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Bridge City six years after Hurricane IkeIt’s been six years since Hur-

ricane Ike came to town, but according to City Manager, Jer-ry Jones, the city’s recovery has been “pretty phenomenal.”

As the storm approached, and looked certain to come to Southeast Texas, city officials took a gamble and planned ahead for generators. The day after they returned, the genera-tors arrived which allowed them to get the sewer/water plants and lift stations up and running with the much needed power.

City officials have worked with homeowners and torn down about 100 houses that were damaged in the storm. There are about 15 more hous-es on a list to be torn down within the next few months. The homeowners have quali-fied for a program which as-sists with the costs. There are still other houses to be taken care of as well.

Five years after the storm, the city is still doing govern-ment funded Hurricane Ike re-lated projects. City officials re-ceived $3.2 million from FEMA as recently as last week to con-tinue on their many projects.

As a result of all the funds re-ceived, about 85 percent of all the streets in Bridge City are being re-surfaced and should be completed at

the end of the year, according to Jones.

The city initially got money for immediate needs. But, larg-er amounts for bigger projects didn’t start until later. The first check was given to the city in June 2009.

“At the time we did what we could and for some items we were later reimbursed, but the majority of projects had to wait,” Jones said

Initially, money was used to clean out the ditches, which were filled with debris, to allow for better water flow. They also used the funds for debris clean-up of the sewer systems in an effort to get the city up and running. The city was able to get the water and sewer up and running within 24 hours.

The city received about $18 million from FEMA grants to do a sewer rehabilitation. They spent the money cleaning sew-

er lines along with the other parts of the sewer system. In addition, they repaired or re-placed the lift stations, man-holes, pumps, motors and con-trols due to the salt water in-

trusion. In addition, new gen-erators were added to the water/sewer plants and all ma-jor lift stations and winding down on those projects too.

Overall, it took roughly $21

million to get the city back to where it was before Hurricane Ike.

“It’s great. We are apprecia-tive to get everything back where it was,” Jones said.

However, he added, what city officials are the most excited about is the city population is growing again. Since the storm there are 65 new houses in Bridge City.

But, it has been a long road to recovery. Of the nearly 3,800 houses in Bridge City, all but 16 were left unlivable. A large per-centage of residents have re-covered. The businesses also managed a come back. Howev-er, some left the area. The for-mer Pizza Hut may be gone, but has been replaced by Pinehurst Barbecue.

Jones believes the city will be better prepared if they are hit by another hurricane due to the fact that there are generators at new locations, water and sewer are in better shape and city workers know what to do since they went through both Rita and Ike.

Bridge City is also part of a coalition to get a levy system built somewhere down the road.

Jones added the city may possibly apply to complete ad-ditional projects if they can ac-quire more funds.

Overall, it has been a long drawn out process, but in the end worth it, according to Jones.

“It’s remarkable how far we have come,” Jones said. “But, it could not have been done with-out the citizens.”

Six years of recovery since Hurricane Ike

This week marks the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Ike which hit Southeast Texas Sept. 13, 2008 and left many ar-eas devastated in the months to follow. For some it has taken years to fully recover.

It was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane sea-son. It was a Cape Verde-type hurricane which started as a tropical disturbance near Afri-ca at the end of August. On Sept. 1, 2008, it became a tropi-cal storm west of the Cape Verde islands. By the early morning hours of Sept. 4, Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph which made it the most intense Atlantic storm of 2008. Ike passed over the Turks and Caicos Islands as Category 4, with winds 135 mph on Sept. 7. Moving west along Cuba, it made two land-falls as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept. 7 and as a Category 1 hurricane two days later. At one point, Ike was over 600 miles in diameter.

The storm had come ashore with high winds and towering waves which pushed boats ashore, smashed many houses and flooded thousands of buildings. Power was knocked out to millions of customers. Many waited weeks or months for service to be returned. The storm first made landfall at 2:10 a.m. in Galveston as a strong Category 2 hurricane. The hurricane force winds ex-tended 120 miles from the cen-ter and tropical storm force winds extended far beyond that. For the state of Texas, it

An Austin judge has ruled the state’s school finance sys-tem is unconstitutional two weeks ago.

School has just started in Orange County and two school superintendents shared their thoughts on the judgment and how it will affect their dis-tricts.

In a 21-page Final Judgment, State District Judge John Dietz declared the Texas school fi-nance system “constitutionally inadequate, unsuitable, and fi-nancially inefficient” and or-dered that further funding stop “under the system until the constitutional infirmities are corrected.”

Orangefield ISD

Dr. Stephen Patterson, Or-

angefield ISD superinten-dent, believes the ruling is long overdue.

He ex-plained it as when a child moves to a dif-ferent school district and

enrolls the annual expenditure per student either goes up or down depending on property values.

“A poor school district can be taxed at a much higher rate and still receive less money from the state. They should be funded at an equal level,” Pat-terson said.

The Texas Supreme Court will rule on the current school finance system since it was im-mediately appealed by the state. The Supreme Court will have a final verdict but it may be as late as the middle of next

year.He believes the Legislature

which convenes next year won’t address school financing until the Supreme Court ad-dresses the issue.

“How is it fair for one dis-trict to spend $13,000 a year on one child versus a school dis-trict that can only spend $4,200 per year for a child?” he asked.

Patterson said schools are economies of scale where greater resources are paid per student in wealthier districts and resources are paid at a re-duced rate because some dis-tricts are property-poor.

He added that the “Robin Hood Plan,” or Chapter 41, is still in existence where a dis-trict who has above x amount of wealth is given to the state and the state redistributes it to

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Orangefield students gather around the flag at half staff for 9/11.

Some Orangefield High School students gather around the flag pole flying at half-mast to commemorate 9-11, or Patri-tot’s Day.

It’s a moment time that many will never forget. On Sept. 11, 2001, a shadow was cast over America as thousands of peo-ple watched the worst terror at-tack on America, killing over 3,000 people.

At 8:45 a.m., the first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:03 a.m., the second plane crashed into the south tower. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. The south tower of the World Trade

Center collapsed at 10:05 a.m.; the north tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m.

United Airline Flight 93 from Newark, New Jersey en route San Francisco, Calif., crashed in Shanksville, Penn. Less than an hour into the flight, the Flight 93 suddenly changed course, heading in the direction of Washington D.C. It was believed that this plane was headed for the White House. When we thought all hope was lost, a story of ulti-mate heroism came to light.

A cockpit voice recorder re-vealed several passengers and crew members attempted to take back the hijacked plane. At 10:10 a.m., Flight 93 crashed in a meadow near Shanksville, Penn., destroying the plane and instantly killing all on board.

Orangefield studentscommemoratePatriot Day, 9/11

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Standing: Abby Faulk, Delaney Voegeli, Hannah Faulk, Kelly Zoch, Bailee Bacon and Hannah Hall Seated: Halle Huckabay, Malorie Becker, Kellyn Cormier and Tori Aras.

BCHS 2014 Homecoming Court

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The Bridge City Cardinals will be celebrating Home-coming Week beginning on Monday, Sept. 15 leading up to the Homecoming Foot-ball Game on Friday, Sep-tember 19 against the Liber-ty Panthers.

On Monday the festivities begin with Open House at Bridge City High School from 6:30 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. The traditional “Burn-ing of the Letters Pep Rally” will follow at 8:00 p.m. The 2014 Homecoming Dance will also be on Monday at the conclusion of the pep rally.

Selected as the BCHS 2014 Homecoming Court are; freshmen Halle Huckabay and Tori Aras; sophomores Hannah Hall and Abby Faulk; juniors Delaney Voegeli and Bailee Bacon; and seniors Hannah Faulk, Kelley Zoch, Malorie Becker and Kellyn Cormier.

BC Homecoming Week starts Monday

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of Orange County, TexasPersonnel matters dominat-

ed the discussions at the regu-lar meeting of the Orange County Commissioners’ Court on Monday afternoon.

County Judge Carl Thibodeaux announced sala-ries of elected officials must be determined and posted in the newspaper by Sept. 12 by stat-ute. Furthermore, salaries can-not be increased or decreases once they are published.

John Banken, Precinct 3 commissioner, said the pay ma-trix was adopted in 2008 and the county is not following it.

“To me, it’s the same as a contract. If we’re not following it we need to do away with the matrix,” he said.

Banken gave an example of precinct constables all doing the same job with the same sal-aries.

Thibodeaux said there should be a set salary for all elected officials and not follow the matrix. He added he’s serv-ing in his fifth term as county judge and is being paid as a third term judge.

“It leaves quite a bit left on the table and that’s okay,” Thibodeaux said.

He also said he sometimes received chastisement from the public for elected officials re-ceiving a pay raise, but he wouldn’t keep the same salary he started with when he began the job 20 years ago. Addition-ally, elected officials salaries have been frozen, he said.

On the other hand, Thibodeaux believes the ma-trix has worked well for county employees.

Sheirff Keith Merritt said he agreed the matrix wasn’t work-ing correctly and that the coun-ty sheriff shouldn’t be on the matrix.

Merritt is of the opinion the county sheriff ’s salary should be adjusted upon the highest paid employee in the depart-ment. For instance, the chief deputy is in the union and his salary is set by the commis-

sioners court which is equal to a $10,000 difference between his and the sheriff ’s.

“It has always existed,” Mer-ritt said. “I’m not griping about the amount of my salary. I’m griping that the sheriff shouldn’t be making less than the chief deputy.”

Banken said he agreed with the sheriff, and he didn’t have a problem giving him a raise, but it wouldn’t be fair to give one elected official a raise and not the others.

Merritt replied other elected officials are where they belong in the matrix while he is in his fifth term as sheriff. His time served as a constable was car-ried forward.

“Actually I’m in my sixth term because of my unexpired term,” he said.

David Dubose, Precinct 1 commissioner, said he agreed that Merritt is underpaid and he proposed his salary be raised two steps to be more than the chief deputy’s for a fifth term

sheriff which would put Mer-ritt at $104,000 a year.

During a roll call vote, Du-bose and Owen Burton, Pre-cinct 2 commissioner, voted yes for the raise while Banken and Jody Crump, Precicnt 4 co-missioner, voted no to the raise. Thibodeaux voted no to break the tie.

Thibodeaux said he support-ed raising Merritt’s salary one step up, but not the the fifth term pay since no one else in the county is being paid for a fifth term.

“If we do it for one we have to do it for all,” Thibodeaux said.

Things then got testy for a moment when Thibodeaux asked Merritt if he had a prob-lem. Merritt said he has always had a problem with the matrix.

Thibodeaux proposed giving Merrittt a $96,000 pay raise in-stead and a total compensation package of $99,890. He said that would pay him $10,500 more than any incoming coun-ty judge.

When the roll call was taken, Dubose and Burton voted yes, Banken and Crump voted no, with Thibodeaux voting yes to break the tie.

Mark Philpott, Precinct 3 commissioner, asked the court if the county was still going with the matrix or was it doing away with it. Thibodeaux said the county was still following the matrix.

Philpott then asked if elected officials salaries were still fro-zen. Thibodeaux answered yes.

In other county business, janitorial services in the county were awarded to Members Building Maintenance LLC, based on the recommendation of the selection committee consisting of Crump, Mainte-nance Supervisor Mark Wim-berley and Purchasing Agent Connie Cassidy.

Nine vendors contacted the county about janitorial servic-es. Four applied.

The contracting company submitted a $166,814 annual bid. Crump estimates the coun-ty is currently spending more

OC sheriff receives reduced pay raiseDavid BallFor The Record

Kim Peveto of the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Orange County was presented with the Meritorious Support Service Award from a professional Extension organization for her support of extending knowledge and improving lives in Orange County at the commis-sioners court meeting on Monday afternoon. Owen Burton, Pre-cinct 2 commissioner, said Peveto stayed with a woman at her of-fice who was having a heart attack until paramedics arrived. Peveto is on the bottom row, second from left. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

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than $319,000 a year for county personnel to clean. He said the county will save $112,000 in salaries and benefits by using Members Building Mainte-nance.

Thibodeaux asked Crump how many will lose their jobs. Crump said potentially seven would lose their jobs. There are currently eight janitorial employees on the county pay-roll. The company would begin on October 1, 2014.

One county employee would remain as a floater to man the front desk at the county ad-ministration building and to perform other tasks. The re-maining employees may apply to Members Building Mainte-nance.

Dubose said this sends a bad message to the remaining county employees their jobs can be contracted out.

When the vote was taken, Crump, Banken and Burton voted yes while Thibodeaux and Dubose voted against it.

After the vote, Thibodeaux said it’s not the employees fault because the county has gotten into a financial bind.

The court approved hiring Myra Miller as a part-time Vet-erans’ Benefit Coordinator, but

for a salary less than originally requested. Miller said she only wants to work 20 hours per week.

Banken said Miller’s salary should be for $8.76 as other part-time employees and not for the requested $12.70.

“There are too many work-ing for the same amount. Ei-ther raise it for everybody or stick to the policy,” Banken said. “Either we go by the poli-cy or do away with the policy.”

Burton said Miller has al-ready been trained for the job.

Crump asked why not hire Miller at full-time and work her 20 hours a week. Thibodeaux said she can desig-nated full-time and designated the hours worked.

Banken said the county’s fi-nances will never catch up if the court doesn’t start with something.

Jill Shores, personnel direc-tor, said part-time employees work less than 29 hours a week at $8.76 an hour.

Banken proposed hiring Miller at $8.75 an hour per the county policy. The motion passed.

During citizens comments, resident David W. Smith of the Texas State Militia said there

has been an incursion on the border at El Paso.

Militia units are standing ready to be positioned to assist military personnel.

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a lower funded district.“Just tell us what the number

is to educate a child and what-ever that number is, is equita-ble,” Patterson said.

Dietz’s decision comes 18 months after his original Feb-ruary 2013 ruling in favor of school districts, according to a press release from the Texas Association of School Admin-istrators. Dietz reopened the case to reconsider evidence af-ter lawmakers provided partial restoration of state funding to school districts and made sig-nificant changes to the state’s testing and graduation require-ments in the 83rd Legislative Session.

The specific findings of the court are as follows:

“[T]he Court finds that the Texas school finance system ef-fectively imposes a state prop-erty tax in violation of Article VIII, Section 1-e of the Texas Constitution because school districts do not have meaning-ful discretion over the levy, as-sessment, and disbursement of local property taxes.”

“The Court further finds

that the Legislature has failed to meet its constitutional duty to suitably provide for Texas public schools because the school finance system is struc-tured, operated, and funded so that it cannot provide a consti-tutionally adequate education for all Texas schoolchildren.”

“Further, the school finance system is constitutionally inad-equate because it cannot ac-complish, and has not accom-plished, a general diffusion of knowledge for all students due to insufficient funding.”

“Finally, the school finance system is financially inefficient because all Texas students do not have substantially equal ac-cess to the educational funds necessary to accomplish a gen-eral diffusion of knowledge.”

Commissioner of Education Michael Williams said, “To-day’s decision is just a first step on a very familiar path for school finance litigation in Texas. Regardless of the ruling at the district court level, all sides have known this is an is-sue that will again be resolved by the Texas Supreme Court.

Texas is committed to finding solutions to educate every stu-dent in every classroom. How-ever, it should be our state lead-ers making those decisions, not a single judge.”

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Dr. Pauline Hargrove, super-intendent of Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, said Dietz’s ruling was to provide for equity in school financing.

“Students in different school districts are currently receiv-ing different amounts in fund-ing. It’s not fair and equitable to the students or to the tax-payers,” Hargrove said. “One district receives one amount and another received much more.”

She gave as an example of giving $60 and receiving back $100. However, if that $100 is divided by others, the district is still not receiving as much.

Hargrove said Dietz’s origi-nal ruling before the Legisla-ture met in 2013 where the school financing system was ruled unconstitutional.

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was also one of the most costli-est.

However, the storm surge was slowly moving into the area long before the storm ac-tually hit. The water began to cover roadways and moved into the neighborhoods.

With Ike moving into the Gulf, thousands of people fled the area. This meant about 84,000 Orange County resi-dents and more 250,000 Jeffer-son County residents filled up the roadways as they tried to escape.

Parts of Or-ange County suffered the wrath of the storm more than others. Many lost their houses or businesses. For weeks, many slept in tents, stayed with family or friends while some left everything behind to start life somewhere else. People were rescued from roof tops or attics and carried to safety by boats or heavy equipment.

The effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas were crippling and long-lasting. Ike’s effects in-cluded deaths, widespread damage, and impacted the price and availability of oil and gas.

As of Dec. 27, 2008, 37 peo-ple are known to have lost their lives in Texas due to Ike while hundreds are still missing.

In Orange County, Greg Walker, of Port Neches, at-tempted to travel on Highway 87 on his way home. But, the rising flood waters would pre-vent him from making it and contributed to his death. The 40-year-old father of three was returning from Louisiana, where he had taken his family.

Around 2:30 a.m., Walker told a 911 dispatcher that he was going to try to swim to safety. He was instructed to use his seat cushions as a flotation device. He tried calling his wife, but the line went dead.

Orange County officials used search teams, helicopters and cadaver dogs but could not find Walker. Fifteen days after Walker’s last call, volunteers from Texas EquuSearch dis-covered his body in a tree-line levee a mile from where his truck was found.

An estimated 100,000 homes had been flooded in Texas. Lo-cally, those who had evacuated came back to a mess. Houses were destroyed. People who had gotten onto a bus and evac-uated to a shelter parked their car near Lamar State College-Orange. When they returned, the discovered their vehicles has been under water and ru-ined.

After a much talked about debacle, FEMA trailers began to arrive in the area. FEMA of-ficials estimated 2,000 mobile homes and park model homes to be in Southeast Texas for residents whose houses were destroyed as a result of Hurri-cane Ike. It was a frequent oc-casion to see the trailers being moved in and out of the sur-rounding cities.

Citizens worked to repair their homes while for some it took a bit longer as they fought with insurance companies for what they both thought was fair.

Local schools struggled at first. Some closed, but opened as soon as they could. Four weeks after the storm hit, BCISD was back in business. They moved students around and brought in trailers for the task of giving students as sense of normalcy. After many reno-vations, schools were opened.

Over the next few years, lo-cal cities worked with home-owners to find a solution about their condemned properties. Some qualified for buy-out

programs while others faced demolition.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasted a near-normal or below-normal hurricane sea-son on May 22, 2014, predict-ing that there is a 70 percent chance of having eight to 13 named storms, of which three to six could develop into hurri-canes, including one to two major hurricanes (categories 3-5).

Thus far, it has been a quiet season (knock on wood).

County Judge Carl Thibodeaux said some Ike grants helped build some new county buildings such as the Orange County Convention & Expo Center which houses the Emergency Management, Tex-as AgriLife Extension, Envi-ronmental Health & Code and the Road & Bridge depart-ments. The Adult Probation building adjacent to the Or-ange County Courthouse was also built with Ike funds.

“It’s a heck of a way to get that money,” Thibodeaux said.

He added the county’s Emer-gency Operations Center has state of the art technology.

A levy system for Orange County is still in the works. A study was recently completed by the U.S. Army Corps of En-gineers related to the levy.

“We’re as ready as we’ll ever be (for another disaster). The fruit is on the vine as long as it doesn’t wither,” Thibodeaux said about pursuing the levy.

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THIBODEAUX

Bridge City Mayor Kirk Roccaforte speaks with hundreds of Bridge City residents in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ike. The community meeting was held to inform residents of available re-sources for food, fresh water, clothing and other supplies. Govern-ment assistance, insurance and other aid was in question. It was a trying time in the history of Bridge City but one that the city and it’s residents would overcome and prevail.

RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

PATRIOT DAY--9-11Patriot Day is an annual observance on September 11, to remember those who were injured or died during the terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001. On the direction of  President Obama, the U.S. Flag should be displayed in homes and flown at half-mast in all U.S. government buildings around the world. Many people observe a moment of silence at 8:40 a.m. Central times. This marks the time the first plane flew into the World Trade Center. Patriot Day is not a Federal holiday.On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked then deliberately flown, one into the Pentagon and two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The fourth crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The loss of life and damage that these hijackings caused was the biggest act of terrorism ever on United States soil. Nearly 3000 people died in the attack and the economic impact was immense.George W. Bush was president at the time. Since then, the attacks have greatly increased attention to security in the United States. We have had no attacks on America since. The flag of the United States, displayed on 9-11, reminds Americans that our country remains strong in the face of massive terrorist attacks. However, the terrorist changed our way of life in many ways. Our life style is not as casual and security is priority.Patriot Day should not be confused with Patriot’s Day, which commemorates the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. two of the earliest battles in the American Revolutionary War.Our government works over time to keep our homeland secure. All we hope and pray for is that God will bless America, not just on 9-11 but every day. *****I’ve got a long way to go and a short time to do it. Please come along, I promise it wont do you no harm.

MEMORIES OF IKEThe hurricane blew in during the wee hours of Sept. 13, six years ago, in 2008. I was upstairs about 2 a.m. the blowing wind was deafening; the house seemed to be shaking. I went downstairs to fine the water coming in. I awoke everyone, and then it got worse. Madelyn Bailey made it up into her attic then the snakes got so plentiful when the winds died down and daylight came, she made it to her roof. The next few days seems like a bad nightmare. On every block and every street people’s belongings were stacked four to six feet high on both sides of the road. At the time, it seemed impossible that Bridge City would ever recover. Our county was hit the hardest, yet thanks to Judge Thibodeaux and the leadership, we were the first to recover. Thibodeaux used the county reserves and started digging us out. I couldn’t be any prouder for Mayor Roccaforte and the city’s leadership during those trying times. Just as important is the recovery and tremendous improvements the city has accomplished. City Manager Jerry Jones and his city staff deserve a lot of credit for the great strides the city has made since that awful night that brought so much destruction. Bridge City today is far better off than anyone would have expected. The storm was damaging to many small businesses that never recovered. The lose of so much revenue affected this newspaper. Due to the storm we also lost our production office. Thanks to the Harmon family and Glenn Oliver, who allowed us space to put up shop the following week after the storm ,we published a special Ike edition, with many photos taken by Mark Dunn, who stayed through Ike. We still make our base in the Harmon building. Business has never caught up to what it was before Ike but thanks to the advertisers who support us, we still furnish the citizens a free, community newspaper every week. Thanks to the good response, we continue to be the county’s most widely read publication, with a combination of The Penny Record and The County Record. They cover the trade area like a blanket.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME10 Years Ago-2004

Vada Tinsky turned 102 on Sept. 8. She was born in 1902, the year the Kansas City Southern Railroad reached Orange. Also the year the town plat for West Orange was filed. (Editor’s note: Since then, this wonderful lady went to meet her Maker.)*****Joe and Wilma Grossman will celebrate their 50th on Sept. 20.*****Gone But Not Forgotten: We lost Bobby Houseman this week.Bobby was an active community leader and president of the Lamar Foundation.*****Virginia “Ginny” Plunk, 83, died Sept. 12. What a sweet lady she was.*****James Allen Young, 68, of Orange, died Sept. 11.*****Huel “Shorty” Swindell, 79, died Sept. 13.*****Stella Floyd Goodwin, 88, died Sept. 13.*****Kenneth “K,P.” Lamaire, 64, of Orangefield died Sept 11.*****Robert Lee Livingston, 72, died Sept. 9.*****Harold Wayne Kirby, 74, of Orangefield, died Sept. 9.*****Donald Oceola Edwards, 64, of Orange, died Sept. 11.*****Gerald Wade Gearen, 52, of Mauriceville, died Sept. 6.

40 Years Ago-1974On August 14, Bridge City Band officials, Boy Scouts and Bridge City School District representatives planted the first of 200 Live Oak trees, given to the community by Bridge City Bank. The Bank is now making available to customers free Live Oak trees who can then donate them to the school district. Several have already

been planted at all campuses. Scouts participating in planting the first tree were Arnold Majors, David Nabours, Joe Brody, Pat Burleigh, Elton Myers and Brandal Herman. George Besse was scout master of troop 133 sponsored by Knights of Columbus 3406. *****Susan Savoy weds Dennis Brown August 31. Barbara McRight became bride of Edwin Hayes Osobrn on august. 30. *****Thrift and Gift shop, 207 Fifth St., has its first anniversary sale. *****Steak lunch at Bonaza will set you back $1.19. This includes crisp, tossed salad and Texas toast. Free refills on beverages. You might want to leave a 15-cent tip. Twelve ounces Ribeye special on Tuesday night, only $1.99. *****Louis Fox, Orange city manager is a tennis buff. *****Trubi Shelton is the sexy voice at the court house. *****John Holland, a former professional actor on the New York stage, is now an Orange resident. John is now handling the promoting for Orange Community Players. *****Savoy Studio, owned by Gary and Judy Savoy, is taking registration. The dancing, baton, modeling school is located at 590-Sixth St.*****The new head football coach at Little Cypress Mauriceville is Randall Dorsett.*****Bill Powers, #52 and Neal Jenkins, #33, will both play multiple positions for the Bridge City Cardinals.*****Reggie Kelly, #80 and #51, Dale Dailey, will be big guns for Stark. Kelly will fill the split end slot, Dailey at center. Tough linemen for the West Orange Chiefs are #55, Junior Henry and #52, Junior Lacagton.*****Phyllis and Jim Berwick are the proud parents of Alica Renee’, 9-pound, 4-ounce baby girl. Grandparents are the Wilburn Stokes and the David Landry’s.*****Jean and Tom Addison spent two nights and three days in New Orleans after Jean won a free trip from P.S. Tire Supply. They stayed in the French Quarters and Tom was dragging when they got back. *****Joe Kazmar is growing hair on his upper lip to strain his soup through. ******Joe Grossman is back at Nacol’s on MacArthur. *****Virginia Gilbeaux is a college student who looks as good as the young college kids. *****Max Staudt, one heck of a nice guy, is letting his hair grow out. He wants to see what it’s like to be a hippy for awhile.*****Spotted eating gumbo at LaPlace this week was two great Italians, Tony Pavia and Tony DalSasso. Those two guys were eating Cajun like they were born in the swamp. *****McLaury’s Appliance is now home owned by Joe Norman and Bill Robinson and will continue to be managed by Larry Bergeron. *****Last week, Charles Patton “Mr. Gravely Tractor”cut one of his fingers off. When the hospital sent someone to retrieve the finger, the cat was sniffing it and even the dog wouldn’t have anything to do with it. They sewed it back on.

A FEW HAPPENINGSHome boy, Bridge City native, Matt Bryant, NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons, kicked a 51-yard field goal to put the Falcons in overtime in Sunday’s game. Then Matt kicked a 52-yarder, flying over the crossbar with plenty of room to spare to beat the Saints. It’s always good to see one of our home gown youngsters do good. We had watched Matt at B.C. since he was just a puppy. In fact, all three of Mary and Casey’s boys were good athletes. Matt started his pro career with the New York Giants, then 10 years ago last week was turned down by the Cowboys. Since then Matt has become one of the top, most reliable kickers in the NFL.*****Speaking of football, the West orange-Stark Mustangs, year after year, continue to amaze. They did it again Friday in coming from behind win over Port Neches. They had to beat the Indians and the officials, five bad calls, two of them criminal*****On Sunday, the most impressive team besides the Falcons, was the Houston Texans. J.J. Watt lived up to his $100 million billing.*****Poor Dallas, if it wasn’t for bad luck, the Cowboys wouldn’t have any luck at all.*****I’m told the Bridge City Cardinals have some good, young talent that only needs experience. In fact, a guy who knows football and has watched them says, “In the next couple years they will be the team to reckon with. They have some impressive youngsters.*****A few folks we know celebrating birthdays this week. On Sept. 10, Tonya Strickland Barnwell, a retired school teacher, granddaughter of the legendary sheriff Chester Holts, and daughter of proud parents, Nova and the late Jerry Strickland, a mother and wife and just a special lady celebrates her special day.***Also celebrating today is Bridge City photographer Jamie Oliphint, Beth Ann Windham, Dena Bates and Lisa Wilson. ***They share birthday with Arnold Palmer, 84, and Jose Feliciano, 68.*****Sept. 11, Billy Fontenot, married to Liz, celebrates on this date. Also Sharon Sparks and Casey Stephenson.***They are joined by Harry Connick, Jr., 46, and Lola Falana, 71, plus 9-11.*****On Sept. 12, School teacherKaren Warner celebrates and also Bryan Riedel and Cynthia Claybar. Also according to James, Betty Nezat, a nice lady, will be three-fourth’s of a century old Friday.*** They join Linda Gray, 73 and Jennifer Hudson, 32.*****On Sept 13, Mark’syoungest daughter, Jenna Dunn Ballou, mother of his two grandkids and soon to be three, a special mother, wife and granddaughter celebrates today. Also celebrating is our lifelong friend Faydra Thibeaux, who mothered nine children, has a great outlook on life and is very special. Celebrating also is Bridge City middle school teacher Darlene Brown who marks another year and Melinda Young Hoyt is a year older.*** They share birthdays with Designing Women’s Jean Smart, 62, Tyler Perry, 44 and Hurricane Ike.*****On Sept. 14, our buddy Cathy Garrettson is getting older but her great personality and disposition remains the same. Celebrating on this day also is Amber and Jenna’s mom Kerrie Dunn and joining her is Kim Morris, Greg Choate, Pat Tilley, and Nikki Wingate. They celebrate with Brad Paisley’s wife, Kimberly Williams Paisley, 42, Star Trek’s Walter Koeing, 77 and Sam Neil, 66.*****On Sept. 15, Jon Berry, Ginger Ellis, and Shonna Hunt celebrate. They join Tommy Lee Jones, 67, Dan Marino, 52 and Prince Harry, 29.*****On Sept. 16 the monarch of the Dunn clan, Ms. Phyl, celebrates. Also Todd Estes, Valerie Gilbeaux, Stephanie Morris, Tommy Purdy and O’Shanique Foster. They join David Copperfield, 51 and singer Nick Jonas, 21.*****On Sept. 17, BCISD school board member, Jeff and Goober’s brother, Mark Anderson celebrates. Also Lynda Stout and Chase Burch. They join Nascar driver Jimmy Johnson, 38 and singer BeBe Winans, 51. Happy birthday to all.*****Under the war powers resolution, President Obama can send troops into combat for 60 days before he must obtain congressional approval. That means that by the end of the month the President will need authorization if he wants to continue air strikes against ISIS forces in Iraq. Can anyone before election time afford to vote no. Book it, some will. Others will just try to cause problems for political talking points. The President will address the nationWednesday. The country needs to unite behind our government.*****You just have to go back six years to appreciate how far the countries recovery has come when unemployment was high and eight million jobs had gone down the tank. Two auto manufactures were facing bankruptcy and the housing market had crashed due to over extended loans. We still have a way to go but we’re on the right track. Congress needs to help. We needed that jobs bill passed.*****Speaking of that, Forrest Gumpturns 20. He was played by Tom Hanks in 1994. The movie took in $677 million, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. It was based on a novel written by Winston Groom in 1986. Forrest met Richard Nixon, LBJ and inspired Elvis and John Lennon.*****The seventh annual S.P.O.R.T Tunnel Boat Races

on the Sabine will be held Sept. 19-Sept. 21. Trial runs will be held Friday, Sept. 19 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by a free concert by the American Sons from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.at the River Front Pavilion. They play a blend of country music with a different rock twist.  Their first album “Redneck White and Blue” was released in 2013. Their roots run deep in Southeast Texas. Racing action will be held Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It’s the last race of the year with the season ending in Orange with the championship races. The racer with the highest points of the year will be crowned champion after the Orange race. The three day event is expected to draw a very large turnout of spectators.*****Saying goodbye to 81-year-old Joan Rivers, who died last week in New York, was like watching  a Broadway show. I had watched her on the Red Carpet and Fashion Police etc. She was always enjoyable to watch because you never knew what she would say. A simple throat procedure where a patient is put to sleep and a hose inserted down the throat was done to try to determine the cause of her raspy voice. Anytime an elderly person is put to sleep it’s dangerous and should be done only by a trained anesthesiologist, not a nurse. Remember what happened to Michael Jackson. Be sure you know who’s putting you to sleep.*****Judge Claude and Pauline Wimberly were honored at a 60th wedding anniversary celebration at the Masonic Lodge Saturday. Daughter Paula did a wonderful job with the arrangements, the hall was beautifully decorated, the food and cake were good and plentiful. The event was attended by family and friends. Congrats to the Wimberley’s and also to Paula for her caring.*****On Sept. 8, 114 years ago, Galveston was digging out from the 1900 hurricane that destroyed the city.*****We’re glad to report that Ms. Pearl is out of the hospital. She is staying with Jody and Beverly, doing better and fighting through home therapy daily. I told you she is tough.*****Speaking of strong women, I got an email from Joan who wrote, “The old boys need to step aside and let women run the government. They will flush the commodes and put the lid down.” That must be some kind of girl’s code.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch gathered at Robert’s last week. Judge Derry Dunn attended, escorted by his doctor son Mark, who was down from Portland. The Judge is getting around but his leg is ugly. He is very fortunate to still have it. The Bunch will dine at Novrozsky’s this week. Everyone always welcome.*****Ray Rice, of the Ravens, is suspended by the NFL after a video came to light of him knocking out his girlfriend, now his wife. It happened in February and he was given two day suspension before the video surfaced. That same thing happens to women thousands of times a day. Physical and mental abuse of women is a big problem. Some women live with it for years. That’s sad.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKLisa Wilson, Mason Pruett, Ester Jeans, Beth Ann Windham, Dena Bates, Doug Rogers, Elwood Hood, Jamie Oliphint, Andrea Peoples, Beh Arnold, Billy Fontenot, Casey Stephenson, Chris Kovatch, Donna Lanthier, Shannon Sparks, Greg Ball, Jona Gilchrist, Karen Warner, Kathleen Williams, Lloyd George, Molly Anthony, Shannon Eickenhorst, Tiffany Higgs, Bryan Riedel, Buffy Bean, Collin Findlay, Cynthia Claybar, David Haddock, Kade Hanks, Margaret Jeffcote, Nina Dilbert, C.M. Marshall, Connie Swope, Darlene Brown, Gregory Barclay, Gene Elkins, James E. Braus, Justin Granger, Kim Norris, Morgan Milligan, Nikki Wingate, Pamela Vaught, Pat Tilley, Randy Jones, Betty Fuss, Bo Dilbert, Gene Donahey, Greg Choate, Janis Leyendecker, Jon Berry, Madison Lewis, Valgene Donahey, Ginger Ellis, Harold Tally, Nick Heil, Shonna Hunt, Ian Putman, Phyllis Dunn, Stephanie Morris, Todd Estes, Valerie Gilbeaux, Mark Conner, O’Shanique Foster, Tommy Purdy, Landin New and Linda Schulz.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEKSugar Bee and Sostan’s little granddaughter Casey, the eight year old daughter of dere daughter Agnes, was talking to her teacher, Miss Landry, bout whales. Miss Landry told Casey it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small. Casey, her, is like her Grandma Sugar Bee and very headstrong. Casey told Miss Landry dat Jonah, him, was swallowed by a whale. Irritated by now, Miss Landry said, “Casey, I told you a whale could not swallow a human. It’s physically impossible. Now, that’s it.” Casey wasn’t finished jus yet. She said, “Well, Miss Landry, wen I get to Heaven me, I will axe Jonah myself. The teacher axe, “Well, Casey, wat if Jonah went to hell him?” Casey, frustrated wit da teacher, answer, “Den you can axe him.”

C’EST TOUTWe were sorry to hear about the death of Austin “Goose” Gonsoulin, number 23 for the Denver Broncos. He was the first draft pick ever for the Broncos. He played seven seasons, 1960-1966,. He holds the single season record for 11 interceptions and a single game of four. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson, in Port Arthur, in 1956 and went to the Baylor Bears where he starred as a wide receiver, running back and defensive back. He played in six pro bowls. He played his final year with the 49ers. As an all-pro, “Goose” never earned more than $20,000 a year. J.J. Watt just signed a $100 million dollar contract. Many of us watched Gonsoulin in his glory days at T.J.*****Don’t be surprised if Rick Perry’s indictments disappear. There is just too many Republicans involved. The senior judge, Bert Richardson, a Republican, is probably getting a lot of pressure to throw out the case. He’s on the Nov. 4 ballot. Prosecutor Michael McCrun is also a Republican. Perry’s next court date is set for Oct. 13. Don’t be surprised if the fix is on and Perry’s case never reaches a courtroom. No Democratic D.A. was involved in Perry’sindictments but they have convinced the country otherwise.*****The Commissioner’s Court Monday moved Sheriff Keith Merrittup one step allowing him, for the first time, to be paid more than four of his captains. The chief deputy will still be paid more than Merritt and the county judge. It was long overdue and the Sheriff is happy and thankful to the Commissioners for making the adjustment.*****Gotta go. Thanks for your time and loyalty. Please shop our family of advertisers. Take care and God bless.

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From the Creaux’s Nest

The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 10, 2014 • 5A

There were somemighty close shaveson the OCP stage

Sweeny Todd the Demon Bar-ber of Fleet Street produc-tion presented by the OrangeCommunity Players, Inc. wasa mixed bag for me when Iwent last week, but the prosfar outweighed the cons. e

show you see also will likely not be theshow I saw, because the cast changes withmany actors sharing parts throughout therun. Some of the cast is outstanding, manywere really good and a couple, eh...

‘Rico Vasquez did an amazing job asSweeney Todd. He appeared to really enjoyslitting people’s throats with authentic an-tique straight razors that glistened in thelight.

“I think he could be a serial killer,” jokedMike Louviere, the show’s photographer.

Amber Martin portrays Mrs. Lovett,Todd’s cohort, through most of the per-formances. She was a standout in the showand a great casting choice by CodieVasquez, director of the production.

She had the best performance of theshow.

ere were many other good perform-ances, but another notable one was BryanBuzbee’s portrayal of Tobias Ragg.

“He really creeped me out the way hewas at the end when he was acting crazy,”said Gloria Barnhart, OCP board member.

Fairly new to OCP, as a junior in highschool, Buzbee is quickly becoming a use-ful asset to the company.

I personally felt he should have been re-cast in a more prominent role, as strong ashe is, but Toby was the role he wanted toplay…and he did an excellent job.

Another star of the show was the cos-tuming. ey went for a goth steampunk

feel and pulled it off well. I think Keri Fore-man added additional tulle to every cos-tume on the stage.

Codie Vasquez said she just gave themthe outline of what she wanted and the castand crew put it all together.

Although the rigging of the barber’s chairto dispatch the bodies once Todd slit theirthroats was impressive, the structure ap-peared to be difficult to turn and the stagehands seemed to struggle with it at times.It was also on the verge of being too tall. Ifyou sit at the very back of the auditoriumyou might have to slide down slightly in theseat at times to see everything. I would rec-ommend sitting to one side or the other ifyou are at the back of the auditorium or thedome of the light that is at the front edge ofthe stage in the middle could slightly blockyour view at times.

e ensemble sounded good, but youcouldn’t always understand everything theywere saying. I overheard one audiencemember say to her friend during intermis-sion, “Maybe I should be glad I can’t under-stand everything,” implying the gruesomenature of the storyline.

Overall, it was entertaining and the sto-ryline is not your average run of the milltale of love and hate, If you are looking forsomething different and like quirky plots,this may be the ticket for you.

ere are still four opportunities to seethe show. e curtain goes up at 7:37 p.m.,ursday through Saturday this week and2:37 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are $15, $10 forstudents. Reservations can be made by call-ing 409-882-9137 and leaving a message asto what day you plan to attend and thenumber in your party. e theater is lo-cated at 708 W. Division Ave. in Orange.

Sweeney Todd

Story By Penny LeLeux~ PhotoS By Mike LouviereFor the reCord

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St. Mary Catholic School ishonored to share the “GoodSamaritan” award winners forthe week of Sept. 1.

St. Mary staff nominates stu-dents they witness displayingacts of kindness, helping othersand showing respect at schooland within the community.

e principal, Donna Darbyannounced the winners, PaisleyStelly and Clay Darby, at morn-ing announcements in front ofall students and staff. e win-ners received a certificate andother prizes for their wonderfulbehavior.

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Deaths and MemorialsHorace MoutonOrange

Horace W. Mouton, 90, of Or-ange, passed away Sept. 8, atPinehurst Nursing and Rehabili-tation in Orange.

A Mass of Christian Burial willbe heldat  10:30a.m., urs-day, Sept.11, at St.M a r yC a t h o l i cChurch inO r a n g e ,with theRev. JosephP. Daleo ascelebrant. Burial will follow at St.Mary Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from  9:00-10:00 a.m., ursday Sept. 11, atClaybar Funeral Home in Or-ange.

Born in Orange, Ja. 5, 1924, hewas the son of Gaston A. Mou-ton and Josephine M. (Hebert)Mouton. Horace worked as amachinist helper for LivingstonShipbuilders.

Horace is survived by his lov-ing family and caregivers. Hewas the potter, we were the clayand he molded our lives over theyears. Henry and Lana Breaux,Ashley Breaux Flores, BrandonBreaux, Alex LeBlanc, BethanyBreaux. He will be greatly missedby all.

He is also survived by his closefriend and Pastor, the Rev.Joseph P. Daleo.  

Serving as Pallbearers will beEmployees of Eye On SecuritySystems, Alex LeBlanc, BryanGuidry, Steve Lenz, ToddBowen, Jason Chavis and GregLeBlanc with Orange CountyIce. Honorary Pallbearer will be,Henry Breaux.

I have fought the good fight, Ihave finished the race, I have keptthe faith.  Now there is in store forme the crown of righteousness,which the Lord, the righteousJudge, will award to me on thisday. 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Janie SarverDeweyville

Janie Ruth Sarver, 56, ofDeweyville passed away Sunday,Sept. 7.

She was born June 4, 1958 inOrange tothe latePearl Al-b e r t a(Brown) andMelvin LeeH u t s o n .Janie was alife-long res-ident of theDeweyvilleand Orangeareas. She enjoyed the outdoors,and her pride and joy was hergrandchild. Janie was a lovingmother, sister, grandmother,aunt and friend who will bemissed dearly.

She was preceded in death byher parents, and niece, LindseySmith.

She is survived by her son,Brennan Sarver and wife, Crystalof Deweyville; grandchild,Shaylee Brenn Sarver; sisters,Melodie King and husband,Gene of Deweyville, TammieSmith and husband, David ofMauriceville; nephew, JasonKing and wife, Kellie of Buna;nieces, Jennifer Easterling andhusband, Daniel of Deweyville,and Taylor Smith of Mau-riceville, and long time compan-ion, Larry Odom of Deweyville.

A funeral service will be heldWednesday, Sept. 10, at 10:00am at the funeral home, with theRev. Charles Wilson officiating.Cremation will follow the serv-ices.

In lieu of flowers, the familyhas requested that donationsmay be made to Dorman FuneralHome to help the family withfinal expenses.

Addie JonesChannelview

e celebration of life for Mrs.Addie Laura Jones, 76, of Chan-nelview, was held Saturday, Sept.6, at El Bethel Missionary BaptistChurch. Rites of christian burialfollowed in Hollywood Commu-nity Cemetery under the direc-tion of Sparrow Funeral Home.

Addie Laura Jones was born inOrange, July 19, 1938, to LauraDelores Hines and Andrew P.Jones, Sr. She was raised in Or-ange and graduated from highschool in Orange. She furtheredher education at Texas SouthernUniversity in Houston. Herchurch home was the El BethelMissionary Baptist Church of

Orange. For more than 30 yearsshe served as Office Administra-tor forLabor Local#853.   Shewas also af-filiated withthe Hero-ines of Jeri-c h o ,A m e r i c a nLegion Post#49 and theVeterans ofForeign Wars #2775. After Hur-ricane Ike in 2008 she relocatedto Channelview, and lived withher oldest daughter. She residedthere until the Lord called herhome on Aug. 31.

She was preceded in death byher husband Hilliard omasJones, her parents; youngerbrother, Boyd B. Jones, and herbaby sister Willie Etta Gans.

Forever cherishing her mem-ory are two daughters, ToniWilliams of Channelview,Rhonda (Elder Sintelle) Ross(Elder Sintelle) of Cedar Hill; sonChristopher Jones of Orange;older brother, Andrew P. Jones,Jr. (Baby) of Los Angeles, CA.,seven grandchildren, and a hostof nieces and nephews. 

Jack WatsonGalveston

Jack Tann Watson was born toDr. Victor Dupree Watson &June Watson on March 2, 1947in Bremerton, Washington andpassed away in his home that hewas so proud of on Sept. 1, withhis family byhis side,f a i t h f u l l ystanding byto assist himin any waythey could.

Jack grad-uated fromVinton HighSchool in1965. Hewas chosen as the wittiest stu-dent and all that knew Jackwould agree that he succeededone hundred percent. He wasamong Who’s Who and chosenas a class favorite. He also grad-uated from McNeese State Col-lege.

His grandfather, William H.Watson, practiced medicine for50 years in Brandon, Ms. and hisfather was a small town familyphysician that everyone loved.Jack chose not to follow in theirfootsteps but all that knew Jackwould testify that he was smartenough to be a doctor.

He was an air traffic controllerfor 17 years until 1981 when hewas fired by former PresidentReagan, which he always saidwas his “claim to fame.” In 1982Jack was hired by Edward Jonesas a financial investment repre-sentative and opened an office inCleveland, Tx. He had an ex-tremely successful business fornearly 30 years and developedlong standing friendships withhis clients and was highly re-spected by his peers. Having hisfaithful working companionssuch as Ann Blyth Major, MadieJones and Rhonda Caswell by hisside made his job enjoyable andsuccessful! With Edward Joneshe earned many memorable tripsabroad traveling with his familyto some of the most beautifulplaces in the world. His belovedbrother-in-law, AD Finn, thatcared for his sister, Vicci, so lov-ingly for years would accompanyhim to far away places like Chinaand ailand. e most memo-rable was the last trip that he andhis son, Seth, took to Rome, Italyin October 2013 which was thetrip of a lifetime, literally. Jackwas a tour guide on these trips asmost of our friends would agree,since he studied many months inadvance and, never having goneto these destinations, one wouldnever know by his historicalknowledge of each location.

Jack had many hobbies, frombee keeping in earlier times totraveling, photography, playingthe guitar, cooking, story-tellingand gardening (his tomatoeswere his pride and joy). He lovedto fish and his pastime was read-ing, especially about Europeanhistory. He was a walking ency-clopedia and was always willingto share his knowledge. He lovedGalveston and when he retired in2008 he moved to the islandwhere he enjoyed each day to thefullest. He was such a historybuff and joined the Lafitte Soci-ety. is gave him an opportu-nity to study and researchvarious subjects. He becameprogram director and did verywell.

One of our dear friends said ofJack recently, “A man can be in-telligently engaged in the worldaround him, understanding thatto live your life to the fullestmeant doing what you love. Fora man to be so down to earth, in-terested in so many things,music, art, history and still bethat comfortable in a pair ofjeans was so admirable.” at de-scribes Jack. 

Jack was preceded in death byhis parents, Dr. Victor Dupree &June Watson, and his sisters,Vicci Finn & Cathy White.

ose of us left to miss himdearly are, first and foremost, hisloving wife of 44 years, CherylGail Watson; and his beloved sonwho is so much like his dad, SethTann Watson; his partner incrime, his beloved brother-in-law, Darrell Dale Prejean andlong life companion Sherri El-lisor; his beloved sister-in-law,Glenda Benoit and her lovinghusband Vance; nieces StacyFinn and Kristi Svoboda; andnephews William and ZacharyWhite.

After Jack retired he enjoyedpassing out his retirement cardwhich read “No office, No busi-ness, No schedule, No projects,No money, No worries.” How-ever Jack did have worries as avillain, small cell lung cancer wasinvading his organs at a high rateof speed and he was unaware.His family tried every means tokeep him strong and able tofight, but it was not meant to be.After billions of dollars goinginto cancer research, the medicalprofessionals are no closer tofinding a cure except to offer the“Gold Standard” of radiation andtoxic chemotherapy. Manythanks goes out to his EdwardJones friends, Lafitte Societyfriends that sent cards and lettersof encouragement and to neigh-bors that brought food overthese last six weeks. Specialthanks to Sherri Ellisor, GlendaBenoit, Darrell Prejean andHeather Dunaway, his son’s fi-ancée, for always being support-ive in every way.  

Per Jack’s request, there wasno service. Following cremationhis ashes will be spread in theBay of Galveston.

is is a small segment of sucha fair, loving and consistent indi-vidual. Jack was very proud of hisaccomplishments in his lifetimeand was probably most proud ofthe fact that he provided for hisfamily in such a loving manner,and was always able to helpsomeone in need. ere is somuch to say about a person’s lifeand to have to express it onpaper just doesn’t seem honor-able enough for such a kind andunique individual.

Kenneth Gengo Sr.Vidor

Kenneth Dean Gengo, Sr., 79,of Vidor, died Sept. 2, in hishome after a long battle withpulmonary fibrosis.

Ken was born in Orange toCharlie Gengo and MabelFlanigan Gengo, on Sept. 24,1934. After serving in theUSAF, working for EquitableBag Co. and selling chemicalsfor Ciba-Geigy, Ken studiedHVAC and graduated from theInstitute of Technology ofChicago, IL. He owned and op-erated Economy Air Condition-ing in Vidor and later inBeaumont. He taught an airconditioning class at VidorHigh School in 1980-81 whichwas a great satisfaction to him.He and Barbara enjoyed travel-ing by RV seeing America andvisiting children, grandchildrenand siblings. Among the manythings Ken loved were his fam-ily, his Church, fishing, playinghis guitar, playing his piano,singing, and he loved to laugh.

He was preceded in death byhis parents; his siblings, TonyGengo of Cave City, AR;Charles Gengo of Orange andBetty Martin of Vidor.

Ken and Barbara lived on theLouisiana side of Toledo BendReservoir for 14 years untilmoving back to Vidor twoweeks ago. He was a member ofChristian Baptist Church ofFlorien, LA where he hadserved as director of music, pi-anist and Sunday Schoolteacher.

He is survived by his wife of28 years, Barbara; childrenTherese McClenahan of Galt,

CA; Ken Gengo, Jr. and wifeConnie of Vidor; Damon Gengoand wife Christina of PortNeches; Mistie Quinn and hus-band Neil of Deridder, LA;stepson Kevin Smith and wifeDona of San Antonio; sevengrandchildren, six step grand-children, two great grandchil-dren, six step greatgrandchildren and other lovingrelatives and friends.

Services were held at Memo-rial Funeral Home Friday, Sept.5, followed by burial at Rest-lawn Memorial Park in Vidor.

Memorials may be made toLouisiana Baptist Children’sHome, P. O. Box 4196, Monroe,LA 71211. 

Maxie OusleyOrangefield

Maxie Jean Ousley, 76, of Or-angefield, passed away Sept. 2, ate Medical Center of SoutheastTexas.

Funeral services were Friday,Sept. 5, at Claybar Funeral Homein Bridge City. Officiating wasthe Rev. Terry Wright of FirstBaptist Church in Vidor. Burialfollowed at Hillcrest MemorialGardens in Orange.

Born in Wilda, LA., on Aug. 4,1938, she was the daughter ofA l g i aLaBove andAgnes IreneD e R a m u sLaBove. Jeanwas a home-maker, andwas a mem-ber of theFirst BaptistChurch ofOrangefieldwhere she worked in the nurseryand preschool for many years.She was very involved with, andwas loved by all the youth.

She was preceded in death byher parents; husband, John S.Ousley; sons, John W. Ousleyand Donald Wayne Ousley; andgrandson, Dustin Wayne Ousley.

She is survived by her sister,Linda Park Dixon and husbandJ.R. of Toledo Village; brothers,Ray Park and wife Linda of Ned-erland, Jerry Park and wife Lindaof Poquoson, VA.; granddaugh-

ter, eresa Ousley of Seattle,WA.;  numerous nieces andnephews, and great nieces andnephews.

Memorial contributions maybe made to e American Can-cer Society at  P.O. Box 22718,Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

George VelasquezOrange

George Edward Velasquez, 65,of Orange, passed away Aug. 31,at Christus Hospital-St. Mary inPort Arthur.

A memorial service was heldS a t u r d a y ,Sept. 6, atLittle Cy-press BaptistChurch, withPastor DavidTurner offi-ciating.

Born inGalena Park,on May 3,1949, he wasthe son of Robert J. Velasquez andRuth (Peckham) Velasquez.George retired from ChristusHospital-St. Mary as the Directorof Business Services and was amember of Little Cypress BaptistChurch. He enjoyed woodwork-ing, building computers, geneal-ogy, science-fiction movies andspending time with family andfriends.  He was also a volunteerat Orange Christian Services.

George is preceded in death byhis parents; his daughter, RebeccaVelasquez; and his brother, RobertJ. Velasquez, Jr.

He is survived by his wife of 29years, Connie Velasquez; daugh-ter, Hattie Davidson, and hus-band, Bo, of Washington, Tx;sons, Jason Velasquez, and wife,Ruthie, of League City, and BrianVarney of Orange; grandchildren:Haley Davis; Rebecca LaFon andhusband, Aaron; April Davidson;Katie Davidson; Sarah Davidson;Sabrina Davidson; Eli Davidson;Mia Velasquez; and Natalie Var-ney.

George is also survived by hissister, Christine Savant, of PortArthur; nieces and nephews:Kathy Pollock; Kim Carranco, andhusband, Adrian; Danny Godfreyand wife, Ruth; and David God-frey.

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Ministry: Why are we here, what’s our goal?Rev. Evan DoliveFor e Record

ere is a pill for just abouteverything under the sun. If youhave high blood pressure, youtake this pill; if you have anxiety,you take that pill. ere are evenmedicines that grow eyelasheslonger. If you have the ailmentthere is more than likely a med-ical procedure, treatment or pillfor it.

e constant search for ease isnot just in curing what ails us.Weight loss pills claim that thefat will “melt away” with no ex-ercise while eating everythingfrom pizza to ice cream. Homegadgets claim to organize ourlives, making it able for us toclean less and have more time forfamily and friends. ere arethousands of organization andtime management apps and pro-grams available for people to use.

People are looking for that onefire way to fix the problem theyhave; they are looking for the“magic bullet” or the one thingthat will solve all of their prob-lems. Some people look for it inplastic surgery, some people lookfor it in money and some peoplelook for it illicit drugs.

But just as many people lookfor the “magic bullet” for theirown lives, congregations aroundthe world are seeking that elusive“magic bullet.” Churches arelooking for that one thing that

will bringthem to theirgoal, whateverit might be.For mostchurches thatI have been apart of the onething they arelooking for areways to get

“the young people” to theirchurch. eir rationale is a goodone; they want to ensure that thechurch that they have wor-shipped in and loved for so longwill remain after they are nolonger here on Earth. Churcheshave tried all sorts of things todraw in this particular segmentof the population.

Well friends, I am sorry to say,there is no “magic bullet” whenit comes to ministry.

ere is not special formula orcombination of words that willmake ministry easier, better,more effective. You could havethe best preacher in the world,the best music and the great fa-cility but if the presence of Godis not felt within the walls of thechurch or from the people at-tending, you will have a hardtime filling that building eachweek.

For some churches they havefound something that works; itmight have been a specializedministry or even a particularprogram. e fallacy that many

other churches fall into is thatone church’s ministry and re-sults can be duplicated at an-other church. You have probablyseen it before, one church buildsa new fellowship hall with gym-nasium, and six months later an-other church in the town isdoing the same thing to “keep upwith the Jones.” Why? Becausethey believe that is the magicbullet.

Ministry is one of those thingsthat is similar to a lot of otherchurches but yet distinctly indi-vidual. On one hand allchurches believe in God andJesus as God’s son, but how thisis lived out may look completelydifferent. Catholics believe inthe transformation of the breadand wine during Eucharist toflesh and blood, while otherChristian denominations believeit more a remembrance act or amemorial. Is one more correctthan the other? No, rather it is amatter of how one’s faith is livedout.

is is the same understand-ing that must be applied when itcomes to ministry. Every churcheven within the same denomina-tion or even the same town willhave different ministry focuses.One church might more interna-tional mission minded while an-other congregation might bemore focused on the homeless intheir town. Both churches aretrying to live out the gospel in

their own unique way. e goalis to do ministry that is speakingto the desires of the hearts ofthose serving. If people cannotget behind the cause of thechurch then it is destined to fail.People want their voice to beheard, to live out their faith in away that in meaningfulness andimpactful to the world around.

For congregations today, thefocus must not be on what an-other church is doing to bring inpeople but rather on what God iscalling that particular collectionof followers of Christ to be andbecome. Churches need to askthemselves, “What is our con-gregation’s purpose?” “Why arewe here in this congregation?”“What does God want us to do,be or become?”

If you brought this up in aboard meeting or bible study, noone would say “to make thechurch bigger.” e answers onewould receive would be aboutsharing the love of God, Jesusand the connection we have witheach other. If this is the case,then why are we doing ministryjust to get bodies in the door?

Ministry is no simple task,rather is one that will take seri-ous time and devotion. How-ever, once the time is invested Ibelieve that God will reveal intime the direction a congrega-tion is to go and do not be sur-prised of the answers youreceive.

Wimberlys celebrate 60thClaude and Pauline Wimberly, of Orange, celebrated their 60th an-

niversary Saturday, Sept. 6, surrounded by family and many long timefriends who braved the weather to make the the event even more spe-cial.

ey were married Sept. 4, 1954, in Orange. ey have one daugh-ter, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

e celebration was hosted by their daughter and son-in-law, Paulaand Jon Freeman.

Claude and Pauline Wimberly

Evy’s Cajun KItChEn

Evelyn BrandonFor e Record

ese tasty crab and creamcheese filled crescents are simpleand bake in less than 30 minutes.ey’re perfect for game nightsnacks, or hors d’oeuvres beforedinner.

Like most of the goodies Imake, I double, or triple therecipes. It just makes sense whenthis snack comes out of the oven.One bite, and they are on a fasttrack to disappearing.

Crab and Cream CheeseCrescent Rolls1 8 oz. crescent roll dough3 oz. cream cheese, softened1/4 cup mayonnaise3/4 cup cooked crab meat,chopped (I use fresh crab met)2 green onions, chopped1/8 tsp. cayenne peppersalt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375Spray cookie sheet, unroll

dough on work surface. Pinchseams to seal and roll out to cre-ate an even rectangle. Cut into 6rows by 4 rows, to make 24squares.

In small bowl, mix creamcheese, mayonnaise, crab, onion,red pepper and salt and pepperto taste.

Divide mixture evenly amongsquares, dropping by spoonfulsthat are 1/2 inch from corner ofeach square.

Starting with the same corner,fold dough over filling and tuckdough tightly under.

Bake 10-15 minutes, serve im-mediately.

Bon appetit!

Crab, cream cheesegreat for game night

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Evy’S CAJuN KITChEN

NANCy’S KITChEN

Evelyn BrandonFor e Record

ese tasty crab and creamcheese filled crescents are simpleand bake in less than 30 minutes.ey’re perfect for game nightsnacks, or hors d’oeuvres beforedinner.

Like most of the goodies Imake, I double, or triple therecipes. It just makes sense whenthis snack comes out of the oven.One bite, and they are on a fasttrack to disappearing.

Crab and Cream CheeseCrescent Rolls1 8 oz. crescent roll dough3 oz. cream cheese, softened1/4 cup mayonnaise3/4 cup cooked crab meat,chopped (I use fresh crab met)

2 green onions, chopped1/8 tsp. cayenne peppersalt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375Spray cookie sheet, unroll

dough on work surface. Pinchseams to seal and roll out to cre-ate an even rectangle. Cut into 6rows by 4 rows, to make 24squares.

In small bowl, mix creamcheese, mayonnaise, crab, onion,red pepper and salt and pepperto taste.

Divide mixture evenly amongsquares, dropping by spoonfulsthat are 1/2 inch from corner ofeach square.

Starting with the same corner,fold dough over filling and tuckdough tightly under.

Bake 10-15 minutes, serve im-mediately. Bon appetit!

Crab, cream cheesegreat for game night

Salad great for covered dish affair

Local studentmakes A&MDean’s List

Texas A&M University hasnamed its honor students for thesummer semester, recognizingthem for outstanding academicperformance. e Dean’s HonorRoll recognizes students takingat least 12 semester hours duringthe fall semester who have main-tained a 3.75 or higher gradepoint (GPR) out of a possible4.0. A second designation, “Dis-tinguished Student,” recognizesthose who earned a 3.5 to 3.74GPR while taking at least 12hours for the summer semester.

Named to the Dean’s list forthis semester was Lind-seyLewis,  a senior, of Orange;Bachelor of Science – Health.

Little Cypress kids welcome grandsird grade students at Little

Cypress Elementary School cele-brated Grandparent Day by invit-ing theirs to lunch. Classesparticipated in different activitiespreparing for the celebration, in-cluding making family trees dat-ing back three generations.

Valeri Roberts’ class made astory quilt about their grandpar-ents and how they “tie” families

together; students made cardsand sang a song to their grand-parents in their classroom.

Julie Landry’s class wrote es-says telling why their grandpar-ent is their hero. Some of thenotable quotes include:

“My Nana and Papa are myheroes because they are supernice, their cooking is amazingand their parenting skills are

enough to drive a mean trollnice.”— Rustyn Ackerman

“My Mimi is the best becauseshe gets me anything I want. Icouldn’t ask for a better Mimi.”—Alli Gross

“My Granddad is the best be-cause he has inspired me to fishin all kinds of conditions includ-ing rain, snow, ice and wind.”—Jacob Longlois

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Nancy McWhorterFor e Record

Due to some of the members’attrition of theLadies Sunday school class I haveattended since joining MindenFirst Baptist Church and thewishes of the other Ladies’ class’teacher to give up teaching fortime to travel, the classes madethe decision to unite.    Ourteacher will be taking over theteaching responsibility of the“new class.”    Instead of usingvaluable Sunday school, time, acovered dish luncheon was heldfollowed by a business meetingto select officers and a classagenda plan.

Strange andas amazing as itseems, all mem-bers in atten-dance broughteither a salad ordessert.  Every-one seemed toenjoy the wide

selection of salads and the de-lightful variety of desserts tochoose from. e meeting wasso successful; each of us agreedwe should, could and would planquarterly covered dish classmeetings in the future.

My close friend, Audrey Law-son from Bridge City gave methis keeper recipe for the salad Itook to the luncheon.    e

pecans were my addition.I have requested several of the

other recipes to share at a laterdate.  

Fluffy Green Grape Salad1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple,do not drain1 (3 oz.) pkg. Jell-O Instant Pista-chio Pudding mix1 (12 oz.) container Cool Whip2 cups halved green grapesToasted pecans, chopped fine (op-tional)

Combine pineapple and pud-ding mix; mix well.   Cover andrefrigerate for 10 minutes.  Foldin Cool Whip and grapes.  Addpecans if desired.    Refrigerateovernight.

LCM students recognized for STAAR test scores Several students were recognized at the

LCM Board of Trustees meeting on Septem-ber 8. Each had posted perfect scores on oneof last spring’s STAAR tests. e studentswere presented their certificate of recogni-tion by the principal from the campus theyattended when the test was taken.

ey include Jaycie Dronet, who made a

perfect score on the third grade reading test,pictured with LCE Principal Kayla Casey;LCI Principal, Michael Ridout, presentedcertificates to Tracy Qi, Allie Shaffer andCamden Smith for perfect scores on thefourth grade mathematics STAAR, MadisonCampise for the fourth grade readingSTAAR, Tyler Washington for the fifth grade

science STAAR, and Grayson Brister andAyaan Tejani for the fifth grade readingSTAAR.

ree Little Cypress Junior High studentsare shown with Principal Mitzi Conn. eyare Rylie George and Kara Olson for seventhgrade reading STAAR, and Grayson Staceyfor sixth grade math STAAR.

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New WO-C administrative leaders namedNew principals, coordinators,

and directors have taken the leadat three campuses and one de-partment within the West Or-ange – Cove School system.

At West Orange – Stark Ele-mentary School, new principalDr. Tyrus Doctor has been work-ing with his campus leadershipsince July to further enhance theelementary school’s programsand systems. He has a DoctorateDegree in Education Leadership,Master’s Degree in EducationalAdministration and a Bachelor’sin Community Service. Addi-tionally, he is a certified principaland special education instructor.

“West Orange – Stark Ele-mentary School will be a place ofcommitment and growth, as wework together towards our goalof   excellence in every areawithin our school,” Dr. Doctorsaid.

Dr. Doctor has been an educa-tor for 14 years serving most re-cently in the Port Arthur schoolsystem as an Academic Associ-ate Principal.

Sherry Hardin is the new prin-cipal at North Early LearningCenter. Last year, she served atWest Orange – Stark MiddleSchool as an assistant principal.Prior to that Hardin taught infourth, fifth, and sixth grade corecontent subject areas in other

school systems. She holds Mas-ter’s degrees  in Education andBusiness Administration, as wellas a principal certification and ateacher certification forprekindergarten through gradeeight.

Hardin’s primary goals as the

principal of North Early Learn-ing Center are to ensure everychild receives a rigorous age ap-propriate educational experi-ence, support families in thecommunity through family serv-ices, and to increase parent andcommunity engagement in the

educational process.Beverly Robinson is the new

coordinator of the West Orange– Stark Academic AlternativeCenter. She holds a Master’s De-gree in Educational Leadership,as well as a Principal’s certifica-tion. She has been an educatorfor 28 years; ten of those yearswithin the WOCCISD schoolsystem.

“It is a privilege to serve myhometown and alma mater in aleadership role in the District. Iwas given an outstanding foun-dation in WOCCISD and I wantto give back to my community asa leader in education,” she said.

Robinson said the structuredenvironment of the AAC willprovide students the chance tocatch up on academics, learnfrom mistakes, and make betterdecisions.

Lynda Willie became theWOCCISD’s Transportation Di-rector in the spring of 2014. Sheholds a Master’s degree in Edu-cational Administration and hasbeen in the WOC school systemsince 2010, serving as an admin-istrator at West Orange – StarkHigh School.

Her goals are for WOC trans-portation staff to serve as exam-ples of professionalism, safety,and a positive image for the Dis-trict.

Dr. Tyrus Doctor Sherry Hardin

Beverly Robinson Lynda Willie

Mt. Zion Baptist, Salem UMC to host Women's conferenceMt. Zion Baptist Church,

along with Salem UnitedMethodist Church will a awomen's conference and lunch-eon. "Armed and Dangerous"will be held Sept. 17 throughSept. 21, and will have a host ofspeakers.

Sept. 17, e Rev. Dr. CarolynMcCall Livingston, pastor ofSalem UMC, will speak at 7:00pm, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,in Orange. Musical guests will beFirst Orange Church of God inChrist.

Sept. 18, Minister Etha Eglin,of Antioch Baptist Church inBeaumont will speak at Mt.Zion, at 7:00 pm, and musicalguests will be Visible ChangeSingers.

Sept. 19, at Mt. Zion BaptistChurh, Prophetess MerendiaMalveau, of Back to God Holi-

ness Church, in Lake Charleswill bring the message at 7:00pm. Music will be provided bye Rev. MacArthur Henry.

Sept. 20, from 10:00 through 2p.m., Salem United MethodistChurch will host the Men's night- Salem Spiritual D.I.V.A. Day(Divine Instructions VoicedAbove) Presenting "e Mask we

Wear". Minister Shayla Payne, ofSend for the Women Ministry, inDequincy, La. will be thespeaker. Lunch will be provided,and door prizes will be awarded.ere is a $10 donation. ismeeting will be held at SalemUMC.

e final meeting, Sept. 20,will be back at Mt. Zion Baptist

Church at 3 p.m., with MinisterMildred Boldware, of St. PaulBaptist Church, in Houston,speaking.

For more information, orquestions, please contact Brit-tany Harmon, Salem UMC, at883-2611, or Dorothy Brandon,Mt. Zion Baptist Church, at 886-2031.

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Sweet days ofsummer fishare upon us

While the water is cur-rently clear enough, it isstill exceptionally high dueto big incoming tides andrunoff that has scatteredthe bait and the fish. Virtu-ally every local duck hunterI talked with last week saidthat they had redfish allover their marsh ponds andthose fish have no reason toleave. As long as the wateris high enough to supportthe shad and mullet in the backwater the game fishhave no reason to abandon that skinny water buffet.

All of that will change, however, with a day or twoof stiff north winds that can reduce those shallowlakes to mud flats overnight. Once the bait and gamefish are forced to seek out the deeper water in thebayous and the lake it will be “game on” for local an-glers.

e weather men are guessing that could possiblyhappen as early as next week, but I will believe thatwhen it happens. How can they be so audacious as topredict the weather a week in advance when they un-derestimate the wind on a daily basis and can’t eventell you if it is going to rain in the morning or eveninga day in advance!

If that phenomenon does occur as predicted, themost user-friendly fishing of the year will kick off im-mediately. Small flocks of gulls will be ratting outschools of trout and redfish driving bait to the surfaceall over the lake and all of those tough “grind it out”days will be quickly forgotten. e keys to makingthis visual program pay off for you are willingness toleave schools of aggressive smaller fish and experi-menting with different lures and retrieves that willproduce better fish.

I enjoy anticipating a strike every time my luresinks beneath the surface as much as anyone, but Iam not much on everything else that goes along withthis “race all over the lake” action. Aside from thefrustration of dealing with huge numbers of under-sized trout, it is the confrontational aspect that I dis-like the most.

Often, much to the chagrin of my clients, I willleave a decent bite under the birds when other boatspile in and start jockeying for position. It is far easierto leave than waste fishing time bitching. A few ofthose folks just can’t help themselves and will bargein until the end of time, but I have found that manyof them truly don’t know how to courteously ap-

Joe KazmarFor the Record

Games This WeekWEST ORANGE-STARK over JASPER—

e Mustangs really showed what they are madeof in the second half of last week’s battle with PortNeches-Groves when they came back from a 27-13 halftime deficit and held the Indians scoreless.Jasper likes to throw the ball, too, so the Mus-tangs will have to be on their toes Friday night inthe Piney Woods.

LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE overBAYTOWN GOOSE CREEK MEMORIAL—e Bears’ search for that elusive first victory ofthe season could end Friday night in Battlin’ BearStadium if they continue to play solid defense andkeep the mistakes at a minimum.

LUMBERTON over BRIDGE CITY—is isthe pick we hope is all wet. But the Raiders havehad two weeks to prepare for this home gameagainst the struggling Cardinals and will go allout to snap this 22-game losing streak. iswould be a great win for the Redbirds, if they canpull it off.

ORANGEFIELD over BEAUMONTKELLY—e Bulldogs snapped a 12-game losingstreak by winning their first game of the 2014season. e Bobcats are looking for their initialvictory of the season and should get it Fridaynight if they play two solid halves of footballagainst the visiting Bulldogs.

CHANNELVIEW over VIDOR—ingsdon’t get any easier for the Pirates as they hosthigh-scoring Channelview Friday night in PirateStadium. Vidor played a real sound first half lastweek against Jasper, but saw their lead quicklydisappear after the intermission. ey need toplay consistently for four full quarters.

KIRBYVILLE over DEWEYVILLE—e Pi-rates will be facing a team with a very potent of-fense that is averaging over 40 points per game.e Wildcats give up quite a few points andmerely outscore the opposition. e Pirates needto throw a solid defense at them Friday night be-fore the home crowd.

ORANGE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN overHIGH ISLAND—e Lions posted an impres-sive 40-18 victory last Saturday against HuntsvilleAlpha Omega and will be facing a tougher foeFriday night at High Island. If their defense canduplicate last Saturday’s effort, the Lions shouldrecord their third straight win of the young sea-son.

LAMAR over TEXAS COLLEGE—eCards will be picking on someone their own sizethis week after getting lit up 73-3 by the Texas

West Orange-Stark backup quarterback Will Johnson dives into the end zone to score against thePort Neches-Groves Indians. Johnson came in the game to replace the injured Mustang quarterbackJack Dallas. RECORD PHOTO: Tony Gunn

Bobcat linebacker Colby Choate crushes a Kirbyville ball carrier. RECORD PHOTO: Mark DunnSEE FORECAST, PAGE 4BSEE COLBURN, PAGE 4 B

WO-S, LC-M picked for victoryKAZ’S FEARLESS FORECAST

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Meri Elen JacobsFor the Record

In a contest plagued with penalties, Deionte’Thompson probably won’t remember the yel-low flags that were thrown that cancelled outhis touchdown on a punt return and two of hisinterceptions. What he will remember is thelast play of the game when he snagged an In-dian pass in the end zone that sealed the 33-27win in overtime for the Mustangs over PortNeches-Groves.

“I thought it was the tale of two halves,” HeadCoach Cornel Thompson said. “We couldn’tget lined up. We played hard in the first half,but not smart. We made adjustments at halftime and told them ‘These are the fronts we aregoing to run’ and we lined up better.”

The Mustangs were down at the half 27-13,with PN-G’s Adam Morse completing 15 of 24passes for 212 yards and two touchdownpasses. But that was about all that WO-S wasgoing to allow the Indians.

“We stayed with them and believed in whatwe were doing,” Thompson said. “We were inbetter shape than they were and when we wentinto overtime, I liked our chances. I had a goodfeeling going in and it turned out positive.”

Fans were on their feet most of the secondhalf. Will Johnson, who was subbing in for aninjured Jack Dallas, connected with Thompsonearly in the third on a 31-yard pass to put theMustangs just one score away from the Indi-ans.

And the Chain Gang defense went to work,stifling anything that PN-G tried to do offen-sively. Senior Octavis Crosson and junior TreyBaldwin finished the night with three quarter-back sacks each, while senior Trey Spencer hadthree deflected passes.

The Mustangs scored to tie the game with4:07 left in the contest when Johnson snuckacross the goal line from one yard out. KickerHector Vela hit the extra point to tie the game.

With just 13 seconds on the clock, Vela linedup for a 25 yard field goal, but after being icedthree times with Indian time outs, just barelymissed to win, sending the game into overtime.

Running back Grant LaPoint-Teate scoredfrom 13 yards out in overtime to give the Mus-tangs the go ahead for the first time all night,33-27. Vela’s extra point was blocked so it wasup to the defense to hold on for the win.

On PN-G’s second offensive play in over-time, Morse threw to the Indian corner of theendzone where it looked as if his receiver waswide open. What he didn’t count on was forThompson to come out of nowhere and snatchthe ball right as it got to his receiver to give the

Grant LaPoint-Teate heads to the endzone from 13 yards out to score the winning touchdown. La-Point-Teate had 167 yards on the ground for the night and two touchdowns. RECORD PHOTO: MeriElen Jacobs.

Orangefield running back Wesley Frillou gets thehandoff from Mason Frillou against Kirbyville.RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Shean Langele brings the ball downfield for theOrangefield Bobcats against the Kirbyville Wild-cats. Teammate Colby Choate shadows Langelelooking for a downfield block. RECORD PHOTO:Mark Dunn

After having to resume the quarterback role, fourth string QB Will Johnson scores on his first drive.Johnson had 21 carries for 98 yards and was 9 for 19 with 98 passing yards. RECORD PHOTO:Meri Elen JacobsSEE MUSTANG INSIDER, PAGE 3B

WO-S pulls out memorable winMUSTANG INSIDER

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Mustangs the victory.“I have to give special praise to Will (Johnson)

for stepping in as our fourth string quarterbackto keep us going,” Thompson said. “He hasn’tplayed quarterback since ninth grade but did agreat job. Others who had career games wereOctavis, DT and Kalen Garrett.”

The Mustangs will travel to Jasper this Fridayto face the Bulldogs, who are ready for revenge.WO-S beat them last year in the third round ofthe play-offs in the last few minutes of the game,18-16.

“I told the players we have to quite celebratingthe PN-G win and get ready for the Jasper Bull-dogs,” Thompson said. “You can believe that theywill be waiting for us with a victory line at thecity limits when we come in on Friday. AndJasper is not an easy place to win.”

Jasper is coming off of a huge 35-21 win overVidor. They are 1-1, losing to Hardin Jefferson,35-21, in the first game of the year. Carrying theload for the Bulldogs will be quarterbackQuentin Williams and Randy Spikes, who playsslot, wide receiver and tail back.

“Williams runs and has good foot speed andwill try to get the ball to Spikes every play,whether it’s a pass or the option,” Thompsonsaid. “Their defense is similar to ours and theyrun a multiple spread offensive scheme with atight end.”

The game will be Friday at 7:30pm in Jasper atBulldog Stadium. Tickets will only be sold at thegate the evening of the game for $5-both adultsand students.

The subvarsity teams are also 2-0, both beat-ing LC-M and PN-G. The ninth grade beat theIndians, 34-13. Jarron Gilbert scored on a 21yard run, 56 yard run and a two point conver-sion. Blake Robertson had a 35 yard receptionfrom Devonta Ranton for a touchdown. JordanCharles scored on a 9 yard touchdown run andDemorris Thibodeaux scored on a 22 yardrunand finished it off with his own two point con-version. Freshmen offensive standouts areGilbert, Charles, Thibodeaux, Bobby Rash andAdrick Mims. Oustanding defensive players areTyshon Watkins, Devien Teate, Paul Ivory, KevinRichard and Mark Thibodeaux.

The JV Mustangs beat PN-G, 20-8. KeionHancock scored on a 22 yard run and KJ Millerscored the two point conversion. Trey Guilloryscored on a 79 yard pass from KJ Miller. Jere-miah Shaw had the last touchdown on a 2 yardrun. Offensive standouts are Hancock, Miller,Guillory, Ryan Ragsdale and Chris Griffin. De-fensive standouts are Ryan Heissar (intercep-tion), Quinton Chargois Guillor and RufusJoseph.

The ninth grade and JV will play at home thisThursday with the freshman starting at 5 pm .

Mustang Insider

WO-S opens with Orange Bowl winIn true fashion, the Mustangs showed up last

Friday night at Battlin’ Bear Stadium and did ex-actly what they had planned to do…Add anotherplaque to the Mustang side of the Orange Bowltrophy with a 29-12 win.

e Mustangs, behind sophomore quarterbackJack Dallas, scored all of their points in the first 24minutes of the game, with Dallas being a part ofall four touchdowns.

“We won and got out of our first game injury-free,” Head Coach Cornel ompson said. “Ourpositive that night was Jack. He had very little timeto prepare for the game but the football team ral-lied around him and we came out with a win.”

e Mustangs racked up 363 yards of total of-fense while holding the Bears to just 195. GrantLaPointe-Teate was the go to man for the Mus-tangs, carrying the ball 118 yards on 19 carries.

“e win was a total team effort,” ompsonsaid. “We got out there and busted our tails forthat win. We made a lot of mistakes but I’ve neverbeen in a first tame where we didn’t make mis-takes.”

Dallas’s first touchdown of the season cappedoff the first drive when he connected with Deionte’ompson on a short nine yard pass right acrossthe goal line.  ompson finished the night withsix catches for 69 yards. 

ABOVE: Trey Baldwin sacksPN-G’s Adam Morse. TheChain Gang tortured the Indi-ans all night, with Baldwinhaving three sacks and twotackles for losses. RECORDPHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

LEFT: Mustang OcatvusCrosson sacks the PN-G quar-terback. Crosson had threesacks and two tackles for aloss Friday against PN-G.RECORD PHOTO: Jordan Dar-nall

proach other boats already onfish.

ere are also far too manyfishermen that just hunt otherboats rather than birds or surfaceactivity. I know of no other fish-erman that does a better job ofcapitalizing on the bite under thegulls than Capt. Johnny Cormierand nothing irritates him morethan that approach to locatingschool fish.

He does a fantastic job of fer-reting out quality fish even afterthe gulls and other boats haveleft the scene. I don’t know howmany times he has called whenwe are working the same groupof clients to tell me that he wasstill on fish, but two boats withincasting distance of one anotherwill attract a crowd and he isright.

He will run half way to Cuba toavoid other anglers and while hewill wave another courteous an-gler in on occasion, he will alsostand his ground and does notmind pointing out a rude in-truder’s shortcomings. Success-fully catching the best fish in aschool is more complex than itappears and an approaching an-gler could learn a great deal by

simply shutting down and watch-ing him dissect a school of fishfrom a distance. at approachwill also usually earn them an in-vitation to join him as well.

As poor as I am at exploitingthis frenetic bite, I have stillmanaged to amass a significantlist of occasional anglers thatnow take the time to call whenthey find cooperative fish and Iam not around. I may or may notjoin them, but those calls save agreat deal of gas at the very leastand are always appreciated. Afew of them have been folks Imet at one of my seminars, but alot of them simply appreciated alittle “on the water” help rather

than an unexpected cussingfrom a less than cordial stranger.

Some of them didn’t even havea troll motor, never consideredwind direction, had no clue as tohow far they should stay off theschool and had no idea that thefish may still be around after thegulls and armada roared away.Without exception, they are al-ways appreciative of the friend-lier approach as well as the gift ofa few tails that are working for usthat day. And, without exception,I have never seen any of thesefolks crowd others again!

So…. here we are staring downthe remnant of a long hot andwindy summer with both shorter

and cooler days right around thecorner. e bite under the gullscertainly won’t be the only gamein town, but it is exciting and allbut impossible to ignore.Becourteous and fish smart!

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Aggies last Saturday night.McNEESE STATE over

PRAIRIE VIEW—e Cowboystook it to the 19th-ranked Ne-braska Cornhuskers Saturday,losing 31-24 in the final 20 sec-onds of the game. ey were im-pressive in every phase of thegame, knocking the Cornhuskerscompletely out of this week’s Top25 Poll, and actually should havewon if it weren’t for a couple ofcostly penalties at the wrongtime. is should go well forthem in their home opener Sat-urday night in Lake Charles.

HIGH SCHOOL—EastChambers over Hamshire-Fan-nett, Hardin-Jefferson overKountze, Silsbee over Liv-ingston, Nederland over ClearLake, Humble Summer Creekover Beaumont Central, SpruceCreek (Fla.) over BeaumontOzen, Waller over Baytown Lee,Houston Lamar over PortArthur Memorial, BeaumontWest Brook over SpringDeKaney, Houston LutheranNorth over Sabine Pass, Evadaleover Beaumont Legacy Chris-tian, Anahuac over Tarkington,New Waverly over Hardin,

Hemphill over West Hardin,West Sabine over Elysian Fields,Cleveland over Liberty, Grove-ton over Colmesneil, Katy overe Woodlands, Huffman overWheatley, Shepherd over Splen-dora, La Marque over HoustonMacArthur, Crosby over BarbersHill, Dayton over C.E. King.

COLLEGE—BYU overHouston, North Texas overLouisiana Tech (urs.); Baylorover Buffalo, Cincinnati overToledo, (Fri.); Sam HoustonState over Colorado State-Pueblo, Stephen F. Austin overTexas A&M-Commerce, Troyover Abilene Christian, NorthernColorado over Houston Baptist,North Dakota State over Incar-nate Word, Montana State overCentral Arkansas, NorthwesternState over Southern, NichollsState over Henderson State, Tu-lane over SoutheasternLouisiana, Alabama over South-ern Miss, Oregon overWyoming, Oklahoma over Ten-nessee, Georgia over South Car-olina, Ohio State over Kent State,Texas A&M over Rice, UCLAover Texas, LSU over Louisiana-Monroe, Stanford over Army,

USC over Boston College, OleMiss over Louisiana-Lafayette,Notre Dame over Purdue, Ari-zona State over Colorado, Ne-braska over Fresno State,Missouri over UCF, Louisvilleover Virginia, Texas Tech overArkansas, TCU over Minnesota,UTEP over New Mexico State,Oklahoma State over UT-SanAntonio, Texas Southern overCentral State, Navy over TexasState, Air Force over GeorgiaState, UAB over Alabama A&M,Mississippi Valley State over Al-abama State, Alcorn State overLouisiana College, Arizonaover Nevada, Miami overArkansas State, Ball State overIndiana State, Boise State overConnecticut, Indiana overBowling Green, Syracuse overCentral Michigan, ColoradoState over UC-Davis, Dukeover Kansas, Virginia Tech overEast Carolina, Old Dominionover Eastern Michigan, Floridaover Kentucky, Tulsa overFlorida Atlantic, Pittsburghover Florida International,Georgia Tech over GeorgiaSouthern, Grambling overBethune-Cookman, Hawaii

over Northern Iowa, Idahoover Western Michigan, Iowaover Iowa State, TennesseeState over Jackson State, Mar-shall over Ohio, West Virginiaover Maryland, Vanderbilt overMassachusetts, Michigan overMiami, O., Western Kentuckyover Middle Tennessee, Missis-sippi State over South Ala-bama, North Carolina Stateover South Florida, NorthernIllinois over UNLV, Penn Stateover Rutgers, Temple overDelaware State, Utah State overWake Forest, Washington overIllinois, Washington State overPortland State.

PRO PICKS—Pittsburgh overBaltimore (ursday Night UpsetSpecial); Houston over Oakland,Tennessee over Dallas, New Eng-land over Minnesota, Miami overBuffalo, Washington over Jack-sonville, Arizona over NY Giants,New Orleans over Cleveland,Cincinnati over Atlanta, Detroitover Carolina, Seattle over SanDiego, Tampa Bay over St. Louis,Denver over Kansas City, GreenBay over NY Jets, San Franciscoover Chicago, Philadelphia overIndianapolis (Monday Night).

Forecast

Last weekend hard to beat for football excitementere are times in early Sep-

tember when the avid footballfan just gets a hankering towatch a good football game ortwo and sets aside a specificweekend to do just that.

at’s exactly what I hadmapped out a couple of weeksago for last weekend, knowingfull well that the agenda was fullof great match-ups.

It was the opening week of the“real National Football League”season starting with the worldchampion Seattle Seahawkskicking off the 2014 campaign onnational television last ursdaynight against the once-potentGreen Bay Packers.

Friday night ourWest Orange-StarkMustangs playedhost to the PortNeches-Groves Indi-ans, the team thatkept the Mustangsfrom having an un-defeated regular sea-son in 2013. I, andonly one othersportswriter from aJefferson Countydaily, were the only ones to pickin print the Mustangs to win.

On Saturday, I got off the golfcourse a little after straight-upnoon and was able to watch myalma mater McNeese State play

the second half oftheir “sacrificiallamb” big paydaygame against themighty Corn-huskers in Nebraskaon national TV(ESPNU).

And on Sunday Iwatched my Hous-ton Texans break a50-week victorydrought by com-

pletely stymieing the Washing-ton Redskins (I’ve been callingthem that name since I was a lit-tle tow-headed kid) in the earlygame that kicked off at noon onFOX.

Unfortunately, I also got towatch the second half of thatdoubleheader on FOX as theDallas Cowboys stunk up JerryJones’ $1.2 billion Palace in Ar-lington against the San Francisco49ers.

And Sunday night I watchedIndianapolis run out of time intheir pursuit to upset the DenverBroncos.

It was a very rewarding week-end—football-wise—and I thor-oughly enjoyed watching myfavorite teams—except for theDallas Cowboys—play greatgames.

Last ursday the Seattle Sea-hawks looked like they picked up

right where they left off in theSuper Bowl in February by beat-ing the Packers in every phase ofthe game 36-16. Orange nativeEarl omas had his usual stronggame at free safety as the Sea-hawks’ defense looked very po-tent.

It looked like deja vu all overagain for the West Orange-StarkMustangs who last season at eReservation battled back from atwo-touchdown deficit only tolose by a couple of points to PN-G.

is year there also was achange in quarterbacks, but thistime it was because young JackDallas, who was the third-stringquarterback before the seasonstarted, was injured early in thegame and replaced by wide re-ceiver Will Johnson, who dou-bles as the fourth-stringquarterback.

e Mustangs trailed 27-13 athalftime, but this time the ChainGang Defense dug in and keptthe Indians out of the end zone.Johnson led a pair of touchdown

drives that tied the score 27-27sending the game into overtime.

e Mustangs scored on theirfirst possession and intercepteda pass in the end zone on PN-G’spossession from the 25-yard lineto secure an exciting 33-27 vic-tory, keeping the ‘Stangs unde-feated in their first two games.

Early Saturday afternoon, afterreturning from a futile day onthe golf course, I watched thesecond half of the McNeese-Ne-braska game where the Cowboyshad erased a 10-point deficit totie the game at 24-24 with fourminutes left in the game.

e ‘Huskers took over intheir own territory and on athird-and-six with time runningout in regulation, Heisman Tro-phy candidate Ameer Abdullahcaught a short pass and miracu-lously weaved his way aroundand through the Cowboy de-fenders and into the end zonewith 20 seconds remaining to de-feat my Pokes 31-24 to the reliefof some 80,000 panic-stricken

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Nebraska fans.Houston’s 17-6 victory over

the hapless Washington Red-skins Sunday afternoon at NRGStadium wasn’t a big surprise be-cause the Texans were a three-point favorite.

e victory was spurred by de-fensive end J.J. Watt’s brilliantgame in which he began hisfourth season with a bang by reg-istering a sack, five hits on quar-terback Robert Griffin III, afumble recovery, a blocked extrapoint and a batted-down pass atthe line of scrimmage.

Rookie running back AlfredBlue from LSU had only onecarry for zero yards, but as a spe-cial team’s player, blocked a Red-skins’ punt, scooped it up andscooted five yards for a defensivetouchdown, upping a one-pointlead to a more comfortable 14-6.Star running back Arian Fosterrushed for 103 yards on 27 car-ries to lead the Texans.

e offense still has a long wayto go, scoring only a singletouchdown, but there certainlyweren’t any Pick-Sixes by the‘Skins. New quarterback RyanFitzpatrick threw a touchdownpass, had no turnovers and wassacked once. But he played wellenough to earn an impressive109.3 quarterback rating.

However in Sunday’s second

game, Dallas Cowboys’ quarter-back Tony Romo could very wellhave had a minus quarterbackrating as he threw three inter-ceptions before halftime but fi-nally connected to the correctteam on 23-of-37 passes for255 yards and one “garbage-time” touchdown in the finaltwo minutes.

San Francisco took the Pokesout of the game quickly by re-turning a DeMarco Murrayfumble for a touchdown in thefirst minute of play and thenusing Romo’s bad decisions forpass interceptions which led toa 21-0 first period lead. The49ers won 28-17 in a game thatwasn’t nearly as close as thefinal score indicated.

KWICKIES…The BaltimoreRavens Monday afternoon an-nounced they have terminatedrunning back Ray Rice’s multi-million dollar contract aftercarefully scrutinizing the newfilm of him whipping up on histhen-fiancée in February insidean Atlantic City hotel elevator.Rice also was suspended indef-initely by the National FootballLeague after the new film wasseen for the first time on Mon-day. Rice was the only player inRavens’ history to rush for1,000 yards in four consecutiveseasons. Strangely enough, Rice

will count on Baltimore’s salarycap for the next couple of years.

New Texas Longhorn’s headcoach Charlie Strong, alongwith the 93,463 avid Texas foot-ball fans who packed into RoyalMemorial Stadium Saturdaynight, were livid with the Long-horns’ pathetic 41-7 trouncinggiven them by Brigham Young,who was only favored by a cou-ple of points. After last yearssimilar rout by the Cougars,then head coach Mack Brownfired his defensive coordinator.Wonder who Strong will makeas the scapegoat of this fiasco.Maybe he should fire himself!!!

The Houston Texans lostrookie outside linebacker Jade-veon Clowney for a period offour to six weeks after he suf-fered a torn meniscus cartilagein his right knee during thefirst half of the Texans’ 17-6victory over the WashingtonRedskins Sunday. The No. 1pick in the draft suffered theinjury while rushing quarter-back Robert Griffin III. This isthe third time Clowney hasbeen injured since the Texansdrafted him in May.

It looks to me like the Big Tenhas turned into one of collegefootball’s most over-rated majorconferences. Not only did myMcNeese State Cowboys hu-

miliate Nebraska by almostbeating the Cornhuskers Satur-day, but Michigan State waswaxed by Oregon 46-27, Michi-gan suffered its first shutout indecades at the hands of NotreDame, Ohio State was dumpedhard by unranked Virginia Tech35-21, Purdue lost to little Cen-tral Michigan, Northwesternwas upset by Northern Illinoisand Iowa also had to rally toedge past Ball State 17-13.

And while on the subject ofranked teams, this week’s Asso-ciated Press Top 25 CollegeFootball poll still has FloridaState ranked No. 1, but Oregonswitched places with Alabamafor the No. 2 position, No. 4Oklahoma, No. 5 Auburn andNo. 6 Georgia all remained thesame. Texas A&M, with its 73-3 crushing of Lamar, must haveimpressed some of the pollstersas the Aggies jumped twoplaces to No. 7, Baylor movedup two spots to No. 8, SouthernCal jumped five places to No. 9and LSU moved up two placesto No. 10. And Brigham Youngjoined this week’s poll at No. 25based on its solid butt-kickingof the Texas Longhorns.

Billy Horschel shot a one-under-par 69 to win last week-end’s BMW Championship bytwo strokes over Bubba Wat-

son. He heads into next week’sTour Championship rankedsecond in the points standings,meaning a victory there willearn him the FedEx Cup and a$10 million bonus.

JUST BETWEEN US…Lastweekend appeared to be theSouthland Conference’s big-money, “sacrificial lamb” week-end where severalmembers—McNeese ex-cluded—played teams capableof crushing them in exchangefor a huge payday. Besides Mc-Neese’s 31-24 loss in the last 20

seconds, Lamar was blown outby Texas A&M 73-3, NichollsState was annihilated byArkansas 73-7, Baylor crushedNorthwestern State 70-6 andLSU crucified Sam HoustonState 56-0. The only payout weare aware of at this writing isthat Lamar added $325,000 totheir sports coffers for the shel-lacking they took from the Ag-gies late Saturday night.Southeastern Louisiana takeson Tulane Saturday in a gamethat shouldn’t be too much of amis-match.

Korner

LCM Bear linebacker #48 Bay Quebodeaux introduces himself to aBarbers Hill running back with a “ BIG HIT” for a loss of gain.RECORD PHOTO: Ty Manuel

Bear running back Robert Green darts across the end zoneon a 10 yard TD run. Green also scored on 5 yard TD passfrom Jake Sonnier. The Bears suffered their 2nd loss ofthe season against the Eagles on Friday night. RECORDPHOTO: Ty Manuel

LCM Bears #23 Reese Bromley returns a kickoff against the Eaglesfor big gain behind the blocking of Trey Chandler. RECORD PHOTO:Ty Manuel

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Community Bulletin Board

Farmer’s Market Wed. & Sat.e Farmers Market in Big Lots parking lot is

going on Wednesdays, from 2 p.m. until ‘sell out’and Saturdays, from 7 a.m. until noon. Among theselections fresh vegetables like tomatoes, cucum-bers and squash, there are baked goods, home-made jelly, eggs and sometimes plants (includingcarnivorous pitcher plants) and much more.

WOS tickets on sale Thursday, Friday

Reserve Ticket sales for the HOME WOS vsPNG Varsity Football game, will be on sale in theWest Orange-Stark Athletic office the followingdays and times this week: ursday - 9-12 and 1-3p.m. and Friday - 9-noon only.

Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $2 for stu-dents. All ticket prices at the gate are $5.

Cowboy Church Play Day Sept. 20Cowboy Church of Orange County will host a

play day Saturday, Sept. 20. Registration begins at5:30 p.m. e event begins at 7 p.m.

Events include: Cloverleaf Barrels, Straight Bar-rels, Speed Barrel, Poles and Mutton Bustin’. Payouts are awarded for each age group.

A sleeved shirt is required for all participants.Current negative coggins, and signed release formis also required.

For more information [email protected] OR www.cowboychur-chorangecounty.org

Orange County Democrat Galae Orange County Democratic Party will be

hosting a gala to honor outstanding county-wideDemocrats for their volunteer service, present andpast elected officials and a special memory tribute.

e event will start with a gala and recognitionfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and a social and networkingfrom 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, at theAmerican Legion on Green Ave. in Orange.

Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Dem-ocratic Party; Steve Brown, candidate for RailroadCommission, and other state candidates includingGavin Bruney, candidate for 21st District StateRepresentative; Michael Cole, candidate for 36thCongressional District and event co-chair; localcounty candidates Gail Barnett, candidate for Jus-tice of the Peace, Precinct 1; Janice Menard, candi-date for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 andDeborah Mitchell, event County Chair.

Tickets are $30 each and event sponsorships areavailable.

For more information, contact Deborah Mitchellat 409-779-1744.

Ladies Auxiliary Indoor Garage/CraftSale Oct. 4 taking booth reservations

e Ladies Auxiliary to Orange Veterans of For-eign Wars Post 2775 will have an INDOORGARAGE/ CRAFT SALE on October 4 from 7 amtill 2 pm at the VFW Hall on Hwy 87 North (5303N. 16th St). Tables are now being rented for $10each.e kitchen will open to sell hot dogs, chips,nachos/etc at 10am. For further info or table rental,contact Cathie Duhon at 409-883-6909 or 409-553-6180 OR Ramona Henson at 409-735-4416 or 409-330-1677. If no answer please leave your name andnumber--your call will be returned.

Stark HS Class of 1954 to hold 60the Lutcher Stark High School Class of 1954 will

host its 60th Class Reunion Oct. 10-11 at the Sun-set Grove Country Club. Cost is $50 single $100 acouple. Hospitality is scheduled from 5 -9 p.m., Fri-day, Oct. 10. Saturday, breakfast is at 9 a.m., dinnerand visiting is at 5 p.m.

If you have not received your contact letter or e-mail please contact Joette Evans Webb [email protected] or call 409-883-9432 or her cell409-920-8683.

Stark, WO 40th reunion Oct. 17Classes of 1974 Lutcher Stark and West Orange

will be having their 40th Reunion, Oct. 17- 19 atthe Joe Ware Plaza. Interested parties contactGwendolyn Gray (313-3577) or go to [email protected] or Lydia Nelson Garrett (882-8665) or go to [email protected]. OnFacebook go to Lutcher Stark and West Orangeclasses of 1974.

Sweeney Todd tickets now on saleTickets are on sale now for the OCP production

of Sweeney Todd – e Demon Barber of FleetStreet. e show will be presented Sept. 4, 5, 6, 11,and 13, with curtain time at 7:37 pm. Matinee Sun-days are Sept. 7, and 14 with curtain at 2:37 pm.General admission tickets are $15 for adults, and$10 for students. Reservations, which are pre-ferred, can be secured by calling 882-9137.

Benefit set for Steve BissonJoseph and Sons Metal Scrapping will hold a

benefit for Steve Bisson, of Bridge City, who is ona waiting list for a liver transplant. Bisson is on thewitting list for people who can't wait.

Joseph and Sons, which is veteran owned andoperated, will donate 50% of their net proceeds tothe Bisson family to help with mounting medicalcosts. e weekly trips to Houston, where Bissonhas been closely monitored are costly, as well as themedication he needs - which is $500 a month.

Items accepted for donation are any kinds ofmetals, including small and large appliances.Donors can make arrangements to have their itemspicked up by calling the business for an appoint-ment.

Other items that may be donated include batter-ies, cars, tools, water heaters, air conditioningunits, copper, brass, motors, metal storage build-ings, televisions and many other items.

Joseph Henry said "the fundraiser will continueuntil we run out of metal." Scrap metal may be do-nated to the Bisson fundraiser by calling the busi-ness at 886-0075.

Lee slated to speak at TART meetinge Texas Association of Retired Teachers, Dis-

trict V will meet at St. Marks Episcopal Church inBeaumont at 11:30, Sept. 10 to, hear from Execu-tive Director, Tim Lee. TRTA represents the inter-ests of over 80,000 retired school personnel.

Mr. Lee will be speaking to Southeast Texasmembers on current efforts to protect the TRA-Care health insurance program and the TeacherRetirement System of Texas pension fund.

Lamar presents Duo Korusae Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music

at Lamar University will present a faculty recital bypianists Jacob Clark and Sujung Cho on Tuesday,Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m.

Clark, assistant professor of piano at LU, and hiswife Cho, assistant professor of piano at ClaflinUniversity, perform together as Duo Korusa, a ver-satile piano duo/duet team dedicated to the per-formance of lesser-known works of the 19th and20th century, as well as new works of the 21st cen-tury.

Duo Korusa will perform selections from Al-fredo Casella, Deszo D'Antalffy, Franz Schubert,Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. All works are forpiano duet (one piano, four hands).

e performance will be in Rothwell Recital Hallin the James M. “Jimmy” Simmons Music Buildingon the LU campus. Admission is free. For more in-formation, call (409) 880-8144.

VFW hosts 9/11 programVeterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 will host a

9/11 recognition program Wednesday, Sept. 10, at6:30 pm. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 pm, PatriciaKemp will present a special POW/MIA Programhonoring veterans and their families.

Both programs will take place in the hall at theVFW Post, located at 5303 North 16th Street, also

known as Highway 87 North. e Public is invited to attend both programs at

no charge. For further information, contact JohnClark at 883-0264.

CASA fundraiser "Rope for the Kids"Bridgefield Electric Services will host a

fundraiser for the Court Appointed Special Advo-cates (CASA) Oct. 18.

e first annual “Rope for the Kids” will be heldat e Cowboy Church of Orange County, in Or-ange.

All proceeds will benefit Advocates for Children,Inc., a CASA program for abused and neglectedchildren in Southeast Texas.

Catholic youth to sell spaghetti dinnerse youth of St. Henry Catholic Church will be

selling spaghetti dinners in the Knights of Colum-bus Hall, Sunday, Sept. 28, from 11:30 am until 1:00pm. Dinner tickets for spaghetti, meatballs, saladand garlic bread are available from Catholic Youthor KC Members for $8.00.

Quart size containers of Milazzo Marinara Saucecan also be purchased for $10 per quart from KCmembers, or via email at [email protected].

All proceeds will benefit the Catholic youth’s ex-penses for their annual convention.

BC Heritage Fest extends vendor applicationse Bridge City Historical Society has extended

the deadline to turn in vendor applications for theHeritage Festival. e new deadline is Sept. 15.

Applications are now available at the Bridge CityChamber of Commerce office. Please email [email protected], call 735-5671, or stop by 150W. Roundbunch for applications.

Bridge City JV Volleyball won 3rd place at the LC-M tourna-ment over the weekend. The freshmen team took 4th place.

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3/2/2 on 2404 Post Oak Ln. LcMISD, 1943 sf. Nice spacious, land-scaped brick home on corner lot. Great neigh-borhood. Garden room overlooking fenced back yard. Split floor plan, lg family room, 2 walk-ins in mbr. Shower&jetted tub in master bath, open kitchen w/marbled countertops, lg pantry, bf room, fp, new tile, carpet central a/c, ga-rage door opener & wa-ter heater. REDucED $186,900! call Gail 409-882-0661 or Edee 409-670-9272.(tfn)

real estate sales

BEAutiful 75’ By 130’ lOt for sale on Highland St. (Pinemont Subdv.), Orange, tX. Mostly San Augustine grass, one mature pine and two, ten year old pin oak trees. Also two 8’ privacy fences on two sides. Ready for a new home- West Orange Stark school district. $22,000 - come and see and make an offer. 409-886-3233. lot has a for sale sign. (9/24)

2 - 1/2 AcRE LOTS, 666 Young Dr., bc, $7,500

Ea. or $14,000 for both, (409) 963-4832 or 960-4424. (9/10)

VEHicLES

2005 Ford Explerer Sport Trac xLT-Red, 60,622 miles, loaded v6 $7,950. call 409-746-4022. (9/10)

AppLiANcES

21 Gas dryers, Propane and Nat. gas, $100 to $300 ea., 409-886-4111. (tfn Harry)

used appliances, start-ing at $99.95. Harry’s appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & Main), Or-ange. We buy used ap-pliances, 886-4111 (hs)

8B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, september 10, 2014

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Orange’s Oldest Hometown Appliance Dealer

HARRY’SAPPLIANCE & SERVICE INC

FREELOCAL

DELIVERY Since1963

Big Selection of Reconditioned AppliancesAll Used Appliances Sold with Warranty

302

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302302

302302

302 N. 10TH. Street 886-4111 FINANCINGAVAILABLE

• FREEZERS • DISHWASHERS • REFRIGERATORS• WASHERS/DRYERS AIR CONDITIONERS • RANGES

We Sell Parts For All major Brands ~ We Service What We Sell

Babette PhilpottIndependent Beauty Consultant

1130 ArthurBridge City, Texas [email protected]

MA

RY KAY

BURTON BOAT WORKS l.l.c.outboard motor and boat repairs

Mike Burton2968 E. RoundbunchOrange, Texas 77630

ph: 409-883-BOAT (2628) • fax: 409-8832629

Cleaning ServiCeNOW HIRING

Residential & Commercial Cleaning

LLCCleaning ServiCe

Sparkling

409-886-16303515 Mockingbird, Suite D, Pinehurst

Here’s My Card (409) 735-5305 or 886-7183

StakesElectricResidential & Commercial

Free Estimates

Specializing in older home rewires.

409-749-4873License #’s

Customer: # 25151Master: # 14161

TRACTOR WORK BY DANNY COLE

• Dirt / Shell Spreading• Bushhogging• Garden Tilling

• New home pads Prepared • Sewer / Water / Electrical

Lines DugHome 735-8315Cell 670-2040

Lone Star Carpentry~Remodel-Repair~• Baths • Kitchens• Porches • Doors • Windows • Etc.

Free BidsHourly ratEs

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Local 738-5639

Apply Online at www.gulfmarkenergy.com

Call: 800–577–8853

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Excellent Pay: Earn up to $70,000+ yr

Sign-on Bonus for Experienced Drivers, Quarterly Safety Bonuses

Drivers: READY TO MAKE A MOVE?

CDL-A w/ “X” Endorsement1 year 18-Wheeler or

Tanker Experience Needed

RUN REGULAR SHIFTS IN BEAUMONT

LOCAL WORK

Home RepaiR Inside or Outside

Plumbing, Electric & Carpentry

25 years ExperienceCall Jimmy Harmon

409-594-5650

Advertise Local And Shoppers

Will Buy Local.Published For

Orange CountiansBy Orange Countians.

Advertise In Two Of Orange County’s Most Popular Publications For The Price of One!

‘The Record’

misc for saLe

ELLIPTICAL EXER-CISER, $150; bathtub transfer bench, $50; height adjustable por-table commode,plastic seat, bucket and lid, $25; toilet safety support, $25; walker. $5;decorative fireplace, $50, (409)735-2966 oR 960-1524. (9/10)

ATTENTIoN CRAFT-

ERS! Artifical flowers, lots of fall colors and others, great for making Fall arrangements, CHEAP! (409)735-2966 oR 960-1524. (9/10)

Jugg’s Pitching Ma-chine: like new, auto feeder, throws 30-90 mph, fast & curve balls, etc. pd $2500, used very little, will sell for $1000 for all. Perfect condition. Great buy! Can be seen at the

Penny Record office in BC. 409-474-2855. (tfn)

fUrnitUre

Coffee table, $25; an-tique pitcher and bowl w/ matching dish set $25 409-670-9272 or 330-4470 (edtfn)

pets

FREE KITTENS to good homes,many colors,

ready to go! (409) 221-7505.FREE CALICo CAT to good home,friendly, sweet disposition, looking for new family! (409) 221-4160. (9/10)

KITTENS! 2 month old black female and a black and white kitten, very playful free ro good home(s), (409) 746-9043. (9/10)

The Record • Week of Wednesday, september 10, 2014 9B

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE:

A Public Hearing will be held on Mon-day, September 22, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Court-room, Orange County Administra-tion Building, 123 South 6th Street, Orange, Texas. This is a public hear-ing on the proposed 2014-2015 Orange County Budget. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $874,965 or 3.25%, and of that amount $149,715.71 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. Any tax-payer of the county may attend and par-ticipate in the hear-ing. The Commis-sioners’ Court will take action on the budget immediately following the Public Hearing and set the elected officials sal-aries, expenses and allowances.

GaraGe saLesSat. American Legion Post 49, 108 Green Ave. Orange, 7 a.m. till 2 p.m.. Lots of Christmas items, small appliances, knick knacks and lots more. Breakfast foods.

Sat. Fellowship Baptist Bridge City, 1965 Miller Dr. (Hwy 408), 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Rain or Shine, Clothing, furniture, household goods and lots more.

Sat.Only 1810 24th St., Orange, 8 a.m. until. Moving Sale- living, din-ing, bedroom furniture, housewares, small ap-pliances, gas grill w/bottle and cover, patio furnitures, TVs, wom-en’s clothes, shoes, nursing books, comput-er desk, lots of misc items.

SAT.,1026 DUGAS, BC, 3 FAMiLieS, 8 TiLL 1. LOTS OF CLOTHeS, kniCk-knACkS, FUR-niTURe, CHeVy CAR PARTS, TOyS, MiSC.

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

GOLDen TRiAnGLe TOUGH LOVe is a self help parents support group for parents of

children displaying un-acceptable behavior. Meets Tues. 7 pm. at the immaculate Con-ception ed. Bldg., 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lin-coln & Washington) in Groves. For more info call 962-0480RAPe AnD CRiSiS CenTeR of SeTX pro-vides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, suicide or general cri-sis. in addition, a 24 Hour Hot line is provid-ed for crisis interven-

tion, referrals and sup-port group sessions for sexual assault/rape victims. Victims are not alone, help is provided. All of the services as provided are free. Our number is 1-800-7-We-CARe or 1-800-793-2273 or 409-835-3355. Volunteer advocates are needed to provide di-rect services to survi-vors of sexual assault in a medical setting. Com-prehensive training is provided. For more info call 409-832-6530.

Mike Mazzola Jr.

827 Strickland Dr.Orange • (409) 886-5218

Our mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected

and realize their dreams.

10B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 10, 2014

ZERODOWN

$220/Mo

SALE!

1601Green Ave.

Orange

Your Best Buys On

Pre-ownedCars and Trucks

DavidSelfOrange.com

409.883.3581

SabineRiverFord.com* $11,780, 60 months at $220 with WAC, (TT&L Down)

* $13,780, 72 months at $220 with WAC, (TT&L Down) 60 Months at 4.75% (Plus TT&L) 72 Months 4.75% (Plus TT&L)

See These VehiclesAnd Our Complete

Selection At

$220 MONTH

‘11 FordFusion SEL

‘10 FordTransit Connect

One OwnerGreat

VehicleStock #4445C

Gas/Eth-anol V6 3.0L/181

Stock #4474A

Clear White

4 Cylinder 2.0L/122Stock #BB1093

‘11 HyundaiSonata GLS

‘13 Kia ForteEX

2013Mazda3 i

4 Cylinder 2.0L/122Stock No. BB1096

2007Cadillac CTSLight Platinum (Silver)

V6 2.8L/170Stock No. T314BA

‘09 NissanFrontier

Avalanche White4-cyl 2.5L

Stock No. BB1082

‘11 ToyotaCorolla

Barcelona Red Metallic4-Cylinder 1.8L

Stock No. BB1060

‘13 Chevy CruzeCruz LT

Stock No. BB1092

‘11 ChevyEquinox LT

‘11 ChevyEquinox LT

Red6-Speed

Auto.Trans.

Stock #4425B

‘12 ChevyMalibu LT

White Diamond Tricoat (White)

Stock No. BB1066

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

‘12 FordFocus SEL

Ingot Silver Metallic (Silver)

Stock No. BB1016

‘10 FordFocus SES

4-Cylinder 2.0L/122

Stock No. 4246A

‘11 FordFiesta SE

Ingot Silver Metallic (Silver)

Stock No. 4298A

‘10 DodgeCharger SXT

SilverStock No. T4375B

‘09 FordEscape XLT

Great VehicleAt A Great Price!Stock No. P875A

‘13 DodgeAvenger SE

White.4 Speed Auto.

Stock No. BB1095

22PreownedFront Line

Ready Cars, Trucks

and SUV’s!$0-Down

$220/Month!

$220/mo.$13,780

$220/mo.$13,780

$220/mo.$13,780

$220/mo.$13,780

$220/mo.$13,780

‘13 ChevyImpala LT

‘13 ChevyImpala LT

VictoryRed

V6 3.6LStock #BB1067

$220/mo.$13,780

White6-Speed

Auto.Trans

Stock #BB1066

$220/Mo.$13,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

$220/Mo.$11,780

Shim-mering White

Stock #BB1023A

2013Mazda3 iSV

4 Cylinder 2.0L/122Stock No. BB1099

Image Illustration Only

$220/mo.$13,780

$220/mo.$13,780