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The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, January 21, 2014Vol. 56 No. 40

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County employees request travel expensesThere were several agenda

items regarding employee trav-el at the regular meeting of the Orange County Commission-ers Court on January 20.

Mary Johnson, county audi-tor, requested her assistant county auditor to fly to Lub-bock to attend educational training at the Tyler Technolo-gies facility.

Johnson said there is no cost for the course, the county would have to cover travel and lodging fees.

John Banken, Precinct 3

commissioner, asked if the training was mandatory. Johnson an-swered no but said it is ad-vanced train-ing in financial software sys-tems and of-

fered only once a year. The as-sistant county auditor would serve as a back-up to Johnson.

Jody Crump, Precinct 4 com-missioner, asked if there was still a travel ban for county em-ployees. He was informed that there was.

David Dubose, Precinct 1 commissioner, said Johnson did bring the matter before the court. Johnson added it is also an advanced report writing course.

Banken asked if this would be new training and new knowledge would be brought back that the county doesn’t

possess.Johnson said her office cur-

rently doesn’t have anyone who has advanced report writing skills.

Crump asked what the total cost to attend is. Johnson said $700, the cost to get there and the hotel would cost $75 a night.

Crump and Banken voted no for the travel while Dubose and Barry Burton, Precinct 2 com-missioner, voted yea. County Judge Brint Carlton was away on business. The motion failed to be approved because of the deadlock vote.

Missy Pillsbury, risk man-agement coordinator, request-

ed to attend the County Man-agement and Risk Conference in Austin. This is a budgeted item and there is no additional funding that is requested.

Travel and lodging will be re-imbursed, meals aren’t reim-

Elaena Fanese Swanton, a West Orange-Stark High School graduate, said she and her children marched in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day “A Step Towards Unity” march on January 19 because she be-lieves equality should not be a dream anymore, it should be a reality.

“I marched because we are living the dream in part and I believe that the future genera-tions will be the ones to carry it out to its full potential. And, I love my community,” she said.

The MLK Day march re-turned this year after a two-year absence. The march be-gan at Solomon Johnson Park at 2nd Street and W. Turret Ave. in Orange. The march proceeded to the Orange

County Courthouse where a series of speeches were made to celebrate the day.

Dr. Jackie Mayfield, presi-dent of the NAACP in Orange,

MLK march returns to Orange

The West Orange-Cove Consolidated School Board conducted an open forum to allow concerned citizens the opportunity to address the board and state their thoughts on issues the board should ad-

dress when they begin to in-terview candidates for the su-perintendent position.

Board president Pete Amy made opening remarks and encouraged anyone in the room to feel free to make com-ments and also said that with a low attendance they would al-

Retired engineer and volunteer math tutor Dennis Doggett ad-dresses the board with his thoughts about the selection of the new superintendent. RECORD PHOTO: Mike Louviere

WOCCISD conducts forum to discuss superintendent

FISHING ORANGE COUNTY

Capt. Dickie ColburnPage 1B

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Kaz’s KornerPage 2B

The first physical steps to-ward restoration of the South-ern Pacific Depot in Orange were taken when the measure-ment team from Architectural Alliance, Incorporated opened the door on the east side of the depot and went inside to take measurements. The team con-sisted of Nina Rivers, Michael Magtaan, and Leo Tan.

“This is the first step in de-termining how the inside of the depot will be laid out,” said Rivers. “We need to measure all the walls, door, and window openings. The wall height will have to be measured as well as the square footage of the floor space.”

In doing the inspection the team will also try to determine the original color of the interi-or walls. A cursory inspection shows about four different lay-ers of paint.

Some of the walls have a heavy coat of concrete stucco. There is an area of wall that appears to be covered with original wainscoting.

In the old freight room some of the wall is covered with pine car siding that has one heavy coat of brown paint with some

light green and beige showing in spots.

“We will have to check the utilities, plumbing and electri-cal to see what we will have to do to bring them up to city codes. The restrooms will stay in the original spaces and hopefully the plumbing will not be too hard to work with,” Rivers said.

“The restrooms will have to be made handicap accessible and there will have to be a ramp built on the north end of the building for handicap ac-cess. This is a public building and will have to comply with the American Disability Ac-cess codes also.”

This is the first of a four phase project to design the de-pot. After the scale drawings are made from the initial mea-surements, there will be a meeting to discuss how to uti-lize the interior space of the depot. The schematic design phase will begin resulting in the design development. By March 30, 2015 the construc-tion documents should be ready for approval. After they are approved then the physical construction can begin.

The documents should be

Orange Depotarchitects size uprehabilitation

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Nina Rivers, Michael Magtaan, and Leo Tan, members of Architec-tural Alliance, Incorporated started measuring the Orange Train Depot to begin the initial phase of restoration-making accurate drawings and developing the blueprints for the restoration project. RECORD PHOTO: Mike Louviere

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Larry Spears Jr., Orange city councilman, speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day “A Step Towards Unity march held on Monday.

RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

West Orange-Stark Lady Mustang head basketball coach Randy Ragsdale rallies his team following a timeout against the Bridge City Lady Cardinals in district action this week. Ragsdale, a longtime Lady Mustang head softball coach, and a member of the Mustang football coaching staff is also a teacher at WOCCISD. In his 19th year at WOS he is one of the many hard working professionals behind the scenes mentoring and encouraging young people in the community. The Lady Mustangs lost the contest against the undefeated Lady Cardinals but as seen above the earnestness and determination of the team remains undaunted. On Friday night the Lady Mus-tangs host Silsbee. Meanwhile, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears travel to Orangefield. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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When I was a young girl, I was in an accident that left me unable

to speak for some time. When you heard the story of what happened, it was more funny than sad - a mishap with water sports toys - and even I admit it was no one’s fault. It was a bad time.

Now 23, I’m so far removed from it that it seems like something that happened to a different girl until someone reminds me to speak up. I am still quiet. I do not like to be reminded. I don’t like to talk about the accident.

Apart from the inability to communi-cate and the physical discomfort of my injury, I had trouble dealing with the mental fallout, all of the internal things that had to be adjusted to work in my new reality: Lo, the real struggle. My newfound reliance on over-the-counter pain relievers to get through the day was nothing compared to the black thoughts I was having, how badly I was taking ev-erything. I handled things without grace or maturity, a child unable to accept change. That contributed significantly to

the difficult time I had over the next few years.

Imagine it: you’re fourteen and navigating all of the um, fun changes of young wom-anhood, and now you can’t speak. I felt cut off from ev-erything, and even more awkward than your average ungainly preteen. I just wanted to blend in, be a part of the crowd. But my mute-ness was a funny quirk, something bizarre.

Later, when I had some distance to process my thoughts (and I could speak again) I told my friends that in a movie, I’d have been an interesting bit character - a sidekick. Nothing so unromantic ever happened to a lead heroine. Because of the accident, I felt sidelined in my own story. I couldn’t speak, and so for a long time, I felt like I had no power. In the worst hours of what I felt to be extreme mortification, I wished I had broken my neck instead. I could not yet account for a time when fitting in was not para-mount.

Enter: The Mighty Pen.Writing gave me the voice I thought I

had lost. Suddenly, I could communicate again. The medium was different, but it was a form of expression. I took it and ran, writing short stories and poems and eventually joining the school’s newspaper staff.

I had always loved reading, but never thought about writing as a career.

That changed as I threw myself into it in the years that followed.

Because I was forced to rely on new skills, my life changed direction. Don’t get me wrong, new beginnings suck, but I slowly realized this was the best direction my life could have taken, accident or no.

So my point is this: if you’re a teenager and something happens, and it feels like the world is ending, don’t give up. Things - your perspective included - change as you get older and the things that seem important now will be the priority of a stranger.

That is, it really does gets better.

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bursed.The motion was approved.Pillsbury, likewise, also re-

quested to travel to the Texas Aviation Conference in San Marcos. There is no reim-bursement for this travel. A two-night hotel stay will total $195.50 and $103.50 for meals.

It also was approved.The last item regarding em-

ployee travel was for County Judge Brint Carlton to fly to Lubbock for Judicial Educa-tion. All travel, meals, and lodging will be reimbursed through the Texas Association of Counties.

Crump asked if this was re-quired training which was an-swered in the affirmative.

The motion passed.Another personnel matter

was for recording in the min-utes the order for setting the salary for an assistant auditor.

Johnson said two assistant auditors who retired need re-placements in the department.

Crump asked Johnson if the six-week delay in hiring new county employees applies to the county auditor office. She said it does not because she is under the district judges and not the commissioners court.

Gary Biehslich, owner of GT Auto in Vidor, requested the waiving of penalty, interest, and attorney’s fee associated with his property.

In a letter to the commis-sioners court, Biehslich wrote GT Auto owns a rent house and two garage buildings, all on adjoining property to Burg-er King’s administrative build-ing. All were purchased at dif-

ferent times.As a result of a tentative offer

to purchase GT Auto, he decid-ed to make sure all possible items that could hinder any sale were addressed.

There was a building identi-fied as built in 1972 on the Or-ange County tax statement that was incorrect. Bieshslich wrote Chief Appraiser Mike Cedars of the OCAD to look into the matter on Nov. 21, 2014. He then wrote the OCAD on Dec. 3, 2014. He received a tax statement for taxes dating back to 1998, the date he pur-chased the Burger King prop-erty for a total of $782.91 plus penalty and interest and attor-ney fees totaling $801.46.

He wrote the issue regarding this small piece of property has to do with the drive through window that he would had ac-

quired originally. The over-sight was corrected prior to submitting the property’s legal description to the title compa-ny and OCAD.

Biehshlich said the tax code requires the property owners to notify the district within 181 days after receiving the bill.

He concluded his letter stat-ing the responsible govern-ment districts did not properly follow procedures and claim that no one has the authority to correct the error.

“Everyone I talked to in both districts tell me they under-stand and sympathize with my problem,” he wrote.

Banken said he wanted to gain a better understanding of the issue to be fair.

The commissioners voted to place the item on next week’s agenda and address it then.

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ready to put out for bid with contractors by early April. Friends of the Orange Depot (FOOD) will need to raise $65,000 more before seeking bids. They are currently half-way to the $600,000 needed to complete the project. Fund-raising efforts continue. They

will have a booth at Art in the Park and are planning another fundraising event for fall.

The next meeting of FOOD will be 5:30 p.m., March 12 at Grace Lutheran Church, 2300 Eddleman Road in Orange. All interested parties are invited to attend.

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told the audience on the steps of the courthouse he’s an old soldier and he was encouraged by the turnout at the event. He added Dr. King’s lieutenants and soldiers also began work-ing in civil rights when they were young.

“Life is a continuum, it’s not a vacuum,” Mayfield said. “We need the young people to take over and move it to another lev-el. The fight never ends.

“I want to encourage you to take up the mantle and fight. There’s plenty of problems in Orange that need addressing. There’s no ‘they’ to do things; it’s only you.”

The Rev. Franklin Gans, vice president of the Orange chap-ter NAACP, said he fulfilled his dreams of teaching math and being a businessman.

He added he was energized by Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech because Gans admired him so much.

“It takes a community to help the children grow up,” Gans said.

Gans said he remembers how Dr. Emmitt and Marie Harris taught him behind the scenes while growing up that helped him to grow and to speak with confidence and conviction.

His first speech he ever de-livered, likewise, was titled “The Responsibility of Youth.”

“It’s your day (Gans said to the youths in the audience).

Take the lead,” he said.Larry Spears Jr., Orange city

councilman, gave the first speech at the event.

He encouraged those in at-tendance to have faith, hope, be thankful and leave the children a better tomorrow.

“Our children are the fu-ture,” he said. “Our school sys-tem is on the rise and our com-munity can come together. Dr. King said we need to look at the content of character of a per-son and not the color of their skin.

“What do you want to be in life? How do you get there? When do you start? It starts to-day. Parents need to reach out to the children.”

Spears said MLK was jailed over 30 times in his young live, he traveled six million miles

and gave 2,200 speeches.Patrick Jordan, a 1981 gradu-

ate of West Orange-Stark High School, said he joined the Air Force after high school. He has since earned two Bachelor de-grees and a Masters degree.

“I was a lazy kid, but it takes a village. “I was led by exam-ples. There are people in our lives to instruct us. Anything we do in life we can do if we’re in God’s will,” Jordan said.

Larry Anderson was present at the first MLK Day march held in Orange in 1985. He concluded the program by reading Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

In addition to the speeches, WOS HS students Mia Richard and Nathan Haynes read po-ems.

low everyone a reasonable length of time to make com-ments.

Board members attending were Amy, Bryan “Chop” Thomas Muhammad, Sarah Jefferson Simon, Ruth Han-cock, and Eric Matthews. Ab-sent were Nathaniel Colbert and the Rev. Hardy O’Neal.

A common thread among all speakers was the desire for a strong leader that will focus on quality education for all stu-dents. There were thoughts ex-pressed that the superinten-dent should be a good manager of both people and finances.

Dennis Doggett, a retired civil engineer who volunteers as a math tutor was the first speaker. “We need someone with a good track record. We do not need someone who pays too much attention to small details. The person should be an encourager and an innova-tor”, said Doggett.

“The superintendent should be a manager and an effective

leader, he should be an internal and external manager, he should be able to focus on both business and curriculum” said Leslie Barras.

Tricia Stroud, a resident of Pine Avenue and vice president of the PTA thinks the superin-tendent should have vision, but should also listen to the par-ent’s concerns. “I would like to see a leader that can create re-lationships with parents and teachers. Hopefully you will not find someone from afar, but you will find someone who will focus on reading skills and someone that will be willing to assist the PTA organization,” said Stroud.

Hancock stated that she wants someone who will be-come a part of the Orange community. “I do not want someone who wants to come here and rent a house, I want to see them buy a house. I want to see someone who will come here and become a vibrant part of our community,” said Han-

cock.Muhammad wants a strong

leader. “I want someone who will be a leader with backbone, will be inspirational, who will put education first and be able to relate to children,” said Mu-hammad.

“We need someone who will put education first, be an edu-cational leader, some who will make our district the reason people will come to our com-munity. We have a great sports legacy, but education should be the primary focus of our dis-trict,” said Amy.

The deadline for submission of applications has passed. The board will now compile a list of candidates they want to inter-view. There will be initial in-terviews and then a second round to determine the final-ists. The board is hoping to have the list of finalists ready by mid to late March. The new superintendent could be se-lected by early April.

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OBAMA ADDRESSES FIRST REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE AND SENATE

Tuesday evening President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of congress with his State of the Union message. Obama, who is riding an upswing in popularity called on the congress to join him in putting aside the political games and finding areas where they agree so we can deliver for the American people. His message included proposals for tax hikes on the wealthy, tax breaks for the middle class, community college, housing, manufacturing cyber security and paid sick leave for government employees. Over the last few weeks the President has been out promoting the items he highlighted in his State of the Union address. He has made it plain he will not be a lame-duck president and plans to work for the American people up to his last day. He plans to find new ways to finance much needed infrastructure projects through public/private partnerships. Joni Ernst, the new Tea Party senator from Iowa gave the Republican response to Obama’s address. The problem is that no senator can make promises on behalf of House Republicans, not even their leader, Speaker John Boehner can do that.*****I’ve got to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

REMEMBERING DR. HOWARD WILLIAMS

Throughout the 1970’s, almost every Monday evening while we were composing the Opportunity Valley News, we could count on Dr. Howard Williams coming in carrying his camera. Back then we received many old photos from the citizens. We had asked anyone who had pictures of old Orange to loan them to us. Dr. Williams would come in and shoot pictures of the photos before we returned them. Some we were fortunate enough to be allowed to keep. Dr. Williams built his own collection from those old photos, many ended up in his book of historical photographs titled “Orange, Gateway to Texas.” We had known this fine man, good doctor and his wife Elizabeth since the 1950’s. We were sorry to learn of his sudden death at age 89. He and his wife preserved much of Orange County history. They have left a legacy that will long benefit citizens and historians. They won’t soon be forgotten.

HOME BOY DUBOIS TO COACH AT BRIDGE CITY

Last week we had a visit from Coach Les Johnson and wife Wanda. Coach Johnson brought us some individual highlight films on some of the outstanding players he coached at Bridge City. We will make these films available to the players but more on that later. Ironically Johnson asked if Bridge City had found a coach yet. I replied, they have it narrowed down to a couple applicants out of 50- plus, Dwayne DuBois was one of them. Johnson commented that was a lateral move for him but his system is a perfect fit for Bridge City. I believe he’s one of the better high school coaches in the state. He’s a teacher who knows that a good off season program wins games in the fall. I told him regardless of the program you have to have the players. Coach Johnson was adamant that Bridge City has the talent. Dwayne will find good players even if he has to recruit in the halls. By running the Slot-T it won’t take him long to build a strong program. It allows a lot of youngsters to be directly involved in every play. After telling Les that DuBois was hired, he said Rick Colson would be glad to hear that. Rick always said “Beaver” has the passion and interest in learning all he can about the game. Colson was offensive coordinator at B.C. under Johnson. DuBois also worked with Colson with the track program and was a football coach. Rick said he asked a lot of questions, watched a lot of films and wanted to know everything. Johnson said a big plus for Coach DuBois is that he won’t have the burden of being the athletic director while trying to build a football program. Coach Dewayne DuBois was hired Monday as head football coach at Bridge City. He and his wife Cristel both graduated from Bridge City and sons Camden and Caleb are residents of the school district and have been despite Dwayne’s coaching elsewhere. It’s a great opportunity that few get to coach where they started, at the place they call home.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME16 Years Ago-1999

Bridge City’s Shane Dronett headed to Super Bowl XXXIII as a member of the Atlanta Falcons. They face John Elway and the Denver Broncos. When Shane was born on Jan. 12, 1971, his mother Candance said he was a big baby, 9 pounds, 14 ounces and nearly two feet long. Shane was an MVP in football at Bridge City and was highly recruited before selecting the Texas longhorns. He graduated from BC in 1989. Shane was a member of the 1991 Longhorns when they won the Cotton Bowl. He went to the NFL with the Broncos as a defensive end until Coach Dan Reeves moved him to defensive tackle. When the Broncos let Reeves go, he went to Atlanta, and when Shane‘s contract was up

with the Broncos he joined Reeves there. Now the two will face their former team. Shane made arrangements for his entire family to attend the Super Bowl. His dad Carl Dronette said, “Shane sent tickets and made hotel arrangements for everyone. (Editor‘s note: Shane‘s number is retired and displayed at Bridge City High School along with high school teammate Jason Mathews, All-American Steve Worster and NFL kicker Matt Bryant. Several years ago, Shane took his own life possibly as a result of too many blows to the head over a long career. He left behind his parents, his wife Christy and two daughters Berkeley and Haley.)*****Bill Nickum, owner of Nickum Insurance, is the recipient of the 1999 Sam Walton Business Leader award. In his honor the Bridge City Chamber received $500 from the Wal-Mart Foundation. *****Former Bridge City coach and trainer Moe Litton joined other local sports legends inducted into the South East Texas Hall of Honor. Other 1999 inductees are Bum Phillips, Joe Washington, Alex Durley, Pappy Drenman and Darrel Shaver. (Editor’s note: Not bad company Moe.)*****Marialeice Saucier takes over as Bridge City Chamber president from outgoing president Kirk Ellender.*****Thursday night a full house attended the Bridge City football banquet to honor Coach Les Johnson’s players. Several players received All-District and other honors. Jared Williams and Jeremy Stolfa received All-State honors. Coach Johnson says at least a dozen of his players will receive college scholarships. Coach Bruchhaus of McNeese was the guest speaker. Two of Johnson’s former players, John Hoffpauir and Nicolas Watson, now attending McNeese, also attended. *****Many local folks are attending Orange County Day in Austin.

41 Years Ago-1974

The county races are all set. Let the race begin. Incumbent County Judge Grover Halliburton is challenged by James D. Stringer and James A Broussard. Dr. John Greco is the only Republican.***County Court-at-Law David Dunn; district clerk, Edna Enmon; county clerk, Sallie Frazier; county treasurer, Earline Hilliard; county school superintendent, James A. Peddy. County commissioners, Pct. 1, S.P. “Pete” Dickey, Claude J. Broussard, Glenn Seale, George W. Stevens, Morris Collier and Glen Peveto. (A bunch). ***Pct. 4, Raymond Gould, incumbent, C.O. “Goober” Williamson, L.B. “Timer” Williamson; Ray Willie, R.H. Harold Carter and Sam Humberson. (Another bunch).***Democratic chairman, J.L. “Pete” Runnels,incumbent, and Louis Dugas, Jr.***Constable Pct. 2, S.D. “Bill” Dickerson, J.R. “James” Aaron, Leon Frederick, H.D. Tucker, Jr., R.J. “Ronnie” Burns, Robert E. Smith, Donald A. Gunn, Joe D. Shibley. (A whole bunch).***J.P. Pct. 1, Viola Shibley, Claude Wimberly, S. E. Bellfield, C. Arnold Buxton and Allen D. Cary, Sr.***JP Pct. 3, Martin Ardoin.***JP Pct. 4, V.I. “Coon” Constance and incumbent Joe Bunn.*** State Rep. Wayne Peveto, incumbent and Thomas W. Porter.*****A strange sight was seen this week. Tom Cockrell and Joe Blands, two barbers, walking a picket line together in Orangefield. One was carrying a Bible, the other a deck of cards. *****Doug Harrington and Roy Dunn are supposed to play the big tennis match this Thursday. Five will get you 10 that Dunn backs out. *****Helen and Truman Hodge became great-grandparents. Daughter Beverly and son-in-law James Francis are the parents of Jamie Lynn.*****Cecil Scales says the only thing lit up in Orange after 10 p.m. is Ken Rainwater. *****Coach Andy Griffin, 37, head football coach and athletic director at White Oak, will assume those duties at Bridge City March 1. Griffin replaces H.W. “Chief” Wilson, who resigned to accept another position. *****The LCM Bearettes are zone basketball champs. They are Tanyia Strickland, DeDe Crawford, Linda Bean, Becky Dunn, Karen Kachtik, Angela Kanoy, Theresa Duncan, Debbie McClelland, Debbie Martinez, Molly Malone, Doris Flanagan, Sheryl Miller, Julia Knight, Dawana Wiggins, Donna Peveto and Brenda Burch. Coaches are Paul Baker and Linda Warner.

TEXANS AND SEAHAWKS GOING TO SUPER BOWL

What a wild, most unexpected finish to a playoff game. The Seattle Seahawks trailed the Green Bay Packers 19-7, with less than four minutes to play. The Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson had thrown four picks and it appeared to be doomsday for Earl Thomas and the team. Finally Russell Wilson came out of the funk he’d been in throughout the game to lead Seattle to score 15 points in 44 seconds. A quick score, two point conversion and a mishandled onside kick in overtime by Brandon Bostick, Packers tight end, and the Seahawks were back in business. Green Bay never touched the ball again. The Seahawks won the toss and Wilson put on a show that left Green Bay in shock and Wilson in tears of emotion. The Seahawks pulled a 28-22 miracle win. Now it will be the young quarterback vs. the old master. The New England Patriots trampled the Baltimore Colts 45-7 to set up the showdown with the Hawks in the Super Bowl, to be played Feb. 1, 5:30, in Glendale Arizona. Now Wilson, Earl Thomas and the Seahawks have a chance to win two Super Bowls in consecutive seasons. Most of the country will be pulling for the Patriots and Tom Brady to win but not here in the Golden Triangle where home boy Earl Thomas III is a local hero. I’ll never doubt again what the Seahawks can accomplish after Sunday’s rally over the Packers.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RANDY WEBER

Randy Weber, who represents Jefferson County, is one of the crazies that voted against the House leadership. That’s bad enough because now he can’t get favors for his district but then he turns around and claims credit for the passage of the bill that would deepen the Sabine Neches Ship Channel. He had absolutely nothing to do with that. We will be lucky if he doesn’t cause us to lose the project. Now here’s what proves he’s a pure extremist. He compares the President of the United States to Hitler, who murdered millions of Jews. Hopefully some day the people of Texas will wake up and quit sending fools like Weber to Washington.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

Former Houston Texan head coach Gary Kubiak returns to Denver as head coach. He was a back up quarterback to his now boss John Elway. He also previously served as Elway and Denver’s offensive coordinator. Don’t be surprised to find out that Wade Phillips will join Kubiak and Elway at Denver. *****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will meet at Robert’s this week and back at Novrozsky’s next. Everyone always welcome. ***** A few folks we know celebrating their

special day. First let me take a line to remember our friend Ray Trahan who died on Jan. 19, 2003. Ray touched a lot of lives. ****On Jan. 21, Charles Arceneaux, David Doucet and Sarah Bonds celebrate. They share the day with singer Mac Davis, 72, golfer Jack Nicklaus, 74, actors Geena Davis, 58 and Robby Benson, 58.*****On Jan. 22, Judge Janice Menard, former J.P. now retired, celebrates. Also celebrating are Chris Anderson, Don Collins and Betty Stephenson. Sharing birthdays are singer Steve Perry, 65, actors Diane Lane, 49, Linda Blair, 55 and chef Guy Fieri,46.*****On Jan. 23, a special happy birthday to Sandra Peveto. Also celebrating are Caitlyn Linder, Sue Harris, Cindy Cain and Harold Collins. They share birthdays with actors Richard Dean Anderson, 64, Mariska Hargitay, 50 and Tiffani Thiessen, 40.*****On Jan. 24, Larry Gray, Randy Franklin, Toni Robertson and Eric Shuford celebrate. They join singers Neil Diamond,73, Aaron Neville, 73, and Gymnast Mary Lou Retton, 46. That one is hard to believe. *****On Jan. 25, our friend Roy McDaniel, who The Record did a feature on last week, turns 90 today. Younger folks celebrating are Tayler Thompson, Amy Kidder, Jessica Hobbs, Jody Rogers and Malissie Bailey. They share the day with singer Alicia Keys, 33 and actor Dean Jones, 83. *****On Jan. 26, our longtime buddy, retired banker Nancy Vincent celebrates. Also Mike Faulk, Frank Richardson, Haley Parish and Ron Huebel. Also on this day Pat and attorney H.D. Pate celebrate their anniversary. Pat still does the chores and H.D. practices law. Celebrity birthdays Ellen DeGeneres, 56, singer Anita Baker, 56, actor Scott Glenn, 73 and hockey player Wayne Gretsky, 53.*****Jan. 27 is a special day for a special little guy, Leland Clay Gros, who turns 6 years old. “The Scoot” is Ms. Phyl and Roy’s great grandson. Also celebrating on this day are Tommy Wolfford, Hazel Reedon, Kemberly Barclay, Virginia Pelitier and Tori Lummus. They join actresses Bridget Fonda, 50, Mimi Rogers, 58 and country singer Tracy Lawrence, 46. Happy birthday to all. *****As far as I can recall there has never been as many county department heads heading out the door when a new judge came into office. I’ve had others tell me they would leave the employment of the county but have to put in another year or two. Those who have left after many years of service are county clerk Karen Jo Vance, emergency management Jeff Kelly, personnel Jill Shores, operations and maintenance director Mark Wimberley, Donna Minter, transportation department director, Janine Denman, secretary for the county judge. Brandy Robertson, appointed county clerk, is the only job that has been filled. I personally believe the shoes of Mark Wimberley will be some big shoes to fill. He knows where every nut and bolt is in those county buildings. He was truly an operations director. Judge Thibodeaux had a good team. Last week “Thib” was honored with a large farewell gathering at the Expo Center. Thanks Judge for 20 years of a job well done and also thanks for the memories. The best to you and Micaela during the coming years. I’m still not convinced you will not be back in some capacity. You love serving too much to just sit around. Our prayers go out to our friend Gerald Morris who underwent triple bypass surgery this week in Houston.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Alex Boudreaux and Marie were speeding along on da I-10 high rise bridge over Whisky Bay when Boudreaux saw da red-light flashing in da rearview window. Boudreaux pull over as good as he could to da side of da bridge. Da state trooper Landry walk up to da window wit his clipboard in his hand.

He axed, “Did you know dat you was going 80 miles an hour and da speed limit on dis bridge is 60?”

Boudreaux look at da carpet of da truck for dat cigarette he dropped. He say, “Nope, I was going 60, me.”

Da trooper sounded fed up as he look at his clipboard and said, “Nope, I clocked you at 80. Den da trooper look over at Marie sitting dere looking out of da passenger window at da cypress trees in da water. Da trooper say, “Maam, I clocked dat man at 80. He said he was going 60. Now you tell me, was he going 60 or 80, hanh?”

Marie say, “Me, I never argue wit Boudreaux when he’s been drinking him.”

C’EST TOUT

When it comes to open carry gun laws I see dark clouds ahead. For one, it could be a nightmare for law enforcement officers. Make no mistake about it, the extreme right Texas Legislature is hell bent on passing the open carry law and new Gov. Greg Abbott says as soon as it’s passed he will sign it. We could see open carry in Texas as soon as next September. Already in Texas we can openly carry rifles and shotguns and soon Texans will be able to display handguns as well. The proposal now is that anyone over the age of 18 will be able to carry without requiring a license. Groups in the Dallas area who are anti-police follow officers, film them on a stop, harass them or shout insults. These are members of gun rights groups. Remember how they came down on Port Arthur Police Chief Blanton a few days ago. They called him ignorant because he spoke out on the fears of police officers. Hopefully, the police and district attorney lobby will work to put provisions in the law that require a permit and specify places where a visible handgun can not be carried on the premises. The Legislature is also expected to vote the cowboy hats the official hat wear in Texas. There you go. We will be all set. I remember when Pct. 4 constable Gene Scott always wore two holsters, with a pistol on both hips, one looking north, and the other headed south. I used to think that was pretty cool. Today I view open carry as risky business especially for law enforcement. Contact your legislatures. You can try but I doubt if it will do much good. *****Thanks for your time. Read us cover to cover and please shop our family of advertisers when you can. Take care and God bless.

From the Creaux’s Nest

The Record • Week of Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5A

BCISD ‘Best In Texas!’Dedicated To Maintaining

The Highest StandardOf Education In The State.

SCHOOLNEWS

Bridge City High School senior athlete Alexus Henry was recognized by BCISD on Monday night with a certificate of appreciation. Alexus was named to the 2014 TGCA All-State Valleyball Team. Making the presentation

was BCHS volleyball coach Rebecca Peveto.

Alexus Henry recognized forAll-State Volleyball Honor

bridgecityisd.net

School board appreciationJanuary is School Board Rec-

ognition Month and Bridge City ISD is joining other districts across the state to thank these local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advo-cates for our children and public schools.

“Even though we are making a special effort in January to show appreciation to our board mem-bers, we realize their many con-tributions reflect a year-round commitment. They generously give of themselves to ensure that decisions directly affecting our local schools are made by repre-sentatives of this community, people who are close to our schools and know our teachers, parents, and students,” said Mike King, Bridge City ISD. “As elect-ed officials, they are the voice of their communities, serving first

and foremost in the best in-terest of Texas schoolchil-dren.”

“Board members shoulder criti-cal responsi-bilities and of-

ten make diffi-cult choices. Their ultimate goal is always focused on the future success of the children in our district,” King said. “It’s more important than ever before that the community supports public education so that today’s stu-dents are prepared to be produc-tive citizens and the leaders of tomorrow. Our board members provide vision and leadership in their roles as advocates, and they will continue to stand up for

public education and guard against anything that takes away from our children or under-mines our public schools,” he said.

Board members serving Bridge City ISD and years served are: Mark Anderson 10 years, Kirk Ellender 15 years, Thad Hill eight years, Lon Hubbard 15 years, Michael Johnson four years, Jerry McInnis eight years, and Rebecca Rutledge 18 years.

“Our district benefits from the tireless work and countless hours contributed by these local citi-zens who work without pay. Please help us thank these dedi-cated volunteers for their efforts to make a difference and their unfailing commitment to the continued success of our stu-dents now and in the future,” he said.

Mike King

BC INTERMEDIATE UIL WRITING CONTEST WINNERSUIL Writing Contest Winners. Left to Right: Ava Gassen 4th Place Overall, Creely LeBlanc, David Delao 3rd Place Overall, Brie Webb and Bridge City Elementary School winner Lyndsey Ballard.

SPELLING TEAM WINS FIRST PLACEThe Bridge City Intermediate UIL Spelling Team Won First Place Overall. Pictured are Brody Hairston,Noah Broussard 4th Place Overall, Keaton Watts andMatt Livingston 1st Place Overall.

BCI UIL NUMBER SENCE TEAMLeft to Right: Number Sense - Team Won Fifth Place Overall in competition. Pictured are Angel Beccera, Aiden Fukuda andDallas Powers

BCI UIL STORY TELLING WINNERBridge City Intermediate School principal Tara Fountain awards student Camryn Nevils winner in the UIL Story Telling Contest held this month.

Creamy Corn SoupNANCY’S KITCHEN

Nancy McWhortere Record

In the over 6 years I have livedin Minden, this is only the sec-ond time I have been down withan Upper Respiratory Infection.It really wiped me out for a fewdays. I don’t know which isworse; the symptoms of the coldor the effects of the medicinetaken. I totally lost my appetiteand spent much of the time justsleeping.

is is the KEEPER recipewhich helped get me throughthose days. I was glad I did nothave to leave my house for theingredients as I did not wish toexpose others.. e recipe con-tained some of the staples I liketo keep in my kitchen. And evenif you are not ill, this soup is per-fect for the rainy, cold winterweather we are experiencing.

CREAMY CORN SOUP1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper¼ cup chopped onion2 Tbsp. butter8 oz. cream cheese, cubed1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk1 (14.5 oz.) can chicken broth (33%less sodium)1 (15.25 oz.) can cream style corn*Salt to taste, optionalPepper to taste

Sauté bell pepper and onion inbutter; add cream cheese, canmilk and chicken broth. Heatslowly on low stirring untilsmooth; add corn. Season withsalt (if desired) and pepper totaste. Heat through but do notboil.

Serves 4*I try to avoid using too

much salt so I omitted it…thatchoice will be yours.


Red Velvet PieEVY’S CAJUN KITCHEN

Evelyn Brandone Record

With Valentine's Day comingup, I thought it would be fun toshare this recipe for those wholike to cook for their loves.

My fiance loves red velvetcake, so I will be making this in aheart shaped pan for him, myparents and my brother and sis-ter in law. I think they will allenjoy it.

Hope your loves enjoy it aswell.

Bon appétit!!

Red Velvet PieBox of red velvet cake mixEggs, oil and water, butter or ingre-dients according to amounts oncake mix box.Two pre-made pie crusts

1/2 cup butter12 ounces semi-sweet mini choco-late chips1 can sweetened condensed milk

DirectionsMake cake batter according to

the box’s instructionNow take your pie crusts and

place them in pie plates if youdidn’t purchase the pie crusts al-ready in the pan

Evenly divide the batter be-tween the two pies

Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350degrees (or until a toothpickcomes out clean) and let cool.

In a small sauce pan onmedium heat, melt 10 ounces ofchocolate with the butter andsweetened condensed milk.�

Ice cake with this divinechocolate mixture. Sprinkle topwith the remaining chocolatechips.

Diana Hill is director of Orange Community Players, Inc. production of “The Dixie Swim Club.” Pictured left to right, the cast consistsof : Codie Vasquez, Janet Bland, Tanya Guillotte, Angie McCelland and Kristen Campbell. The show opens Feb. 12 in Orange. RECORDPHOTO: Mike Louviere

‘Dixie Swim Club’ debuts Feb. 12 at OCPOrange Community Players will present

“e Dixie Swim Club” at 7:37 p.m., Feb. 12-14, 19-21 and offer a matinee at 2:37 p.m.,Sunday, Feb. 22 at the theater located at 708W. Division Ave. in Orange.

Directed by Diana Hill, this is John Gray’sassistant directing debut. e cast includes:Kristen Campbell, Angie McClelland, TanyaGuillotte, Codie Vasquez and Janet Bland.Keri Foreman is the understudy for all parts.

It’s the tale of five southern women, whose

friendships began many years ago on theircollege swim team, set aside a long weekendevery August to recharge those relation-ships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs,they meet at the same beach cottage onNorth Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up,laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. eDixie Swim Club focuses on four of thoseweekends and spans a period of 33 years.ey age from 44 to 77 years old. Paul Burchis in charge of aging the women through hair

and make-up.e Dixie Swim Club is the story of these

five unforgettable women....a hilarious andtouching comedy about friendships that lastsforever.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for stu-dents. ey can be purchased online at or-angecommunityplayers.com or reserve seatsby calling (409) 882-9137 and leaving a mes-sage with the day you plan to attend and thenumber of people in your party.

Taste of Southeast Texas

SELL IT NOW!Buy Classified409-735-5305

The LCM UIL Journalism team recently competed at the Hamp-shire-Fannett practice meet Jan. 9. Senior Izzy Echartea placedfirst in Feature Writing and junior Sydney Pierce placed sixth inFeature Writing. The team will next compete at the Nederlandmeet on January 24. The team is coached by Lindsey Fruge. Pic-tured from left are Pierce and Echartea.

Kayla Hughes Cheek, a graduate of LCM High School, is thedaughter of Glen and Debbie Hughes and is the granddaughterof Jerry and Loretta Hughes. After high school, Kayla attendedand graduated from Sam Houston State University. She is cur-rently a fourth year veterinary student at Texas A&M University.She spoke to the Orange Rotary Club about the history and cre-ation of the veterinary school which will be celebrating its 100thyear in 2016. Texas A&M Veterinary School is open to the publicand has programs, facilities and services that are one a kind inthe nation.

Penny LeLeuxFor e Record

A Gumbo cook-off competi-tion is returning to OrangeCounty this year.

Project Safe Graduation or-ganizations from Vidor, Or-angefield, Bridge City, WestOrange-Stark, Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Deweyvillewill square off for this first timeevent. It will be a fierce battleto see which organizationmakes the best gumbo in thesurrounding area.

The inaugural Gumbo Bowlwill be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan.31 at Claiborne West Park atthe Halliburton pavilion in theback of the park. Gates open at9 a.m.

Pre-sell tickets for $10 areavailable from any member of aparticipating Project SafeGraduation program. Meal in-cludes 24 ounces of chickenand sausage gumbo, fourounces of potato salad and adrink.

Desserts will also be availablefor $1.

Gumbo judging by localmedia personalities will beginat 1 p.m.

A washer tournament willalso be hosted that day. Regis-tration for the tournament willbegin at 11 a.m. Cost is $20 foreach two-man team.

Craft booths are available for$35 for a 10x10 foot space bycontacting Anna Hughes at409-221-9823. Booths are notallowed to sell food items.

Tee-shirts will be availablefor $10.

Pre-sell ticket money willstay with the Project Gradua-tion school group that sold theticket. Tickets bought the dayof the event and other moneyreceived from the tourna-ments, booth sales and every-thing else will be dividedequally between the participat-ing groups.

Organizers are currentlyseeking bands to entertain thatday. If interested in donatingyour talent, contact Jo Harris atFarmers Mercantile or by call-ing 409-670-6358.

“It’s all to benefit the kids ofthe county,” said Harris. “Anymusicians that would like tocome out and volunteer theirservices, we will gladly accept.”

They are also seeking spon-sors and donors. “They’ll have

their name on 1,000 shirts,”said Harris.

Join the fun of the firstGumbo Bowl Jan. 31 and con-tribute to area Project SafeGraduation programs in anevent that is sure to become ayearly tradition. Bring yourlawn chairs.

“You can’t get anymore com-munity involved than this,” saidHarris. “It’s to benefit our kidsand it’s the whole county plusDeweyville.”

David BallFor e Record

It didn’t take long for the re-tirement ceremony for CountyJudge Carl ibodeaux to be-come a full-fledge roast.

e event was held on January15 at the Orange County ExpoCenter to celebrate ibodeaux’s20 years of service. Everyone hada good time taking good naturedpokes at the judge. e judgethen received his chance to dishit back out.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady’s officefirst presented ibodeaux witha plaque for his 20 years of serv-ice, particularly his efforts duringHurricanes Rita and Ike.

Sheriff Keith Merritt next pre-sented the judge a distinguishedservice award. ibodeaux, inreturn, thanked Merritt for hisservice and for being a friendthrough the years.. He added it’sbeen a pleasure to serve withhim and ibodeaux joked he’sglad Merritt is his last sheriff toserve with him.

West Orange Mayor Roy Mc-Donald presented ibodeauxwith a key to the city. Likewise,January 15 was proclaimed asCarl ibodeaux in the city.

ibodeaux was mayor of thecity prior to serving as countyjudge and joked the city wouldn’tgive him a key when he wasmayor.

Pat Clark, retired districtjudge, said he was truly honoredto see ibodeaux’s family at theceremony.

He then started to have somefun.

He said ibodeaux startedtaking his dirty shirts to thecleaners since he retired. Hiswife, Micaela, asked him why theheck does he take the shirts tothe cleaners now when she hadto wash and iron them all theyears he was county judge.

Another joke was ibodeauxmay stay in office a little longerwhile the newly elected countyjudge, Brint Carlton, was servingoverseas in the military.

Clark said there was one majorproblem with that scenario: thecommissioners now screen all

applicants who are departmentheads.

His last zinger was showing abefore picture of ibodeauxwhen he was first elected judge20 years ago compared to now.

Clark concluded his remarksby presenting a plaque from theState of Texas for his service.

ibodeaux then took thepodium.

He first recognized MarkWimberley, maintenance andoperations supervisor for thecounty, who is also retiring.

ibodeaux said Wimberleywould always say “Gotcha, baby”when the judge requested some-thing get done.

He added Wimberley was re-sponsible for the Expo Centerbeing built.

“He would get it done,” i-bodeaux said. “He overseen theconstruction and I knew he hadmy back. He did the grunt workand got it done. He never com-plained. I’m glad we’ve got toshare the same retirement dayhere.”

ibodeaux said they’re bothgolfing buddies and they’ll bedoing more golfing now thatthey’re retired.

Wimberley said ibodeauxhas been his best boss.

“I’ll miss the daily interaction.An era has ended I don’t think itwill ever be repeated,”

ibodeuax thanked his wifeof 49 years, Micaela, for goingthrough everything with himand for supporting his politicalendeavors.

He added, laughing however,she would sometimes say thatwas “Stupid, I can’t believe yousaid that on the air.”

“I’ve always spoke from theheart and I meant what I said,”ibodeaux said. “I don’t misswork, but I miss the people. It’sbeen a wonderful ride. A greatride. I’ve never been embar-rassed to say I was wrong or thatI messed up.”

ibodeaux said Judge PatClark got him started in politicsto be elected to the school boardof St. Mary’s Catholic School be-

fore serving as mayor of WestOrange for eight years and thencounty judge.

“My 20 years as judge was ateam effort. I’ve couldn’t haddone it by myself,” he said.

ibodeux said if he had anissue with someone. he would“leave it at the table and remainfriends.”

He joked since retiring, hisnavigator (Micaela) has becomehis backseat driver. She has alsotaught him the proper way tofold a washcloth.

He purchased a crock pot forhis house, thinking it would behard to ruin cooking in one untilhe discovered it could be done.

ibodeaux told of his trip toWashington, D.C. to FEMA’sheadquarters after Hurricane Ike.He had run-ins with FEMA in Or-ange County and the receptionistwouldn’t let him enter when theydiscovered who he was.

“My life has been a blessing. Ihave no regrets. I can hold myhead high,” ibodeaux said. “It’sbeen a pleasure and an honor toserve everyone for 20 years.

“I had no clue as a country boygrowing up in Louisiana thiswould happen. I have wonderfulmemories serving with my peersfor 20 years,” he said.

He concluded by saying somehave asked him how he wouldlike to be addressed now that heis a retired county judge. He saidthey can call him Carl.

“It was good enough for mymother and it’s good enough forme,” he said.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • 7A

Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet orpets of the week for adoption through local shelters andrescue organizations. This week’s pet is again from Pup’sin Peril in Orange.

Nick is a medium sized shepherd mix, handsome brindleboy. He is about 8 months old, up to date on shots, heartworm negative, neutered, housebroken and looking for hisforever family. He is a very sweet, loving boy. Good withchildren and dogs. He likes to play ball and loves attention.

You can also see other pets available for adoption atwww.therecordlive.com.

If you are interested in any of the pets featured here,please contact [email protected] or call 409-540-0299. You can also visit their Facebook page at www.face-book.com/PupsInPeril.

Pups in Peril is a 501(c)3 non profit organization dedi-cated to saving dogs of all ages and breeds by rescuing, re-habilitating and placing them into forever homes.

PET OF THE WEEKRetiring county judge cup runneth over

Pat Clark, retired district judge, embraces County Judge Carl Thi-bodeaux at his retirement ceremony on January 15 at the OrangeCounty Expo Center. Thibodeaux was honored with plaques forhis 20 years of service from U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, Sheriff KeithMerritt, West Orange Mayor Roy McDonald and Clark. RECORDPHOTO: David Ball

Project Grad groups team up for cookoff


When troutfishing is off,head out for

a big bass

The trout fishing onSabine Lake has been an ab-solute grind over the pastweek or so. Muddy runoffthat has reduced water clar-ity to less than six inches allover the lake has gottenmost of the blame, but thatisn’t the real culprit.Surfacetemperatures that dip intothe low forties at night and far too much freshwater are the toughest obstacles for local anglersto overcome.

In response to the massive amount of rainfallthat recently fell across the Toledo Bend area, theSRA has had to open two gates at the damaround the clock. All of that water, as well as thewater in the flooded creeks and ditches belowthe dam eventually empty into Sabine Lake.As ofMonday evening the lake level was still over the169 foot mark.

Other than having to work a little harder fortheir next meal, the redfish never miss a beat, butit is another story altogether for the trout. Theywill make brief forays into the fresher water insearch of one big meal, but are quick to retreatto a comfort zone afforded by deeper water. Theydon’t feed as often when suspended in the riveror ICW and they can be incredibly difficult toeven locate.

We scouted three miserably cold days lastweek hoping to put together some kind of a pat-tern and caught a total of five trout. The largestfish was less than four pounds so we couldn’teven take solace in the size of the few trout thatwe caught. Hopefully this little warm-up willhelp, but we will be stuck with this influx of freshwater for a while.

COLBURN-FISHINGCAPT. DICKIE COLBURNFOR THE RECORD

See COLBURN, PAGE 3B

Seahawks, Pats in Super Bowl XLIXKAZ’S KORNERJOE KAZMARFOR THE RECORD

is Korner has beentelling you since before theChristmas holidays thatthe Seattle Seahawks andthe New England Patriotswould face each other inSuper Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1.

But we’re not tooting our own horn for callingit correctly for a change, but are almost embar-rassed because both teams made it to the BigDance exactly opposite the way we predicted.

We figured that the Seahawks would harassGreen Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers becauseof his immobility and cause him to throw severalinterceptions and cover the Las Vegas pointspread quite handily. In fact, the Vegas line wentfrom Seattle favored by 7½—which it was allweek long—to 8 ½ just before the kickoff.

And we anticipated the Indianapolis Coltswould give the New England Patriots all theycould handle and perhaps even send the gameinto overtime, correcting the flaws that createdthe Patriots blowouts that occurred the last fewof meetings between the two teams.

Boy, did I have it wrong!!! Who’d ever think that Seattle quarterback

Russell Wilson, who had thrown only seven in-terceptions in the 18 games he started this sea-son, would chunk four picks in Sunday’s NFCConference championship game at Century-Link Field? In fact three of the picks and a lostfumble all happened in the first half.

Nobody believed the Seahawks would go intothe dressing room at halftime trailing Green Bay16-0 and be out-gained 137total yards to only 3in the opening quarter and not get their initialfirst down until eight minutes had elapsed in thesecond period.

And who’d have thunk it that Seattle needed a“gadget play” to “get off the schneide” with a fakefield goal when punter and holder Jon Ryantossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tackle-eligi-ble Garry Gilliam with 4:44 left in the third quar-ter making it a 16-7 score?

And who would have ever dreamed that aftera Mason Crosby 48-yard field goal early in thefourth period that upped the deficit to 19-7 thatthe Seahawks even had a chance?

Who would have ever envisioned that foot-ball’s loudest stadium could be so quiet onecould hear a pin drop when the Seahawks stilltrailed 19-7 and the game clock was under fourminutes left to play?

And then who would believe that the Sea-hawks could generate 15 points in 44 seconds totake a 22-19 lead with 1:25 remaining?

To top it off it’s hard to imagine how GreenBay tight end Brandon Bostick could field Seat-tle’s on-side kick with his helmet and it bounceright into the hands of Seattle’s Chris Matthews,keeping alive the Seahawks’ dreams of being thefirst defending champion to repeat getting to theSuper Bowl in 10 years.

And just when Packer fans thought Rodgers’gimpy leg didn’t hamper his performance, he hadto turn down running to wide open gaps in Seat-tle’s defense because of his calf injury and settlefor short passes as Green Bay tried to win thegame in the final minute with a touchdown or tieit with a field goal.

With the score tied at 22-22 as regulation timeexpired, who’d ever think the Seahawks’ luckwould change so that they won the coin toss andelected to get the football to start the overtimeperiod.

By this time the Seattle fans once again werethe loudest in football as the Seahawks beganmarching toward victory.

And who would ever believe that Wilsonwould try to heave a long pass to wide receiverJermaine Kearse, his intended target for all fourof his intercepted passes?

e 35-yard throw was perfect and Kearsecaught it in stride for the winning touchdown fora 28-22 victory and another trip to the SuperBowl.

I have a hard time understanding why Packershead coach Mike McCarthy got so conservativeon fourth-and-less than-one to go early in thegame and kicked field goals instead both times.

I’m glad I didn’t take Indianapolis and thepoints because nobody in his right mind wouldhave been willing to give me 39 points to offsetthe 45-7 final score in the AFC ConferenceChampionship Game.

It looked as if the Colts panic whenever theysee that Patriot insignia on the helmets of theNew England players.

After the game rumors started floating aroundthat someone with the Patriots let some of theair out of the New England footballs so that TomBrady would have a better grip on the wet foot-ball.

at’s preposterous!! After all, Pats runningback LeGarrette Blount carried the alleged de-flated football 30 times, gained 148 yards andscored 3 touchdowns. But the NFL is investigat-

See KORNER, PAGE 3B

Richard Sherman gets the publicity, but Earl Thomas might be the most crucial piece in Seat-tle's defense.

2B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Bridge City Lady Cardinals (7-0) are rolling through Dist. 9-4A undefeated after downing theWest Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs 46-29 at Cardinal Gym on Friday and the Orangefield Lady Bob-cats on Tuesday. The Lady Cardinals will resume district action on the road Friday against theHamshire-Fannett Lady Longhorns. Above: Lady Cardinal Alexus Henry drives the ball down courtagainst the WOS Lady Mustangs. Alexus led the Lady Cardinals in scoring with 15 points in the vic-tory. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bear Josie Nimitz takes the ball down court with Lady Bear KaitlinMcCallon against Hardin-Jefferson. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

Alia Brown leads the pack for the LCM Lady Bears againstHardin-Jefferson. The Lady Bears defeated HJ 45-21 in districtplay. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bear Grace Chen drives the balldown court in the 45-21 district win against Hardin-Jefferson.RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bear Maddie Frey duels on thecourt against a Hardin-Jefferson defender during fierce districtaction at the Bear Cave. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

BASKETBALL SCHEDULEFriday, January 23

BOYSDistrict 24-4A

Hamshire-Fannett at BridgeCity, 7:30 pm

Orangefield at Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 7:30 pm

West Orange-Stark at Silsbee,7:30 pm

BASKETBALL SCHEDULEFriday, January 23

GIRLSDistrict 24-4A

Bridge City at Hamshire-Fan-nett, 6:00 pm

Little Cypress-Mauriceville atOrangefield, 6:30 pm

Silsbee at West Orange-Stark,6:30 pm

Alex Borel, a member of theLCM Battlin’ Bear Band willperform with the Texas All-State Band in San Antonio, Sat-urday, Feb. 14, at the Henry B.Gonzalez Convention Center aspart of the 2015 Texas MusicEducators Association Clinic/Convention. He was chosen forthis prestigious honor througha competitive process held thisyear across the state at Dis-trict, Region, and Area levels.Alex is a student of MichaelPrejean and plays at schoolunder the direction of SteveSchoppert who is a member ofthe Texas Music Educators As-sociation, an 11,000+ memberorganization headquartered inAustin. This is Alex’s first timeto perform as a member of aTMEA All-State organization.Alex is the son of Ron and Kel-ley Borel.

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ing the allegation.Some brilliant sports writer

has dubbed the Feb. 1 game as“Super Bowl Exlicks” (XLIX). Inthe first 24 hours, the Las Vegasbetting line of the game has fluc-tuated from Seattle being fa-vored by 2½ points to the gamebeing a “pick-em”.

New England has lost onlytwice in previous Super Bowlsand that was by a combined totalof seven points.

It should be an interesting 10days before the 24-hour count-down begins.

KWICKIES…Orange’s Earlomas missed a portion of thesecond period with a shoulderinjury but the three-time All-Pro safety returned after havingit looked at by the team’s train-ers. His Seattle teammateRichard Sherman appeared tohave injured his arm, but re-fused medical attention and did-n’t miss any action in Sunday’sexciting come-from-behind 28-22 victory over the Green BayPackers.

While playing in the SunsetGrove Men’s Golf AssociationOne-Man Scramble Saturdaymorning, Bob Hood sank fiveputts of 20 feet or more. Unfor-

tunately the rest of his gamewasn’t as hot as his putter as hefinished with an 84.

Major league pitcher MaxScherzer, who turned down asix-year, $144 million contractextension from the DetroitTigers last spring, reportedlysigned a seven-year deal worth$210 million with the Washing-ton Nationals Monday. e 30-year-old Scherzer was 18-5 lastseason with a 3.15 ERA. He had252 strikeouts in 220 1/3 in-nings.

Vidor’s Michael Defee finishedfifth in the 40-44 age group thatparticipated in Sunday’s annualChevron Houston Marathon.Defee covered the 26.2 miles in2:37:11. Billie-Kay Melanson ofOrange came in third in the 60-64 age group of the Women’sHalf-Marathon, posting a time of1:51:50.

JUST BETWEEN US…It’snot surprising that Gary Kubiakwas hired as the replacement forDenver Broncos’ head coachJohn Fox. It also makes sensewhy a couple of the available for-mer head coaches bailed out oftheir interviews for the job.Who’d want to coach for an or-ganization that canned the last

coach who had won four divisionchampionships in the four yearshe was there? Kubiak was Den-ver’s offensive coordinator formany years before leaving to takethe Houston Texans job, somaybe he can handle Broncos’executive vice president and gen-eral manager John Elway, whohad a lot to do with Fox notbeing there any more. Kubiak dida great job as the BaltimoreRavens’ offensive coordinatorthis past season.

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While the saltwater fisher-men are struggling to even lo-cate fish, the bite on bothRayburn and Toledo Bendkicked off early and hasn’tslowed down in the face of ris-ing lake levels and bone chillingcold. Toledo Bend yielded atleast two more double digit basslast weekend and the results ofthe first Bass Champs event ofthe year spoke volumes aboutthe early bite on Rayburn.

Cory Rambo and Rusty Clarkpicked up right where they leftoff last year posting an impres-sive second place total weight of24.54 pounds in the first BassChamps tournament of the yearheld on Rayburn last Sunday.Rambo and Clark won the 2014team championship on the RedRiver and returned home with anew fully rigged Skeeter FX20.

Their strong start Sunday indefense of their title earnedthem a $6500 check and an ad-ditional $250 Talon Bonus. Sur-prisingly enough, while most ofthe field had to be thinking,“Here we go again”, Clark andRambo were not drawing themost oohs and aahs. A pair ofLouisiana anglers, Ricky andRonnie Madole, absolutely blewthe field away with a five fishtotal of 35.95 pounds to driveaway with the $20,000 first placecheck!

The Madoles largest bassweighed just a shade under ninepounds so their other four fishwere of the large variety aswell.Ray Beck and Shane Hiltontook home big bass money witha 9.78 pound fish. Without adoubt, the most meaningful sta-

tistic for recreational bass fish-ermen was the twenty-one 5fish limits over fifteen poundsbrought to the scales.In fact,nearly half the field managed toweigh in a limit of fish.

Meanwhile, over on ToledoBend, Chelsea Lejeune caughtand released a 10.30 pound basson a Carolina rigged Brush Hogand Shay Byner caught his sec-ond double digit bass in the past

three months on a jig and crawworm trailer. Both of these fishwere caught in less than fifteenfeet of water indicating at leasta few of the big females may al-ready be headed to staging areasahead of the spawn.

Both of those fish werecaught in the mid-lake area fish-ing points on the main lake.Prior to the deluge, jiggingspoons along the outside bends

Redfish continue to do their thing on Sabine.

of the creeks was very produc-tive on bass up to six pounds fora pair of couple of old friendsfishing the Negreet area.CleonWelles said that bite is improv-ing again, but the fish movedcloser to the mouths of themajor creek channels when theystarted pulling the lake a littleharder.

They also reported that theyare once again catching re-spectable numbers of crappie in18 to 22 feet of water on shiners.They were starting to do prettywell fishing the Chicken Cooparea before it muddied up, but

are now fishing the same creeksthat they are spooning for bass.Over the past week they havedone well by switching to aspinning rod rigged with ashiner anytime a crappie beats abass to their spoon!

Two consecutive days of sun

may or may not have helped thefishing, but it was a welcome al-ternative to cloudy skies and acold wind. I know the bass fish-ing will continue to improverain or no rain and just maybe…..we’ll start catching a few moretrout as well.


Deaths and Memorialsonline through his own website and thePortal to Texas History by the UNT Li-braries. He was a member of dozens ofhistorical and genealogical groups. In1987, the Greater Orange Area Cham-ber of Commerce named him “Citizenof the Year” for his work and spirit ofgiving to the community.

Memorials may be made to the Her-itage House Museum for the Howardand Elizabeth Williams collection ofarchives.

Joyce KervinOrange

Joyce Day Kervin, 80, of Orange,passed away Jan. 15, at the Medical Cen-ter of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.

Funeral services were Jan. 19, at Clay-bar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiat-ing was the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft. Burialfollowed at Orange Forest Lawn Ceme-tery.

Born in Manning, Aug. 2, 1934, shewas the daughter of Luther Oscar Dayand Mae Havard Day. Joyce was an avidcollector, and also enjoyed working withfloral arrangements and refurbishingfurniture. She loved animals, was a lov-ing and caring person, and will begreatly missed by her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her par-ents; four brothers and two sisters.

She leaves behind her husband, JessieKervin; children, Connie Brashear(Johnny), Brenda omas (David), andSusan Trahan (John), all of Orange;eight grandchildren; seven great-grand-children; brothers, Herman Day, Ray-mond Day, and Harold W. Day andsister, Mildred Turner. She also leavesbehind her beloved dogs, Daisy andPenny.

Serving as pallbearers was CodyConway, Joseph Trahan, Rusty Trahan,Michael Trahan, Larry Shelton, CadeReeves, and Charlie omas.

Bennie WheatOrange

Bennie “Penny” Wheat, 81, of Or-ange passed away peacefully at herhome Monday, Jan. 12.

Funeral services were Jan. 16, atClaybar Funeral Home in Orange. Offi-ciating was Brother Lanny Wheat. En-tombment followed at Orange ForestLawn Mausoleum.

Mrs. Wheat was born in HoustonMarch 31, 1933 to the late Carl and Elsie(Ellis) DeForke. She was a loving wife,mother, and friend. She enjoyed fishing,playing bingo with friends, and watch-ing Judge Judy. Most of all, she lovedspending time with Bill.

She was preceded in death by herparents; husband, Billy Francis Wheatand brothers, Lee DeForke and Carl De-Forke, Jr.

She is survived by her children,Ernest Miller, Jr. and wife, Ramona,Terry Allen Wheat and wife, Jamie andDianna Miller Sales and husband, Tim;grandchildren, Sean P. Miller, Jake AllenWheat, Ashley Cameron Wheat, JustinMenard, Jenny Menard Daigle, SawyerSales, Roman Sales, Madison NicoleKay and Brayden Hunter Smith; great-grandchildren, Olivia Quinn, Allie,Kaleb, Kaydence, Nora, Hali and Jacy.

LaDonna MorganDeweyville

LaDonna Lynn Morgan, 52, ofDeweyville passed away Monday, Jan.12, surrounded by her loving family.

LaDonna was born on March 6, 1962to Johnnie Mae (Stephens) and JerryDean Slone. She had lived most of herlife in Deweyville and was a member ofCalvary Baptist Church in Deweyville.LaDonna married Sterling Lesley Mor-gan, on June 6, 1981. She enjoyed cook-ing and spending time with her family.LaDonna was a loving person, who willbe missed dearly.

She was preceded in death by her fa-ther, Jerry Dean Slone and father in law,Sterling Morgan.

LaDonna is survived by her husbandLesley Morgan of Deweyville; daugh-ters, Hailey Morgan and fiancée, Ken-neth Wiggins of Lumberton, RebeccaMorgan and fiancée, Cody Williams ofBeaumont; mother, Johnnie Mae Sloneof Deweyville; mother in law, AgnesMorgan of Deweyville; grandchildren,Hayden Williams and Braylon Wiggins.She is also survived by her sisters,Brenda Gale Bland and husband,Richard of Lindale, Cindy Ann Shep-pard and husband, Tommy of Lumber-ton; brother, Jerry Wayne Slone and

wife, Denise of Deweyville and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held Jan. 16,with the Rev. John Fortenberry officiat-ing. Burial followed at DeweyvilleCemetery.

Honoring LaDonna as pallbearerswas Jeremy Slone, Josh Slone, MatthewTomkins, Tommy Sheppard, KennethWiggins, Cody Williams, Danny Cokerand Bobby Kuchar. Honorary pallbearerwas Jerry Wayne Slone.

Linda LaughlinLinda Faye Laughlin, 70, passed away

Jan. 8, after a long battle with cancer. Amemorial service was held Saturday,Jan. 17, at Claybar Funeral Home inBridge City.

Born Feb. 16, 1944, Linda was thedaughter of Hazel and Adam LeBouf. InJune of 1971, she married Gene LamarLaughlin.

She was preceded in death by herparents and husband.

She is survived by her son, TonyLaughlin and wife, Astra; younger son,Dan Laughlin and wife, Kara and theirdaughters, Elle and Jada; sister, JuanitaStarnes and husband, James, and theirchildren, Debra, Darrell, and Kristal andher stepfather Harold Adkins.

Helen LunaHelen Fay Luna, 82, of Orange,

passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 13, at BaptistHospital of Southeast Texas in Orangewith her family by her side.

Born Nov. 10, 1932 in Quinlan, toStella (Monk) Norris and A. B. Norris,she lived in Orange since 1957, and hadpreviously lived in Dallas. She was amember of the Little Cypress BaptistChurch in Little Cypress and was ahomemaker. Helen was a loving wife,mother, grandmother, sister and friend.Later in life, she and her husband had alove and passion for bluegrass musicand festivals.

Helen is preceded in death by herparents; son in law, Wayne Allamon andseven of her brothers and sisters.

ose who will most cherish hermemory are her husband of 66 years,Ardith V. “Art” Luna of Orange; daugh-ter, Cathy Allamon of Little River Acad-emy, TX.; sons, Cody Luna and wife,Melody of Orange and David Luna andwife, Robyn of Plano; sisters, LoreneTrammell of Mansfield, and AlamarieJones and Joyce Jacks, both of Dallas;seven grandchildren, Jeffery Allamonand wife, Angie, Jeremy Allamon andwife, Susan, Misti Brooke Odom andhusband, Wes, Shaun Luna, AaronLuna, Blake Luna and Samantha Luna;six great grandchildren as well as nu-merous nieces, nephews, extended fam-ily and friends.

Services honor Helen’s life were Jan.16, at Dorman Funeral Home in Or-ange. Officiating was the Rev. DavidTurner, pastor of Little Cypress BaptistChurch. Rite of committal and inter-ment followed services in Autumn OaksMemorial Park in Orange.

For those who desire memorial do-nations, please make a donation inmemory of Helen to the Little CypressBaptist Church, Post Office Box 2951,Orange, Texas 77631-2951.

James JacksonIvanhoe

James Roy “Red” Jackson, 78, of Ivan-hoe passed away Jan. 14. He was born inWells, Jan. 13, 1937 to Leroy and UnaPeal Minter Jackson. Red married WildaAnn Duos and they raised four children.He was a butcher by trade, and hadworked at Texas Ave. Grocery in BridgeCity; He was a loving husband, father,and grandfather who will be missed byall who loved him.

Left to cherish his memories are hiswife Wilda Jackson; daughters eresaBroom and Connie Darby ; sons JohnJackson and James Allen Jackson;grandchildren Kenneth Broom, VirginiaHollyfield, Tyson Hollyfield, Jason Hol-lyfield, Victoria Carr, Kevin Jackson,Coleman Jackson, Erin Hanks, BreeJackson, Jami Jackson, Kyle Jackson,Mica Sherril, Maddison Helm, KatelynnHelm, and Dustin Helm; and seventeengreat-grandchildren.

Services were held Jan. 17 inWoodville.

Beulah Odome Celebration of Life for Mrs. Beu-

lah Levier Odom will be held during aMass of Christian burial, Saturday, Jan.24, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anne de BeaupreCatholic Church, 2810 Link Rd, Hous-ton, TX 77009. Rites of Christian burialwill follow in Paradise North Cemeteryin Houston under the direction of Spar-row Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Saturday from 8:00until 10:00 a.m. at the church. A rosarywill be prayed at 9:30 a.m. Her serviceswill start in Orange, her home for manyyears, Friday, Jan. 23, with Visitationfrom 3:00 until 5:00 p. m at St. ereseCatholic Church. A rosary will also beprayed at St. erese starting at 4:30p.m. Friday.

A family repast will be held in the St.erese Family Life Center starting at5:00 p.m. after the visitation services.

Mrs. Beulah Levier Odom peacefullydeparted this life ursday, Jan. 15, sixdays after her 97th birthday. God saw fitand blessed all by allowing her momentsof consciousness during her birthdaycelebration so that she could see all themany kin gathered together at one timeto celebrate and be with her; so much sothat her mother’s house was bulging atthe seams; a true blessing, a mercifulGodsend.

She is survived by two daughters,Harrianne Odom Spencer of Humbleand Sharon Odom Fling of MissouriCity; one sister, Julia Fuller of Houston;niece and caregiver, eresa Miles ofHouston, 10 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren.

Offer sympathy expressions and ad-ditional life legacy information atwww.sparrowfuneralhome.com.

Lanora TaylorOrangefield

Lanora Jean Taylor, 75, of Orange-field, passed away Jan. 16, at her home.

Funeral service will be held ursday,Jan. 22, at 1:00 pm, at Claybar FuneralHome in Bridge City, with the Rev.Clifton Rankin officiating. Burial willfollow at Orange Forest Lawn Ceme-tery.

Visitation will begin at 11:00 am,ursday at Claybar Funeral Home inBridge City.

Born in Shelby County, April 5, 1939,Lanora was the daughter of Roy E.Franks and Eunice (Ramsey) Franks.She worked at Entex for over 40 yearsand was a member of First BaptistChurch of Orangefield. Lanora was aloving mother and sister and would al-ways sacrifice her own needs to helpothers. She was very active in herchurch and was always willing to helpanyone without expecting any sort ofpraise or recognition in return; her doorwas always open to anyone who neededher. Lanora was very soft spoken with aquiet, warm demeanor, and she was al-ways such a pleasure to be around. Shewill be greatly missed by all who knewand loved her.

She was preceded in death by herparents; husband Bill Taylor; son JasonTaylor; and brother Billie Franks.

She is survived by her son Joe Taylor;brothers Byron Franks and wife Jeneanand Royce Franks and wife Danna andher sister Aleen Grimes and husbandBob.

Serving as pallbearers will be JimmyGrimes, David Grimes, Chris Sizemore,Danny Allen, and John Wagner.

Keith JenkinsOrange

Keith Leo Jenkins, 41, of Orangepassed away Wednesday, Jan. 7.

A gathering of family and friends willbe Wednesday, Jan.21, from 5:00 until10:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home inOrange. Cremation will follow underthe direction of Claybar Haven of RestCrematory.

Keith was born in Galveston Aug. 7,1973 to Robert Lee and Betty(Godeaux) Jenkins and was theyoungest of three boys. He loved mak-ing people laugh and being with friendsand family. Some of his favorite pasttimes were fishing and swimming. Mostrecently Keith was working on theshrimp boats, unloading them aftercoming into port.

He is preceded in death by his father,Robert Lee Jenkins, Sr. and grand-mother, Louise Duplechain and is sur-vived by his wife, Chavonne (Riley)Jenkins; mom, Betty (Godeaux) Jenkins;son, Cody Jenkins; brothers, DonaldRoss and Robert Lee Jenkins, Jr. and hisdogs, Molly and Halle.

Edna BroxsonKenefick, La.

Edna Belle Broxson, 72, of Kenefick,passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, at LakeCharles Memorial Hospital in LakeCharles.

Born March 24, 1942 in Merryville,La., to Wilburn Martin Broxson and EllaMae (Pollock) Broxson, she lived inKenefick for the Last six years and hadpreviously lived in Orange. Edna was ahomemaker and a member of theKenefick Baptist Church inKenefick. Edna was a very kind heartedperson who assisted in the raising ofmany children in addition to her own.She enjoyed shopping, sewing, listeningto music and spending time with herfamily.

Edna is preceded in death by her par-ents; son, Aaron Lynn McKnight;grandsons, Jeremy Vercher and JasonVercher and the father of her children,Joe Max McKnight.

ose who will cherish her memoryare her daughters, Gladys Ross and hus-band, Clyde Hedrick of San Leon, andConnie Bankston and husband, Woodyof Moss Bluff, La; son, Joe Allen McK-inght of Kenefick; sister, Helen Collinsof Meridian, Ms; brother, Walter“Lucky” Broxson and wife, Mitzy of In-diana; six grandchildren, nine great

grandchildren; one great-great grand-daughter as well as numerous nieces,nephews and extended family.

Graveside services to remember andhonor Edna’s life will be at 1:00 P.M.Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Autumn OaksMemorial Park in Orange. Officiatingwill be the Rev. Jeff Day, pastor of theKenefick Baptist Church.

A gathering of Edna’s family andfriends will be from 9:00 A.M. until11:00 Wednesday at Dorman FuneralHome in Orange. Interment will followservices.

Johnny BerryPort Arthur

Johnny L. Berry, 70, of Port Arthur,peacefully died surrounded by familymembers Sunday, Jan. 18, at Christus St.Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. He wasborn Feb. 21, 1944, in Port Arthur, toAnnie Pearl Singleton and omasDickerson Berry.

Johnny delivered fuel in the PortArthur area for over 40 years. He en-joyed fishing and loved being around hisfamily. Johnny will be remembered forhis ability to tell a good story.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years,Connie Berry of Port Arthur; son, TroyBerry and his wife, Kristy, of BridgeCity; grandsons, Ryker Berry andBryson Constane; brothers, JimmyBerry of Port Arthur, Bobby Berry ofVidor, and David Berry of Port Arthur;sister, Ellen Lackey and her husband,Raymond, of Mauriceville; brothers-in-law, Ricky Davidson and his wife, John-nie, of Beaumont; Oris Davidson andhis wife, Stacy, of Beaumont; sisters-in-law, Blanca Viator, and her husband,Danny, of Port Arthur and Jerry Harperand her husband, James, of Port Arthur.

Johnny was preceded in death by hisparents and grandson, Michael Boul-lion.

A graveside service for Mr. Berry willbe held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21,at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves.

Jewell PhillipsLumberton

Jewell Dean Phillips, 83, of Lumber-ton, passed away Jan. 18, at St. ElizabethHospital in Beaumont. A gravesideservice will be at 10:00am, ursday,Jan. 22, at Alan’s Chapel Cemetery inCookeville, Tn.

Born in Selina, Tn., July 30, 1931, shewas daughter of Robert Daniels andBessie Daniels.

She is preceded in death by her hus-band, Haskell Phillips.

She is survived by her children,Frances Grasty of Lumberton, Lloyd“Buddy” Phillips and wife, Leigh ofBridge City, Brenda Britnell of Orange,Susie Lindsey and husband, Gerald ofOrange, and Danny Phillips and wife,Cara of Eau Clar, Wi.; 18 grandchildren;18 great-grandchildren and her sisters,Sis Sherfield and Dean Odele.

Mary Ann CoonWest Orange

Mary Ann Retherford Coon, 83, ofWest Orange, passed away Friday, Jan.16, at her daughter’s home in West Or-ange.

Born Oct. 17, 1931 in Woodville toRichard T. Retherford and Beulah Mae(Windham) Retherford, she lived in Or-ange for 75 years, she was a member ofthe West Orange Christian Church.Mary along with her husband, Pete tookgreat pride in the care of their yard.ey received many awards for havingthe most beautiful yard in the commu-nity. Mary’s favorite flowers were rosesand daylilies. She also enjoyed bowling.

Mary is preceded in death by her par-ents; husband, Pete Coon; sister LarueCollier and her brothers, CharlesRetherford and Gene Retherford.

ose who will most cherish hermemory are her daughters, AnnaLeJune and husband, Sherrill of Orange,Kathy Vessell and Vickie Smith and hus-band, Mike, all of West Orange; son,David Coon and wife, Susan of FortSmith, Ar.; sister, Mamie Mitchell of Or-ange; brother, omas R. Retherford ofHemphill; grandchildren, Amy LeJune,Jeff LeJune, Amanda Gardovsky andhusband, Lathon and Blake Peveto; twogreat grandchildren, nieces, nephewsand extended family.

Services to remember and honorMary’s life were Monday, Jan. 19, atDorman Funeral Home in Orange, withthe Rev. Bobby Granger, officiating. Shewas buried in Autumn Oaks MemorialPark.

Honoring Mary as pallbearers wereJeff LeJune, Blake Peveto, Ray Cooper,Robert Brown, Sherrill LeJune, MikeSmith and Lathon Gardovsky.

Donations in memory of Mary maybe made to the West Orange ChristianChurch, 1121 Lansing Street, Orange,Texas 77630.

Robert MoutonOrange

Robert Lee “ Bob “ Mouton, Sr., 75, ofOrange, passed from this life ursday,Jan. 15, at Baptist Hospital of SoutheastTexas in Orange.

Born Jan. 26, 1939 in Orange, to Al-bert Lee Mouton and Lela Mae (Lee)Mouton, he was a lifelong resident ofOrange and was of the Methodist faith.He owned and operated Mouton Print-ing Company in Orange from 1974 until2007. He began his career in the print-ing business at the age of 17 with theSouthern Printers in Orange. He will begreatly missed.

Bob is preceded in death by his par-ents; grandson, James Speece “LilJimmy” Clark; brothers, J. C. Mouton,Sr., Albert J. Mouton and Cloyd Mou-ton, Sr.; sisters, Betty Jo Davenport andMartha Mae Mouton.

ose who will most cherish hismemory are his daughters, Tammie LeeMouton of Vinton, Bonnie Mouton of

Orange and Cindy Mouton Graves andhusband, Steve of Jasper; sons, StewartAlan Greer and wife, Angela of Orangeand Robert Lee “ Bobby “ Mouton, Jr.and wife Alicia of Orange; sisters LelaFaye Dallas of Austin and Joyce AnnMeads of Orange; grandchildren,Stormy Clark, Brittany Welch Carter,Brandon Welch, Eric Simon, Jody Mou-ton, Farrell Greer, Sadie Greer, PaigeGreer, Kylie Mouton and Azlynn Mou-ton; 10 great grandchildren, Quest Car-mack, Kadyn Carmack, Raven Clark,Carter Hughes, Lane Carter, TalanMouton, Bryce Mouton, Racen Simon,Kameron Simon and Cody Simon; Bobis also survived by numerous nieces,nephews and extended family andfriends.

A memorial service was held Jan.20, at Dorman Funeral Home in Orangewith Deacon Eddie Blankenstein, offici-ating.

Ola JonesPort Neches

Ola B Jones, 87, of Port Neches, diedFriday, Jan. 16, in Groves. She was bornMay 9, 1927, to Ruby Elizabeth JonesTunnell and Carey Tunnell.

Ola was an avid TV watcher, lovedgameshows, Judge Judy, and anythingDallas Cowboys.

She is survived by her daughter, GailHolcomb and her husband, Jimmy, ofBridge City; son, Michael Jones and hiswife, Donna, of Baytown; grandchil-dren, Kim Lona, Melanie Jones, ChrisJones, and Daniel Jones; five great-grandchildren; and brother, MickeyTunnell of Dam B.

Ola was preceded in death by herparents; husband, Wilmont Jones; andgrandson Trace Holcomb.

Funeral services were Tuesday, Jan.20, at Broussard’s, Nederland. Her inter-ment followed at Oak Bluff MemorialPark, Port Neches.

Cindy BrandonOrange

Cindy Brandon, 53, of Orange,passed away Jan. 15, at her home.

Funeral services were Monday, Jan.19, at Claybar Funeral Home in BridgeCity, with Pastor Darrell McCoy of FirstPentecostal Church in Port Arthur offi-ciating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Me-morial Gardens in Orange.

Born in Sulphur, Jan. 23, 1961, shewas the daughter of Claude H. Douget,Sr. and Dolores Martin Douget.

She is preceded in death by her son,Brent Lee Brandon; mother, DoloresMartin Douget and sisters, DarleneBrown and Beth Douget.

She is survived by her husband,Charles Brandon, Sr.; father, Claude H.Douget, Sr. children, J. Calvin ReynoldsIII, Lila Marie Reynolds, Dereck C.Reynolds, Matthew C. Brandon, AngelaBeth Brandon, Deanna M. Ashford, andCharly Brandon, Jr.; 14 grandchildrenand her brothers, Bubba Douget andBrett Douget.

Kerry HampshireVidor

Kerry Glenn Hampshire, 60, of Vidordied Jan. 13, at Christus St. ElizabethHospital in Beaumont. Kerry was alongtime resident of Vidor and servedin the US Army.

He is survived by his son Kerry DaleHampshire; daughters Ida Jones andChelsea Hampshire, both of Vidor;brothers Wesley Ray Hampshire ofHouston, Ricky Lynn Hampshire ofVidor and Cody Hilton of Kountze; sis-ter Kathi Denton of Bridge City; motherDorothy Janis of Kountze and six grand-children.

Kerry was preceded in death by hisfather JW Hampshire, sister KarenBertrand and brother Randy Helton.

Kerry had a memorial service at FirstPentecostal Church, Saturday, Jan. 17.

Pauline CampbellDeweyville

Pauline Campbell, 79, of Deweyville,passed from this life Friday, Jan. 16, atBaptist Hospital of Southeast Texas inBeaumont.

Born July 15, 1935 in Bronson, toJohn Jake Dickerson and Gracie Eliza-beth (Bowden) Dickerson, she had livedin Deweyville since 1963; previously inBronson. She was a member of the Cal-vary Baptist Church in Deweyville anda homemaker. Near and dear to herheart were what she referred to as hertreasures, her grandchildren, saying thatshe cherished them was definitely anunderstatement.

Pauline is preceded in death by herparents; husband, Paul Campbell; sons,Marvin omas Campbell and Billy JoCampbell; daughter Linda Lee TippettHanson; grandson, Jody Paul Campbelland three sisters and five brothers.

ose who will most cherish hermemory are her daughter, Brinda SueCrabb and husband, Don Brunson ofRockwall; sons, Ronald Lynn Tippettand wife, Yolanda of DeQuincy, and JackCampbell and wife, Suzanne of Gilmer;sister, Eloise Harris of Houston; hertreasures, Rhonda, omas, Liz, Jessica,Billie Joe, Jennifer, Lacey, Aaron, ArielLynn and Kayla; 16 great grandchildren,five great great grandchildren, and nu-

merous nieces, nephews and extendedfamily.

Services to remember and honorPauline’s life were Jan. 18, at DormanFuneral Home in Orange, with BrotherJohn Fortenberry, officiating. Rite ofcommittal and interment followed serv-ices at King Cemetery in Hartburg.

Honoring Pauline as pallbearers wereJoe Dooley, Aaron Campbell, BruceStell, Scooter Henley, Mark Newmanand Quinten McCollough. Honorarypallbearers were Robert Paul Lout,Lakin Lisenby, James Keith and TaylorDavis.

Dr. Howard WilliamsOrange

Dr. Howard C. Williams was a de-voted physician, noted historian, com-munity photographer and loving father.ose were among some of the accom-plishments of the man described as agenius with a curiosity to learn and aspirit to live a life full of the arts and sci-ences. He passed away Jan. 14, at the ageof 89 after a brief illness. He hadplanned on returning to his medical of-fice to see patients because he had neverretired.

Funeral services were Sunday, Jan. 18,at First United Methodist Church in Or-ange. Burial followed at Orange ForestLawn Cemetery.

He is preceded in death by hisbeloved wife of 61 years, ElizabethQuillin Williams; son, Jeffrey HowardWilliams; grandson, David HowardMay; and brother, Hugh Williams.

He is survived by daughters, ShelleyWilliams Hart and husband, PatrickJohn Hart; Leslie Williams, and AlisonWilliams; along with grandchildren,Katherine Elizabeth May and DylanMargaret Walsh. Also surviving him arehis daughters in spirit, Chrisleigh DalSasso, Patricia Owens and Melanie Mc-Cann; sister-in-law, Mary KatherineGoodwin; nieces, Katherine Sheets andhusband, Merle, and Andrea Goodwinand nephews Jim Goodwin and wife,Becky and Leslie Goodwin.

Dr. Williams was born in LakeCharles, in 1925 to Waldron “Pappy”Williams and Alma Harris. e familymoved to Port Arthur, where he wasreared. He graduated from omas Jef-ferson High School in 1943 and imme-diately joined the U.S. Army to fight inWorld War II. He landed in Normandythree days after the D-Day invasion andsaw action across France and into Ger-many until the war ended, including theBattle of the Bulge. After the war, heused the G.I. Bill to go to college atLamar and North Texas State Universitybefore going to medical school at theBaylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Williams and his wife, Elizabeth,moved to Orange in the summer of1953 with their 9-day-old son, Jeffrey, sohe could open a family medicine prac-tice. He once recalled that he saw onepatient his first day to treat a sprainedankle. He made house calls in the earlydays for a charge of $8. During thosedays he was on the staff of the FrancesAnn Lutcher Hospital and the OrangeCity Hospital. When Orange MemorialHospital opened, he joined the staffthere and served as chief of staff. He de-livered more than 3,000 babies andnever lost a mother. In June 1957, hewas sent to help in the rescue of peoplein Cameron, La, after Hurricane Au-drey. He stayed in Orange through hur-ricanes Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008 toassist in medical care in the recovery.rough more than 60 years of practic-ing medicine, he showed a love of peo-ple and concern for their well-being. Hewas also dedicated to his medical officestaff, which showed their devotionthrough long years of work with him.His medical work also included servingas the Orange County Health Officerand as physician for the Orange CountyJail. His work led to the county jail beingthe first in Texas to receive acceptanceby the American Medical Associationfor its standards of care.

Dr. Williams began collecting Texanawhen he was young and discovered thatOrange’s history had never beenrecorded. After that, he showed a pas-sion for gathering local photographs,historical documents and history sto-ries. His information was collected intotwo books, “Orange: Gateway to Texas,”and “Picturing Orange.” e first bookwon the Texas Historical Commission’sT.R. Fehrenbach Award for the bestbook about Texas history. In apprecia-tion for his work, the community held asold-out banquet at the Sunset GroveCountry Club in his honor.

Dr. Williams and his wife were in-strumental in saving an old house fromdemolition and moving it to become theHeritage House Museum of Orange. Formore than 40 years he was appointed bythe Orange County CommissionersCourt to serve on the county historicalcommission, which recommends localsites and events for state historicalmarkers. He served as chair of the com-mission for more than 30 years. In ad-dition, he was a founder of the OrangeCounty Historical Society and wrotemany articles for the historical quar-terly, “Las Sabinas.” Not only did he col-lect and copy photographs, he studiedphotography and for half a century tookthousands of photographs of localevents, making his own record of his-tory. His collection of photographs is

Sunday, Jan. 25, Trinity BaptistChurch of Orange will be hon-ored to host concert Pianist/Vo-calist, Wade Daniel at the 11:00A.M. service. Mr. Daniel is theMinister of Music at First BaptistChurch of Bartlesville, OK, avocal member of the Grammyand Dove Nominated “Century-Men Choir,” and an accomplishedpianist, having accompanied the“Singing Men of South EastTexas” for 17 years and the Cen-turyMen choir on tour both na-tionally and internationally.

Wade has performed in hun-dreds of concerts and banquets inTexas as well as numerous statesin the United States. He had thehonor to perform in many foreigncountries such as Vancouver, BC,Wales, England, Romania, Hun-gary, Germany, Switzerland, Vi-enna, Salzburg, Poland, Russiaand Scotland. He serves as Ad-junct Professor of Piano at Okla-homa Wesleyan University inBartlesville, OK. He maintains aprivate voice and piano studio atthe university. Wade’s versatilityand adaptability combine to en-sure an inspirational and enter-taining program for all audiences.

He has produced 9 CD’s and canbe seen on YouTube.

Wade is well known and lovedin the area. He is a native ofMid-County and graduated fromNederland High School, servingas accompanist for the HighSchool Choir under the directionof Twyla Nau. Wade continuedstudy of music at Lamar Univer-sity and Southwestern Baptisteological Seminary. He, hiswife, Becky and daughter, Ashleyreside in Bartlesville, OK.

Mr. Daniel served as Ministerof Music at FBC Palacios, TX forfour years. In 1989 he came toNorth Orange Baptist Churchand served 15 years with PastorLynn Ashcraft. While in Orangehe directed and toured with theYouth and Senior Adult choirs,directed the Sanctuary Choir,and assisted in other areas ofmusic ministry for children andthe Handbell choirs.

Pastor Gary Price and Wor-ship Leader Dan Cruse inviteeveryone to come and enjoy theconcert during this special serv-ice. Trinity Baptist Church is lo-cated at 1819 N. 16th Street inOrange.

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Daniel to perform at Trinity Baptist-Orange

Pianist/vocalist, Wade Daniel will perform at the 11 a.m. serviceat Trinity Baptist Church of Orange. Mr. Daniel is the Minister ofMusic at First Baptist Church of Bartlesville, OK, a vocal memberof the Grammy and Dove Nominated “CenturyMen Choir,” and anaccomplished pianist, having accompanied the “Singing Men ofSouth East Texas” for 17 years and the CenturyMen choir on tourboth nationally and internationally.

St. Mary Catholic School announced that two of their studentsplaced in the Orange VFW 2775 Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.Awards were given for places 1st through 5th. Ian McHann, a7th grader at St. Mary Catholic School won 4th place and MalloryHuggins, a 6th grader of St. Mary Catholic School won 1st place.Mallory also won 1st place in the District level and 3rd place inthe State level. Both students win a cash prize for their essays.Pictured, from left, are Huggins and McHann.

St. Mary Catholic School is honored to share the “Good Samaritan”award winners for this week. St. Mary staff nominates studentsthey witness displaying acts of kindness, helping others and show-ing respect at school and within the community. The principal,Donna Darby announced the winners at morning announcementsin front of all students and staff. The winners received a certificateand other prizes for their wonderful behavior. Winners from rightare: Tiger Carpenter, Colton Claybar, Elizabeth Doan


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PUBLIC NOTICEOn December 30, 2014, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI” or “the Company”) filed an Application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT” or “Com-mission”) requesting Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (“CCN”) au-thorization pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act (“PURA”) § 37.056, and a public interest determination pursuant to PURA § 14.101 (which requires Commission review of certain sales, transfers and mergers) related to ETI’s proposed acquisition of Union Power Station (“UPS”) Power Block 1, a nomi-nally rated 538 MW (summer rated 495 MW) combined cycle gas turbine (“CCGT”) generation unit located on a 300+ acre site on U.S. Highway 167 approximately six miles northeast of the City of El Dorado, in Union Coun-ty, Arkansas. The Company’s Application also includes a request that the Commission determine, for purposes of future retail rate-setting, that the full investment to acquire UPS Power Block 1, including any acquisition adjust-ment, should be eligible for inclusion in rate base. The docket number and style of the case are PUC Docket No. 43958 - Application of Entergy Texas, Inc. for Approval of an Amendment to Certificate of Convenience and Neces-sity and for Public Interest Determination for Purchase of Unit 1, Union Power Station. As part of its electric supply resource planning, ETI has determined that it needs to obtain additional long-term capacity and energy supply resources in the near future. On June 12, 2014, Union Power Partners, L.P., the current owner of UPS, made an unsolicited offer to ETI’s parent, Entergy Corpora-tion, to sell UPS’s four power blocks and associated land and facilities to the affiliated Entergy Operating Companies, including ETI. The Entergy Operat-ing Committee determined that ETI should be allocated UPS Power Block 1. The total direct cost of UPS Power Block 1 and the associated land and facilities is approximately $239 million (including estimated transaction costs and excluding any necessary closing-related adjustments and transmission additions). Approval of the Application will affect all of ETI’s customers in all areas of its service territory, but ETI is not seeking to change its rates in this proceeding.The PUCT will review the Application, establish an intervention date for inter-ested persons, and determine whether the Application should be approved. If the PUCT adopts the 45-day intervention deadline proposed in the Applica-tion, the deadline to intervene will be February 13, 2015, and a letter request-ing intervention should be received by the PUCT, at its address provided below, by that date. A prehearing conference is expected to be held in Austin, Texas in the near future. Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon these proceedings, or obtain further information, should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the PUCT’s Office of Consumer Protection at 512-936-7120 or 1-888-782-8477. Hearing and speech impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the PUCT at 512-936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2988. All communications should refer to Docket No. 43958. Persons with questions or who want more information about this Application may contact ETI at 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call 1-800-368-3749 (select option 4, then 4, then 2, then 2, then 1) during normal busi-ness hours. A complete copy of the Application is available for inspection at the Company address listed above. A copy of ETI’s Application may also be viewed on the Commission’s webpage at www.puc.state.tx.us. The Commis-sion maintains an electronic copy of all filings on the “filings – interchange” section of its webpage. The control number for this proceeding is 43958.

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Notice is hereby given that original letters of administration for the Estate of GREGORY ALAN DORRELL, Deceased, were issued on the 1st day of December, 2014, in Cause No. P17040, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: DAVID DORRELL.

The residence of such Administrator is 3118 FM 528 #182, Webster TX 77598

All persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED December 1, 2014

David DorrellDAVID DORRELLIndependent Administrator

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BIll WallaCE, Deceased, were issued on December 3, 2014, in Cause No. P17057, pend-ing in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: RaNDy WallaCE.

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.

Randy Wallace c/o: Rodney a. Townsend, Jr.218 Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630

DATED the 19th dayof January, 2015

Rodney A. Townsend, Jr.Rodney A. Rownsend, Jr.State Bar No. 24028070Telephone 409-886-7200Fax 409-886-7204

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ACROSS1. Supporting workers6. Military activities9. Self-satisfaction13. *Mike Ditka has his own brand of this smoke14. One who is not Jewish, Yiddish15. Done for dramatic affect?16. Often done for one’s sins17. Unagi18. Garment enlarger19. *The ___ ____21. *Winners of first two Super Bowls23. AprËs-____24. Keep it up?25. State V.I.P.28. Starch used in Asian food30. Extremely tiny34. Top of Kilimanjaro, e.g.36. Texting button38. Result of too much pressure40. Pharrell Williams’ 2014 album41. Last European colony in China43. Muslim honorific44. Tax evader’s fear46. *Something to play for47. Track ____48. Confusion50. Feudal laborer52. Like humor or martini53. Charades action55. 401(k) alternative57. *Super Bowl host state61. Fracas65. Precedes birth66. Former measure of U.S. economy68. Made cow noise69. Mixtures70. Earned at Wharton or Kellogg71. “_____ it!” said the accused72. *Hendricks and Ginn Jr.73. Make a scene

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