two man team with the potential of winning $6000. First place in the bass, trout and redfish divisions is $2000 and you are eligible to win all three with one entry fee.

For Parents and guardians just trying to get their youngsters on the water, the Sabine Neches Chapter of the CCA will host their second annual Kid’s Fish Tournament at Walter Humphrey Pier on May 19 for children under 12. You supply your own rod and reel and bait, but hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served by the chapter.Kids must be in the weigh-in line by 10 a.m. and prizes will be awarded for the heaviest fish.

The Port Neches Riverfest tournament will be hosted out of Ancelet’s Marina on May 5 and 6. The entry fee for this event is $30 per person. Eighty percent of the entry fees will be awarded to the winners.

As if that weren’t enough, the annual McDonald Big Bass Splash on Rayburn is set for this weekend and the one on Toledo Bend is set for the weekend of May 18, 19 and 20. I feel certain I am over look-ing at least one or two other bass tournaments, but at the very least it looks like you have a lot of choices on the weekend of May 19 and 20 alone!

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Despite some terrible early sea-son weather, constantly changing winds, and some relatively hard run off from heavy rains the conditions on both our local lakes are ahead of schedule. On several trips in the last weeks I could not believe the amount of bait in our estuaries or the clarity of the water in some places, both were impressive to say the least.

The main bodies of the lakes as well as the surrounding marshes are full of life, the early season shad populations and shrimp numbers are enough to give even the most skeptical an-gler cause to smile.

There is no doubt that the mild winter we had really helped out this situation, the marshes are months ahead of schedule on the amount grasses present and baitfish produc-tion. During one scouting trip I could not help but marvel as I watched clouds of small bait-fish and small shrimp scurry among the lush grass.

Needle fish as long as your arm are thick in the bayous along with a very healthy popula-tion of mullet and crabs. The stage is set for some excellent fishing and perhaps some bet-ter quality fish than we have seen in a couple of years.

Both Sabine Lake and Calcasieu have be-come a little more angler friendly in the past week thanks to some drop dead gorgeous weather. Anglers from across the river have started seeing some really good trout show

up on main lake reefs in the open water.

There have been several good trout caught including one super fish that stretched the tape over 30” in length. Unlike earlier in the year when school trout were the norm it appears the better fish, over 4 pounds, are becoming much more common.

Sabine Lake anglers who have been pinned to the shorelines due to high winds are discovering hungry trout and reds as far up as the north end of the lake. The li-ons share of fish continue to come from the Causeway reef and the surrounding shell in that area. The quality of fish being caught down there is more than good enough to make you forget about having to deal with the crowds.

Since we have had a break in the winds a few anglers have taken advantage of the jetty fish-ing, the results have been good there as well. Big redfish and drum are still crushing crab and mullet, the speckled trout are also show-ing in decent numbers. If you are looking for a show head to the rocks with a topwater or Swim N Image and hang on, some great trout will be caught down there on that pattern. You may even run across a Spanish Mack or two, especially as we get closer to the summer months.

The forecast looks extremely promising and the conditions should do nothing but rein-force the potential. With much more predict-able weather on the horizon all anglers should be really looking forward to their next trip on the water.

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Although the 2012 ma-jor league baseball season is less than two weeks old, several trends are appear-ing that might make the 162-game journey more enjoyable than first anticipated.

More specifically, I’m refer-ring to our Houston Astros, who the Las Vegas Boys pick at even money to lose 100 or more games this season.

They may make the odds mak-ers look good in the final analy-sis, but what I’ve seen so far looks more like a team destined to play closer to .500 ball. At this writ-ing Houston stands at 4-5, with none of the five losses anywhere close to blowouts. In fact the As-tros had a chance to win all nine games, so far.

Last weekend’s series at Mi-ami was a perfect example of the way the young season has been going with all three games hav-ing 5-4 scores that were decided by the ninth inning or later. Un-fortunately, the Astros lost two of the three games.

In Friday’s opener, it appeared the Marlins had the upper hand throughout the game until J. D. Martinez, one of the newcom-ers who broke into the Astros’ lineup late last season, belted a two-run homer to knot the score at 4-4.

Ironically Martinez hails from the Miami area and had a cou-ple hundred of his family and friends on hand to watch him become the first player to hit a home run in the Marlins’ brand new stadium.

The game went into extra in-nings as the Houston bullpen, which is full of fresh, young fac-es, did another great job against Miami until one of the old As-tros—Brandon Lyon—came in and did exactly what he has done for most of the last two sea-sons—got pounded without get-ting an out as the Marlins scored the winning run in the 11th in-ning and won 5-4.

On Saturday almost the same

thing happened in reverse as the Astros trailed 4-1 with one out in the ninth in-ning when Miami’s $27 million closer Heath Bell gave up a double to Jose Al-tuve who reached third on the first of

the Marlins’ three errors that in-ning.

Pinch-hitter Travis Buck sin-gled home Altuve and Jordan Schafer reached base on catch-er’s interference, which was Er-ror No. 2. The Astros were down to one out when Martinez singled home Buck making the score 4-3.

First baseman Carlos Lee, who is off to a fast start in the final year of his six-year, $100,000,000 contract, ripped a single to cen-ter, driving home the tying run against the befuddled Bell.

Brian Bogusevic hit a soft fly ball to left that Logan Morrison lost in the lights and dropped for Error No. 3, allowing the tie-breaking run to score.

The Astros’ $12 million start-er-turned-closer Brett Myers pitched the bottom of the ninth and mowed down the Marlins on 16 pitches to preserve the 5-4 Astros’ victory for his second save in as many tries.

Sunday’s 5-4 score came about from a different direction as Houston’s starting pitcher J. A Happ successfully protected and early 3-2 lead for six innings. The Astros added an important run in the top of the eighth in-ning on a run-producing double by Altuve.

Manager Brad Mills may have made a strategically bad error by selecting lefty Wesley Wright to pitch the bottom of the eighth. Wright issued a walk to switch-hitter Emilio Bonifacio and was immediately yanked off the mound by a miffed Mills in favor of Wilton Lopez.

Hanley Ramirez greeted Lo-pez with a monstrous home run over the 418-foot sign in center field, suddenly tying the score at 4-4. Ramirez delivered the win-

ning run in the 11th inning after two intentional walks loaded the bases with one out.

Mills ordered both the in-field and outfield to come in and Ramirez hit a fly ball over the drawn-in outfield for a single and a 5-4 Miami win.

Although the Astros have been in every game so far this season, they have yet to drive in a run when the bases were loaded. Houston had three opportuni-ties on Sunday and is 0-for-11 for the season when the bases are full.

Houston has the second-youngest 25-man roster in the major leagues with only the Kansas City Royals slightly younger. The Astros’ $60,651,000 payroll is the low-est in the National League Central Division, followed by Pittsburgh ($63,431,999), Cin-cinnati ($82,203,616), Chicago Cubs ($88,197,033), Milwau-kee ($97,653,944) and St. Louis ($110,300,862).

And going into Monday’s ac-tion, it appears that the Cardi-nals are buying their way to suc-cess as they lead the NL Central. But the low-dollar Astros are hanging right behind St. Louis in second place, with Cincinnati and Milwaukee tied for third, Pittsburgh fifth and Chicago in the cellar.

Let’s hope the young and hun-gry players on the Houston As-tros’ 25-man roster continue to battle in every inning of each game like they appear to be do-ing so far and perhaps good things will happen.

However, in the current four-game series at Washington, our Astros will definitely be facing their toughest opponent so far this young season. The Nation-als stood at 7-3 and in first place in the NL East going into Mon-day’s series opener.

KWICKIES…This Korner was saddened to hear of the death of former West Orange Chiefs’ football and baseball player Mike Case, 60. Mike, an avid golfer, would occasionally return to Orange to play golf

at Sunset Grove Country Club with his good friend Jim Rodda, Craig Couvillion and yours tru-ly. Mike worked for many years out of Lafayette before being transferred by his company to Houston not too long ago. I was covering sports at West Orange High School for the Orange dai-ly newspaper in the late 1960’s when Mike played for the Chiefs. He graduated from West Orange High in 1970. The funeral for Mike Case was Tuesday in La-fayette.

The Texas Rangers are off to another good start by leading the American League West Di-vision by 2 ½ games going into Monday’s action. The Rangers have yet to lose on the road (3-0) as they moved on to play the Boston Red Sox Tuesday at Fen-way Park.

I got to watch a couple more Kentucky Derby hopefuls in action Saturday afternoon on CNBC as Hansen, a beautiful white colt, went out as the 6-5 fa-vorite in the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and was up-set by 6-1 Dullahan. Both horses are expected to be in the Derby on May 5. In the $1 million Ar-kansas Derby at Oaklawn, 9-5 favorite Bodemeister held off 5-2 Secret Circle. Both horses are eligible for the Derby.

Carl Pettersson fired five straight birdies on the front nine Sunday and coasted to an easy five-stroke victory in last week-end’s RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, S.C. on the PGA Tour. He finished five shots ahead of run-ner-up Zach Johnson at 14-un-der-par to win $1,026,000 for his fifth career PGA Tour title. Top-ranked Luke Donald needed to finish eighth or better to retain his No. 1 world ranking, but tied for 37th and slipped to No. 2 be-hind Rory McIlroy.

The Baylor Bears needed to rally Sunday from Saturday’s Big 12 baseball game that was sus-pended in the sixth inning with Kansas State holding a 10-8 lead. They won the suspended game 14-12 and then won Sunday’s 11-inning contest 12-11 to sweep the three-game weekend series and improve their season record to 30-7. The Bears are 15-0 in Big 12 play and extended their win-ning streak to 19 games.

JUST BETWEEN US…Multi-millionaire pitcher Roger Clem-ens returns to the federal court-room this week in Washington, D.C. to refute allegations by Federal prosecutors that he lied to Congress in 2008 about his alleged steroid use. Prospective jurors in the last trial claim the Federal prosecutors face an up-hill climb convicting the seven-time Cy Young Award winner on six felony counts. The charges carry maximum penalties of up to 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine. However, Fed-eral sentencing guidelines for a first-time offender call for 15 to 21 months in federal prison. “Congress has a long history of investigating things that don’t necessarily lead to legislation—and people have a long history of being skeptical about these in-vestigations,” commented Norm Ornstein, a congressional schol-ar at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Aimee Scales has been chosen as the Student Worker of the Se-mester by the Education Division at Lamar State College-Orange.

She is a 2010 graduate of Orangefield High School and has been the department’s student worker since the summer of 2010. She is a nursing major who will obtain her nursing degree at LSC-O and wants to work in the labor and delivery ward of a local hospital.

“I like the people I’ve met at LSCO,” said Scales. “I wanted to attend college where the campus was smaller and could give per-sonal attention to me, and of course was close to home.”

Scales will obtain her Associate degree in liberal arts this fall and plans to start taking the pre-requisites for the Vocational Nursing program. Once she completes the pre-requisites, she hopes to then enroll in the Upward Mobility Nursing program at LSC-O.

“Aimee is a wonderful student worker and a hardworking nurs-ing student,” said Brenda Mott, director of the Education Division at LSC-O. “She does whatever we ask of her and is always willing to go that extra mile for the staff.”

Scales was named the Orange County Athlete of the Year in 2010 and was on the Bobcat Homecoming Court all four years of high school, winning the title of Homecoming Queen her senior year. She received the Ed Peveto Memorial Scholarship and an ag-ricultural scholarship from the Future Farmers of America.

Not only did Scales play and letter in basketball, softball and volleyball at Orangefield High School, but she was also active in the National Honor Society and was the reporter for the Future Farmers of America. Living on her own, she supports herself by working at LSC-O while attending school and working evenings at Romano’s Italian Restaurant.

“I commend her for working two jobs to pay for college and still maintaining a high grade point average,” said Mott. “She lives on her own and pays her own way. She has a tremendous work ethic.”

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Winning district championships is a way of life for the Bridge City Lady Cardinals’ softball program.

With a hot Silsbee team undefeated in dis-trict, however, the scrappy Lady Cards are battling to stay in second place and a playoff berth this season, according Coach Miste Henderson. Bridge City is 6-3 in district and 16-13 overall.

They lost a heartbreaker at Silsbee, 2-1, on April 13. Now, everything comes down to the wire with their last district game at home on Senior Night against the West-Orange Stark Lady Mustangs for sole possession of second place and a trip to the playoffs. The game will be played Tuesday night, weather permitting. If not, it will be rescheduled for Wednesday night.

If they lose, there will be a tie for second place and they would have to win a special game to get into the playoffs.

“They (Silsbee) have the same girls playing for them for three years now. They’re clicking. They’re 9-0,” Henderson said. “Last year, we played a lot of 2-1 games and we would come out on top. It’s the other way around this year.”

The never say die Lady Cards are a well rounded bunch with three seniors, two ju-niors. four sophomores and four freshmen.

“There’s a lot of new faces to Varsity. Bridge City has been so successful, they have some big shoes to fill,” she said.

Another heartbreaker for the club was los-ing to rival Orangefield. Henderson said that loss is always disappointing, but it was a learn-ing experience for the team and it brought the Lady Cardinals together as a team.

Hitting and defense has been solid for the team throughout the year and pitcher, fresh-man Kellyn Cormier, has a lot of movement with the ball, Henderson said.

Fortunately for Bridge City, the team’s hit-ting, defense and pitching is starting to click

at the right time.“The upper class men have made the play-

offs every year. It’s been a learning experience. They’ve worked so hard this season,” Hender-son said.

Senior and team leader Brooklyn Hogden said the squad is a much closer team than at the beginning of the season New team mem-bers are stepping up and growing through hard work and practice, practice, practice.

Hogden herself made an adjustment too, moving from second base to short stop. She

likes the new position because of the increased range of play, but she has also developed her arm strength to make the longer throw to first.

And as a veteran leader on the team, she knows she has to set an example for the younger players.

“They seem to get frustrated. It tell them it’s okay and be ready because the ball may be coming their way again. We have team dinners to bond together and we encourage them,” Hogden said.

Though a freshman, Cormier has been on

the mound since she was eight years old. She admitted pitching at the high school

level was scary at first and she would some-times become nervous until she gotten over it.

“I’ve gotten used to it. I have a lot of differ-ent pitches to use,” she said.

Pitches such as the curveball, the drop, the change-up and fastball, and her best pitch, the screwball. Her ERA is an impressive 1.00.

The freshman hurler said thoughts of going to the playoffs in high school for the first time make her “very excited.”

Lady Cardinals in fight for playoff berth

The Bridge City Lady Cardinals at softball practice on a rainy day. The program has a habit of district championships and this year’s team is fighting for a second place finish and a playoff spot. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

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CHURCH BRIEFS

First Baptist Church Orangefield

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

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

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

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

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

www.fbcof.com

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

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

Boots & hats welcome!

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

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

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

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

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

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

Me) Club

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange

(409) 745-3973Sun. Morning at

7:30 a.m. on A.M. 1600 KOGT Radio

Sun.: 2 p.m. • Tues: 7:30 p.m. 24 Hour Prayer Line:

409-779-4703•409-779-4702

Back to God Fresh Anointing Ministries

1011 10th St., Suite 108, Orange

409-779-3566•409-883-0333backtoGodnow@gmail.comwww.backtogodfreshanoint-

ingministries.comPastor Gerald Gunn

Co-Pastor Pearlie GunnSun. School 9:45 a.m.

Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.Tues. Night Bible

Study 7 p.m.Men of Valor & Women of

Warfare classes on Thur. 7 p.m.

First United Methodist Church

502 Sixth Street 409-886-7466

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

Doug RogersOrganist: Justin SandersDir. of Youth & Christian

Education: Allisha BonneauxSunday: Worship in the Cha-

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

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

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

Web site: www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

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

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

Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.

“Our church family wel-comes you!”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

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

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Trinity Baptist Church

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

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

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

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding Pastor

Rev. Tunney Vercher Sr.Sunday Worship:10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn

BallSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

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

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

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

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

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

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

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

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

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

Worship “Living Stone”

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving Street, Orange409-882-0862

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

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

of the each month.

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

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

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

Maranatha Christian Center

7879 Hwy. 87 NMusic: Sherry Dartez

Pastor Daniel RayKOGT Broadcast 8:30 a.m.Sunday Morning 10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

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Salem UMC hosting ushers, greeters cele-bration

Salem United Methodist Church will host their seventh annu-al usher’s celebration at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 22. The church is located at 402 W. John Ave. in Orange.

The theme for the program is “The endurance needed to carry out the work of the Lord,” from 1 Corinthians 15:58. The Rev. DeAndre Bell of St. Paul CME Church will be guest speaker.

Ushers, greeters and congregations from surrounding church-es and the community are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Salem UMC at 883-2611.

St. Mary’s Class of 1962 to hold reunionThe 1962 graduating class of St. Mary’s High School is hav-

ing their 50th Reunion the weekend of April 28-29. They will meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the school library to share memorabilia, view a “scrapbook” DVD, tour the school and en-joy the St. Mary’s School Spring Festival together.

On Sunday, they will meet in the St. Mary’s Church hall at 9:30 a.m. and will attend the 10 a.m. Mass memorial service honoring their deceased members.

The weekend will culminate with a picnic at Niblett’s Bluff Park at 12:30 p.m. where they will enjoy entertainment with live music. The St. Mary’s High School classes of 1961 and 1963, as well as former classmates, are invited to join them.

The cost is $20 for those attending the picnic. Reservation information was mailed, but some former classmates from earlier years haven’t been located. If you ever attended St. Mary’s with the Class of 1962 and would like to join us, con-tact Lesylee Prejean Gautreaux at lesyleegotro@msn.com or 745-5984.

Cowboy Church to host Bulls & BarrelsCowboy Church of Orange County will be hosting “Bulls &

Barrels” on Saturday May 5. Events begin at 8 p.m., which in-clude senior bull riding, junior bull riding, mutton bustin’, open barrels, senior barrels, junior barrels and peewee barrels. Jackpot payout. Added money to open barrels and senior bull riding. Books open Wednesday May 2 for Bull Riding and Mut-ton Bustin’, 6-9 p.m. 409-698-6165. Admission is $5, 3 years and under free. Current negative coggins and signed release re-quired.

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

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

This is part two in the series of the Misconceptions about Christians. Last week I touched on the misconception that to be a Christian you have to read the Bible literally. Today I will speak another misconception.

Misconception #2 - To be a Chris-tian means you have to go to “church”- While this might seem a bit counter-intuitive for a minister to say such a thing, hear me out. I like to remind people that nowhere in the Bible does Jesus Christ ever advo-cate or command that his followers go to church. Christ’s mes-sage was about bringing the love and reconciliation of God to all people in all places. Never did Jesus say “and on the Sunday gather together in a building for one hour and then return to your lives.”

The church at one time in the United States was the cultural center of a town. The perception was that everyone in the town was a Christian and attended service somewhere on Sunday mornings. It wasn’t ‘if ’ you were going to church, rather it was “to which” church you were going to attend.

But over the years, the understanding of ‘church’ has changed and not everyone is on board with it—a conflict has arisen. One of the biggest so called ‘worship wars’ is how church is supposed to look. Some people want the ‘traditional’ way of worshipping: pipe organs, hymnals, wearing your ‘Sunday Bests’, etc. On the other hand there are those who want a more ‘laid back’ or ‘con-temporary’ approach - ‘come as you are’ mentality to clothing, praise bands, screens with images and song lyrics. You can try to

blend the two together which sometimes works, but more often than not, one side feels the other side has “taken over.”

These two different styles have literally split congregations. But the truth is to be Christian does not mean that you have to attend a worship service in a stained glass windowed building on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. No, rather, worship is supposed to be an expression of gratitude and adoration to God, so how one connects with the Divine is up to them. Don’t get me wrong I believe that fellowship and support of other Christians is vi-tal to faith formation, but it is not limited to a building we call “church.” More and more churches are finding that small group and house church ministries are reaching people that had never graced the door of a church before. Why? Because these groups are generally smaller and more intimate. There is something comforting about expressing one’s doubts about faith issues in someone’s home than in a church building.

The church grew out of a collection of people that wanted to get together and worship God. In the early church, they did not meet in multi-story buildings rather they met in homes. The church today is still the place where faithful followers of God come to worship, but what that looks like for the future is still unknown. I believe that the Church may not look like it does today fifty years from now. But one thing is for sure, I believe what Christ said about where two or more are gathered, there he will be also. Whether it is in a home, 100 year old stained glass building, an old Walmart or a strip mall, the church will remain.

Next week I will continue my series on the misconceptions about Christians. I would love your feedback.

Rev. Evan M. Dolive is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He currently serves as Associate Minister at First Christian Church (DOC) in Orange. Rev. Do-live can be reached via email at evandolive@att.net or online at evandolive.wordpress.com.

Misconceptions about Christians: Part Two

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Evan DoliveFor The Record

I think Jim Crump had a slight case of nerves when the cur-tain went up on his one man play “Charlie Russell’s Recollec-tion of The Old West” at the Lutcher last week. I don’t blame, I would too. It was the culmination of over 35 years of work, 35 years of his life dedicated off and on to portraying the life of western artist Charlie Russell. Written, directed and acted by Crump, he also bankrolled the entire production after failing to find financial backing for the play through other avenues.

Crump even built the entire set which is very intricate, es-pecially for a one man show. It even is built on its own plat-form so it will have a raised stage in places where there isn’t one.

Yes, I would be a little nervous too the first time performing a lifetime’s work in front of a live audience.

He started speaking a little too fast. I didn’t understand a word of the first couple of sentences he said. After getting those first words out of his mouth, he started to settle a little into the part. Speaking in the manner of the 1800s, some of the terminology may not be completely understood by some of today’s audiences. It is English, just different English than is heard by most today. The combination of fast talking and different terminology required the audiences complete atten-tion to understand what was going on. Because of that, many of the humorous moments of the first act were glossed over and passed before the audience had the opportunity to react.

He became more comfortable as the play went on and by the second act was hitting his stride.  He had slowed down, the audience was getting more comfortable with the dialog, and the laughs started to come. They started as a chuckle or two, with a full blown laugh at the end.

There is much more humor in the show than audience re-action confirmed, it just took time for him to settle into the

production. He received a standing ovation at the end. Not a bad conclusion to a lifetime of work.

I received an e-mail after the show from Juhree Casey, “I saw Jim Crump’s play and it was great. He should start a web-site so we can know where he is in case we want to go see him again.”

Yeah, I would have been a little nervous too, but Jim, let it go, you did good. Take a deep breath, relax, and slow down. 

Once passed nerves, Crump settled into Russell’s characterPenny LeLeuxFor The Record

Jim Crump

The Record • Week of Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7B

Accomplishments on Commissioner Court 2009 to present.

• Collection station: Orange County is recycling and with lower cost on regular garbage.•• Roads in PCT 1: 12 miles of road repair. New roads Ben Mack road surfaced with Pine Bluff road to be surfaced spring of 2012 • Airport: Completed the runway extension project with grant money and installed taxiway light with grant money. Secured the airport with code access for entey.•• Mosquito control: Instrumental in hiring pilot for mosquito control aircraft. • Jail: Working with bidders on Bulk and Prescription medication delivery lowering the cost with better service. • Sheriff’s Department: 17 new patrol cars on the streets with 7 new cars on order for this year•• Grants: Over 48.5 million dollars in grant money over the past 3 years• New Buildings: - Shelter of last resort on FM 1442 (CHAMPS) - Judge Janice Menard - Adult Probation Building• Lowered the tax rate from 2011 to 2012• Generators on Key buildings needed to operate the county.• Generators on Key buildings needed to operate the county.• County insurance health prescription plan: negotiated with Caremark to lower county prescription cost, saving the county over $70,000 the first year.

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Orange was able to grow and become a viable part of Texas history due to two things, the Sabine River and the proximity of thousands of acres of virgin pine and cy-press timber. One of the men who saw a great future, both for himself and Orange was David R. Wingate.

Wingate was a descendant of some of the original colo-nists who had settled in the Carolinas in the 1600s. His ancestors were settlers who had built plantations and been a part of the British establish-ment in the colonies. Wing-ate’s great-grandfather had been a representative to the Carolina Congress and one of the signatories who declared loyalty to the state and the united colonies. He and his son both fought with Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, and allowed Marion and his men to stay on the plantation.

When Wingate was a young boy his family moved from South Carolina to Hancock County, Miss. In 1839 he mar-ried Caroline Morgan. They soon became the parents of seven children. He began to work in logging camps and sawmills and by 1849 he owned his first sawmill.

One of his uncles had fought in the Texas Revolution and had written back home to tell about the forests of East Texas. In 1844 Wingate had made a

visit to Texas and seen the vast forests and the amount of land available for settlement.

In 1852, he sold his invest-ments in Mississippi and moved his family to Newton County and established a large plantation near the Belgrade/Farrsville/Cow Creek area. In seven years he had built a pro-ductive plantation that pro-

duced 350 bales of cotton and made him the largest cotton planter in Texas.

He wanted to return to his roots in the sawmill business and by 1859 he had purchased the abandoned Spartan Saw-mill at Sabine Pass and built it into the largest steam powered sawmill in the state. Along with the mill he operated a

fleet of schooners to transport his lumber to markets along the Gulf of Mexico.

Early in the Civil War, in April, 1861, he and his son en-listed in the Sabine Pass Guard. He also began block-ade running. A schooner and 500 bales of cotton were lost when the schooner ran aground and was burned to avoid capture by the Union forces. On Oct. 21, 1862 a Union Navy patrol invaded Sa-bine Pass and burned both Wingate’s sawmill and his res-idence; both were total losses. He moved his family back to the Newton County planta-tion. The plantation had con-tinued to prosper, producing between 200 and 500 bales of cotton each year.

Wingate’s love of being a sawmill owner led to him moving his family to Orange in 1873 to seek new opportu-nities in the lumber industry. In 1878 he had begun the D. R. Wingate and Company saw-mill. In 1880 a fire destroyed the mill at a loss of over $50,000. The demand for lum-ber stayed strong and he built a larger mill to replace his loss. His larger mill was capable of producing as much as 90,000 feet on lumber and 125,000 shingles per day. Fire struck this mill, causing a loss of an-

other $50,000. The planing mill and stacked lumber was saved. Insurance covered about half his loss. By this time he was 71 years old and tiring of the business, but friends talked him into creat-ing a stock company. He did so and D. R. Wingate and Com-pany was re-established. His new venture was fueled by his desire to keep his more than 100 employees working. The new mill also burned, but it was two years after Wingate’s death.

He had been a person who felt an obligation to care for his employees and to give to his community. Before his ar-rival in Texas he had served as a judge in Hancock County, Miss. In 1861 he had been ap-pointed Confederate States marshal for the Eastern Dis-trict of Texas. From 1861 to 1863 he served as county judge of Newton County. In 1878 he became county judge of Or-ange County and served until 1884.

In 1890, after several years of illness, Caroline Wingate died. Her funeral was the larg-est recorded in Orange Coun-ty until that time. After her death the old sawmiller went into a new venture, rice farm-ing. His farming venture was successful and added new

commerce to the region.On Feb. 15, 1899 Wingate

died of pneumonia and was buried next to his wife in Ever-green Cemetery in Orange. His funeral became the largest seen in Orange.

By all accounts both of the Wingates were loving, kind people. They cared for their employees and the slaves they had owned. Even the dece-dents of some of the slaves have recounted how well they treated their ancestors. He was a man who refused to bow to misfortune. In spite of his many losses, he was one of the wealthiest men in Orange County when he died. In 1979, the Texas Historical Commis-sion erected a commemorative marker at Wingate’s grave site.

One of Wingate’s relatives, the late Jim Wingate, authored a family book with a heavy fo-cus on D. R. Wingate. The book, “From Sawdust to Gav-el” is a family history that re-lates the many ventures and accomplishments of the Wing-ate family in the region. The Wingate family have been im-portant contributors to Or-ange in fields as varied in later years as the grocery business and law. The 83rd annual Wingate Reunion will be held in Orange this June.

David R. Wingate, sawmill owner and judgeMike LouviereFor The Record

David R. Wingate

Usually, I get a chuckle when one of our politicians makes an open-mike gaffe. You know, when they think their mike is off and they make an unseemly com-ment.

Like the time a couple years back when Kenye West in-terfered with Taylor Swift’s country singer award and our president later called him a “jackass,” thinking the mike he wore was turned off.

What about at the Group 20 summit in November of last year when French President Sarkozy and Obama were each caught making disparaging remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu?

There are others. Bush, thinking his mike was off, ut-tered a profane comment re-garding a newsman, and his vice president agreed. I guess that would be a double open-mike gaffe.

Those are funny, but this last one President Obama made scared me. A couple weeks back, he was caught telling Russian President Med-vedev that in regard to missile defense, “This is my last elec-tion. After the election, I will have more flexibility.”

Flexibility for what?I’d like to know just what

the guy has up his sleeve.Hasn’t Washington done

enough damage already?I’ll bet you did not know

that a few weeks back without any fanfare, he signed HR347, an anti-protest bill that could make free speech a felony.

Yep. Secret Service agents now have the sweeping power to seize and arrest any protes-tors the agents autonomously determine are gathering ille-gally.

Now, stop and think about that, folks.

You’re standing on the cor-ner holding a sign stating your core beliefs and if a Secret Ser-vice agent so decides, you can be arrested and charged with a felony.

I don’t know about you, but it sounds like a police state to me. Obama is twisting the Constitution to fit his own policies.

United States Constitution, Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an

establishment of religion, or pro-hibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of people peace-ably to assemble, and to petition

the Government for a redress of grievances.

Now Secret Service agents can decide whether or not the gathering is peaceable. Be-tween you and me, that’s too much power for a single agent to possess.

Have you noticed how the

president continues to push the constitutional envelope? Despite later backtracking, a few days back he asserted the Supreme Court did not have the power or right to deny Congressional decisions.

Another instance of con-cern was voiced by Congress-woman Kay Granger when she stated that “fourteen days ago, the president issued an execu-tive order giving unprecedent-ed power to his office to take over all the fundamental parts of our economy in the name of national security during times of national emergency.”

Nothing to Laugh AboutKent ConwellLighter Side of LifeFor The Record

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SEEKING: Old business materi-als and records, journals, cor-respondence, photographs, and/or other items, objects and forms of memorabilia relating to the old Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company of Orange, Texas, and DeRidder, Louisiana, which sold in 1970 after operating for nearly a century and ceased to operate under that name. Please call Richard Dickerson, archivist for the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation in Orange, Texas, at 409-883-3790 or 409-883-3513. Write to P.O. Box 909, Orange, TX 77631-0909 or ddickerson@starkfoundation.org.

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ODILE MARIE THIBODAUX, Deceased, were issued on April 10, 2012, in Cause No. P16077, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: BARRY FRANCIS THIBODAUX.

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.BARRY FRANCIS THIBODAUXc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 11th dayof April, 2012Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for Barry Francis ThibodauxState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Benford William Harper, Sr., Deceased, were issued on March 5, 2012, in Cause No. P16066, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: Benford William Harper, Jr.

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

c/o Benford William Harper, Jr.810 Goliad, VidorOrange, Texas 77630

DATED April 16, 2012

Bruce GregoryBruce GregoryAttorney at LawAttorney for Benford William Harper, Jr.1617 Magnolia AvenuePort Neches, Texas 77651Telephone: (409) 727-0900Facsimile: (409) 727-0902

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3 temporary positions; approx 7 ½ months; Duties: to clean culvert pipes with shovel, to dig out Johnson grass in cane fields with shovel, to dig quarter drain ditches with shovel for water man-agement. To plant cane by hand. $9.30 per hour; 40+ hours a week, hours var-ies. Job to begin on 06/1/12 through 1/15/13. Must have 1 months experienced required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reason-ably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if ap-propriate; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employment offered by M.J. Naquin, Inc. located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Quali-fied applicants may call employer for in-terview at 985-447-3296 or contact their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 and use job order number 413301.

FIELD WORKERS10 temporary positions; approx 8 months; Duties: to operate farm equipment; planting of sugarcane by hand, farm, field and shed sanitation duties; operation and performing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bending or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $9.30; Job to begin on 6/1/12 through 1/20/13. 3 months experience re-quired in sugar cane farming. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation will be provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; subsistence expenses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work contract or earlier if appropriate; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employment offered by Monte Val-lot’s Farm located in Abbeville, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 337-893-0744 or call their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 using job #413296.

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APARTMENTSFREE RENT FOR APRIL!

on our 1/1 apartment located at 247 Tenny st., BC. move in with deposit and application fee for this month only! Stop by or call the office for details. These apartments are beautiful! Newly constructed with washer and dryer included. The Village apartment office is located at 245 Tenny St., or reach us by phone at (409) 735-7696.

THE VILLAS AT COW Bayou located at 3650 Fish Hook in Bridge City, now has 1&2 bed-room openings! Enjoy comfort-able living in a quiet, secluded surrounding. Located in the Bridge City School District with convenient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas, we are close to all area refineries! Covered parking, washer/dryer connections are provided. We supply your City of Bridge City water, trash & sewer! Please call today and ask about our move-in special! Call to make an appointment for your personal tour! 409-735-8803.

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NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTIONTo the Registered Voters of Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange, County, Texas:

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 12th, 2012, for voting in a general election to elect two (2) Port Commis-sioners whom reside as follows:

- One (1) in “Precinct Two” of Orange County- One (1) in “Precinct Three” of Orange County

West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District:Voting Place 1:

West Orange City Hall2700 Western AvenueOrange, Texas 77630

County Voting Precinct(s): 11,12

Voting Place 2:Salvation Army

1950 MLKOrange, Texas 77630

County Voting Precinct(s): 8, 14, 15, 13, 24

Voting Place 3:North Early Learning Center

801 CordreyOrange, Texas 77630

County Voting Precinct(s): 3,4,5

Voting Place 4:West Orange-Stark Middle School

1402 W. Green Ave.Orange, Texas 77630

County Voting Precinct(s): 1, 2

Little Cypress - Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District:Voting Place 5:

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Intermediate2300 Allie Payne

Orange, Texas 77632County Voting Precinct(s): 3, 6, 7, 8, 9

Voting Place 6:Mauriceville Middle School

5200 W Hwy 1130Orange, Texas 77632

County Voting Precinct(s): 16, 31

Bridge City Independent School District:

Voting Place 7:Bridge City High School

2690 Texas AvenueBridge City, Texas 77611

County Voting Precinct(s): 10, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30

Vidor Independent School District:

Voting Place 8:Vidor Junior High School

945 North TramVidor, Texas 77662

County Voting Precinct(s): 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,27,29,32,33,34

Orangefield Independent School District:Voting Place 9:

Orangefield High School Building9974 Hwy 105

Orangefield, Texas 77639County Voting Precinct(s): 23

Voting Place 10:Pecan Acres Baptist Church14795 Duncan Woods Lane

Vidor, Texas 77662County Voting Precinct(s): 22

Voting Place 11:Texas Department of Transportation

3128 North Highway 62Orange, Texas 77632

County Voting Precinct(s): 13,15,30,32

Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted each weekday at:

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Admin Bldg.6586 FM 1130

Orange, Texas 77632April 30-May 8 – M-F - 8:30am-4:30pm

Extended Hrs 8am-8pm May 1 and May 8

Bridge City High School2690 Texas Avenue

Bridge City, TX 77611April 30-May 8 – M-F – 8:00am-4:00pm

Extended Hrs 7am-7pm May 7 and May 8

Vidor ISD120 E Bolivar

Vidor, TX 77662April 30-May 8 – M-F – 8:00am-4:30pm

Extended Hrs 8am-8pm May 1 and May 8

Orange Public Library220 N 5th Street

Orange, TX 77630April 30-May 8 – M-F – 8:30am-4:30pm

Extended Hrs 8am-8pm May 1 and May 8

Orangefield Highschool9974 Hwy 105

Orange, TX 77630April 30-May 8 –M-F - 8:00am-4:00pm

Extended Hrs8am-8pm May 1 and May 8

Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to:

Tina Barrow, Election Administrator123 S. 6th StreetOrange, Texas 77630

Applications by mail must be received no later than the close of business on May 4, 2012.

Issued this the 12th day of March 2012.

Jerry Hughes March 12, 2012 President, Board of Commissioners Date

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN GENERAL A los Votantes Registrados del Distrito de Navegación y del Puerto del Condado de Orange:

Aviso se da aquí que los lugares de votación que están escritos abajo estarán abiertos de las 7:00 de la mañana hasta las 7:00 de la tarde el 12 de mayo del 2012, para votar a dos (2) a Comisionados del Puerto en una elección general quiénes residen como sigue:

- Uno (1) en el “Precincto Dos ” del Condado de Orange - Uno (1) en el “Precincto Tres” del Condado de Orange

El Distrito Escolar Consolidado Independiente de West Orange-Cove:

Lugar de Voto 1:Casa de Ayuntamiento de West Orange

Avenida Western # 2700 Orange, Texas 77630

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 11, 12

Lugar de Voto 2: Edificio de la iglesia ‘Salvation Army’

Camino de MLK # 1950Orange, Texas 77630

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 8, 14,15,13, 24 Lugar de Voto 3:

Centro de Aprendizaje de ‘North Early Learning’

Calle Cordrey #801Orange, Texas 77630

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 3,4,5

Lugar de Voto 4:Edificio de la Escuela de West Orange

Middle”902 West Park

Orange, Texas 77630Precintos de Voto del Condado: 1, 2

El Distrito Escolar Consolidado Independiente de Little Cypress-Mauriceville:

Lugar de Voto 5:Escuela de ‘Little Cypress Intermediate’

Camino de ‘Allie Payne’ # 2300 Orange, Texas 77632

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 3,6,7,8,9

Lugar de Voto 6:Escuela de Mauriceville ’Middle’

Carretera 1130 Oeste 52Orange, Texas 77632

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 16, 31

El Distrito Escolar Independi-ente de Bridge City:

Lugar de Voto 7:Escuela Secundaria de Bridge City

Avenida de Texas # 2690 Bridge City, Texas 77611

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 10, 13, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30

El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Vidor:

Lugar de Voto 8:Escuela de ‘Vidor Junior High’

Calle North Tram # 945Vidor, Texas 77662

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 16, 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,27,29,32,33,34

El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Orangefield: Lugar de Voto 9:

Edificio de la Escuela Secundaria de Orangefield

Carretera ‘Hwy’ 105 #9974Orangefield, Texas 77639

Precinto de Voto del Condado: 23

Lugar de Voto 10:Iglesia Bautista de ‘Pecan Acres’

Calle ‘Duncan Woods Lane’ #14795Vidor, Texas 77662

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 22

Lugar de Voto 11:Departmento de Transportación de Texas

Carretera ‘Highway’62 Norte #3128Orange, Texas 77632

Precintos de Voto del Condado: 13,15,30,32 La Votación Temprana por apariencia personal será conducida cada día de la semana en:

Edificio de Administración de Little Cypress-Mauriceville

6586 FM 1130Orange, Texas 77632

el 30 de abril al 8 de mayo de lunes al viernes de las 8:30 a.m. a las 4:30 p.m

Horas Extendidas de las 8:00 a.m. a las 8:00 p.m. el 1 de mayo y el 8 de mayo

Escuela Secundaria de Bridge City ISD 2690 Texas Avenue

Bridge City, TX 77611el 30 de abril al 8 de mayo de

lunes al viernes de las 8:00 a.m. a las 4:00 p.m

Horas Extendidas de las 7:00 a.m. a las 7:00 p.m. el 7 de mayo y el 8 de mayo

Edificio de Administración de Vidor ISD

120 E BolivarVidor, TX 77662

el 30 de abril al 8 de mayo de lunes al viernes de las 8:00 a.m. a las 4:30 p.m

Horas Extendidas de las 8:00 a.m. a las 8:00 p.m. el 1 de mayo y el 8 de mayo

Biblioteca Pública de Orange 220 N 5th Street

Orange, TX 77630el 30 de abril al 8 de mayo de

lunes al viernes de las 8:30 a.m. a las 4:30 p.m

Horas Extendidas de las 8:00 a.m. a las 8:00 p.m. el 1 de mayo y el 8 de mayo

Escuela Secundaria de Orangefield 9974 Hwy 105

Orange, TX 77630el 30 de abril al 8 de mayo de

el lunes al viernes de las 8:00 a.m. a las 4:00 p.mHoras Extendidas de las 8:00 a.m. a las 8:00 p.m.

el 1 de mayo y el 8 de mayo

Solicitudes para balotas por correo serán enviadas a:

Tina Barrow, Election Administrator (Administradora de Elección) 123 S. 6th StreetOrange, Texas 77630

Solicitudes por correo se recibirán no más tarde que para el fin del día de negocios, del 4 de mayo del 2012.

Emitido ésto, el día doce (12) de marzo del 2012.

Jerry Hughes March 12, 2012 Presidente, de la Tabla de Comisionados Fecha

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Classifieds continued on 10B.

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This includes all water resources, construction services, and materials such as steel and concrete etc; civil transportation systems; food and health resources; energy supplies; and farm equipment.

It also states that citizens can be drafted into the military and even ordered to fulfill various labor requirements for the purpose of national defense.

Congress, according to Granger, will have no oversight, only briefings.

This Executive Order puts the Federal Government above the law, which is contrary to our Constitution.

She further poses the question of, “why this order was signed now and the consequences, especially during times of peace. This kind of Martial Law proposes a government takeover that is typically reserved for national emergencies, not in a time of relative peace.”

You don’t have to believe me. See for yourself at Whitehouse.gov, March 16, 2012, Executive Order-National Defense Re-sources Preparedness.

I’m not the only one worried about the coming months. Cal Thomas put together a scary column quoting Dick Morris. Morris as you more knowledgeable remember, was a former advisor to Bill Clinton, so the guy knows sleaze when he sees it.

Morris – predictions of a second term for Obama are chill-ing. He predicts that:

Obama will opt for a single-payer on healthcare, and that he will eliminate the private health insurance industry and all insurance will come from the government. It will all be ac-cording to the same plan.

He will shut down more drilling in the vast new fields opened up by the Bush administration.

The G 20, Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, and International Money Fund will acquire sovereignty over our economy.

He will sign the International Criminal Treaty that would force the U.S. to have U.N. approval (read that as Russia and China) before going to war.

He will sign the “Rights of the Child Treaty” that could cre-ate a basis for suing to provide an increase of foreign aid to other countries.

He will sign the global ban on small arms, which as Morris pointed out, is a back door means for arms control in the U.S.

He will sign away all of our royalties for offshore drilling with the Law of the Sea Treaty and he will eliminate weapons

in outer space, which will do away with our missile defense system.

Morris continued, “The final result is the U.S. becomes two countries. One is a small number of folks who work and pay taxes; the second a huge number who depend on the govern-ment and do not work.”

Don’t smirk, folks. We’re being ruled by a guy who thinks there is nothing wrong telling Americans what they must do. This is the guy who picked an Energy Czar who wanted gas-oline to hit eight or nine bucks a gallon so everyone will be forced to drive electric cars (that won’t get more than fifty or sixty miles without going to a backup engine fueled by gaso-line).

These are possibilities at which no one can laugh.rconwell@gt.rr.comhttp://www.kentconwell.blogspot.com/www.goodreads.com/author/show/13557.Kent_Conwellwww.amazon.com/-/e/B001JPCK26www.kentconwell.blogspot.com

Lighter Side From Page 7B

For the first time since 2004 the Orangefield One Act Play progressed past district to the area competition which was held Saturday in Angelina College. According to Sydney Cros-by, director and UIL sponsor, they were “Super excited!”

They won’t be advancing past area, but they came home with three awards.

Constance Ingram was placed on the All-Star cast and Car-rie Grace Henderson received honorable mention All-Star Cast.

“Our sound and light crew was named Area Technical Ex-cellence Crew and they were the only ones who won. They were the only school to win that,” said Crosby. “We’re really proud of that, especially since we don’t have a theater to prac-tice in. They have to do all their technical excellence once they get to competition.” They practice in the old band hall at the school.

This was Crosby’s fourth year to direct One Act Play at Or-angefield.

Their offering this year was “The Children’s Hour.” It is set at a girl’s boarding school in the 1930s run by two best friends that are women.

“A little girl gets angry with the teachers for disciplining them, so she starts a rumor that they are having an affair with each other. It’s a big lie and then it all blows out of control,” said Crosby. The girl tells her grandmother, who notifies all her friends. All the students are pulled out of class and the school closes down. “These women’s lives are just ruined, be-cause of a lie,” said Crosby. “The character that Constance plays ends up committing suicide over it.”

At the very end, the grandmother says, “I now know it was all a lie.” The girl finally told the truth.but it’s too late.

“Our goal from this was to learn to always tell the truth. Be honest with everybody about everything because one little lie can wreck lives,” said Crosby.

Cast members are: Carrie Grace Henderson, Haley Per-menter, Constance Ingram, Daniel Gilson, Sage Granger, An-gelique Rainwater, Brianna Graffagnino, Kirsten Wolfford and Ashlynn Hanks.

Crew members are: Heather Singletary, Chase Tiller, Victor Vuong, Jeffery Kam and Daryl Broussard.

Orangefield One Act Play receives three awardsPenny LeLeuxFor The Record

One Act Cast

One Act Crew

St. Mary Catholic School’s National Junior Honor Society members visited Pinehurst Villa Nursing Home. 

The students brought a basket full of fruit, muffins and goodies. They visited each room and invited the residents to the activity room to be entertained. 

The students used their talents such as juggling, telling jokes, singing, playing dominos and even acrobats. Fun was had by all but the students enjoyed it even more than the resi-dents.

The second picture is of the group. Front row (left to right) is Mad-eleine Fuselier, Victoria Sawyers, Madison Miller, Alexis Cox. Sec-ond row is Ryan Keszeg. Third row is Noah Vigil, Edward Doan, Mitchell Lee, Vinny Hale and Tyler McCorvy.

St. Mary’s students visit nursing home

Staff ReportFor The Record