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The Penny Record of Bridge City and Orangefield • Founded 1960Vol. 52 No. 33 Week of Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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Driving down Farm Road 1442, you will see notable changes taking place to the building being constructed for dual purpose to the coun-ty. Exterior paint is going on the building and this week the side spandrel panels are be-ing installed by wielding them to the structural steel of the building portals.

Director of Emergency Management Jeff Kelley gave commissioners an update Tuesday on the Orange Coun-ty Convention and Expo Cen-ter.

“A lot of ceramic tile is going on inside and a second coat of paint in some areas. It’s com-ing down to trim work in a lot of areas,” said Kelley. “Sub-

stantial com-pletion has to be reached about 30 days from now. It looks like they are gonna make it. The main issue is get-

ting gas to the building. That is a supplier issue, not the contractor. It’s going to hap-pen, but it’s going to be tight. You’re going to see drastic changes on the outside.”

Commissioners gave the Orange County district at-torney’s office permission to fill two positions that will be vacated by Mandy White-Rogers’ election as judge to the county court at law. Unlike most newly elected officials who will be sworn in to office in January, White-Rogers was elected to fill an unfinished term and will be sworn in as soon as she is qualified. The legal secretary in the district attorney’s office has turned in her notice as she plans to fol-low the newly elected judge.

“We’re a little early on the agenda item as they are not vacated yet, but they will be soon,” said Assistant County Attorney Douglas Manning said, “If it wasn’t this urgent, we would gladly wait” un-til the first of the year to fill the positions, but most of the work White-Rogers did for the county involved Child Protection Service cases and protection orders. Manning said CPS cases have certain deadlines that have to be met and delays are not allowed in most instances. He said there is a CPS trial coming in early December and can’t be put off.

Commissioner Precinct 4 Jody Crump said under the circumstances he moved to al-low the replacement. It passed unanimously.

Monceaux BC’s biggest fan

Judge Pat Clark wonders if this is “really retirement?” along with his wife Rosalie Clark while working at the soup kitchen at St. Mary’s church. RECORD PHOTO: Debby Schamber RECORD PHOTO: Debby Schamber

Those who attend the Bridge City football and baseball games may not know his name, but everyone knows for sure he is definitely their biggest fan.

At the football games, Jacob Monceaux, 35, comes pre-pared in his red and white game shirt and matching hat. When the team is down he paces across the stands as he cheers them on. When they score he smiles big and throws his hands up into the air. A big, loud yell can be heard as he happily exclaims “Alright!”

Monceaux was born in Port Arthur, but was raised in Bridge City. He began his love of the Bridge City Cardinals at an early age. It was his Uncle Ronnie who took him to the Bridge City games. Following his graduation from Bridge City High School in 1997, with school spirit still in his blood, he has continued to go to the games and support his favorite team.

“I love the community and I

After 42 years, Pat Clark is retiring

After more than 42 years of service to the government, Judge Pat Clark is retiring. He started in the Army, went to the District Attorney’s Office, the County Court at Law, then District Judge and finally back to the County Court at Law.

But, before his lengthy ca-reer began, while in college, he was sitting in his dorm at the University of Texas and with his impending marriage he knew he needed to get a job. So, he said to himself, “Who would you contact in Austin?” Jabob Monceaux, 35, of Bridge City, was recently recognized and

presented a trophy for being the Cardinals “Super Fan” at the Bay-ou Bowl Scholarship Banquet. RECORD PHOTO: Debby Schamber

It has been more than 20 years since the death of Jackie McClelland and the cold case still baffles inves-tigators with few clues to solve the case.

McClelland was 32 years old and a resident of Or-ange at the time of her death. Her lifeless body was discovered laying in the street near the corner of Second and Park Street. Officers from the Orange Police Department were called to the scene about 8:10 p.m. on February 4, 1992 after someone called to report a shooting in the area. She died at the scene.

An autopsy report would reveal she was shot with a gun in the upper chest. There were no other signs of assault.

Witnesses reported to police she was last seen getting into a gray or silver four- door car. There were

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Penny LeleuxFor The Record

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Bayou Bowl

2012CARDINALS ENTER PLAYOFFS AFTER 24-13BAYOU BOWL VICTORY

Convention, Expo Center completion on target

Orangefield Bobcat ball carrier Dustin Verrett is shadowed by Cardinal defender Tanner Cervenka as Zack Cole makes the tackle.

Bridge City Cardinal running back Ashton Hunter gets into the defensive secondary as Or-angefield Bobcat defemders led by Carl Wiley makes the tackle in Bayou Bowl XII. The Car-dinals won the annual cross-community rivalry and retain the Buzzi Gunn trophy.

RECORD PHOTOS: Larry Trimm

The Buzzi Gunn Trophy will remain with Bridge City High School following Friday night’s Bayou Bowl. The Cardinals prevailed in the annual cross-town rival-ry and earned a spot in the Region III Class 3A state playoffs.

The Buzzie Gunn Trophy remains with the winners until the next Bayou Bowl is played. It is regarded as a symbol for good sportsmanship and memorializes local photographer and Orange County foot-ball enthusiast the late Buzzie Gunn. Gunn and his father, T.L. Gunn, were pi-oneers in photographing the early years of Orange County football for the local media. Buzzie eventually became the sec-ond generation owner of Gunn’s Studio in Orange after shooting for various publi-cations including Sports Illustrated. To-day the studio is owned by Buzzie’s son, Chris Gunn.


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County Offices to close part of Dec. 7

It was voted to close county offices 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday Dec. 7 for depart-ments to hold their individual Christmas Luncheons. Crump was the only dissenting vote. “I’m still going to maintain my Scrooge image,” he said. Crump doesn’t approve of the closing of county offices for a Christmas gathering.No public hearing next week

A public hearing that was originally planned for next Monday at 1:30 p.m. will not be held. Manning was check-ing into the possibility of selling or leasing the former Precinct 3 justice of the peace office to an individual that has shown an interest in the building. It will require more research as to the legalities. Manning said as a public en-tity there were more require-ments to habitability of the

building than if it was a sale between private parties. Man-ning will continue to research the situation and report back to the commissioners with his findings at a later date.

Commissioner Precinct 2 Owen Burton asked if it would be possible to give him the building and lease the land. Manning will check all pos-sible options.

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two unknown white men in-side the vehicle. She reported-ly left with the two men in the vehicle and returned a while later. She is said to have gotten out of the vehicle, but contin-ued to stand beside the car and talk to the men, according to Captain Cliff Hargrave, of OPD.

It is unknown what hap-

pened within the next few minutes. It is also unknown if the two men were involved in the murder or not. But, they were gone when police ar-rived. Investigators would like to talk to them to find out what they know about the in-cident.

The area in which she was shot was known for heavy

drug trafficking, according to Hargrave.

Few leads have turned up in the case and definitely noth-ing solid which would lead to an arrest of a suspect.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Orange Police Department at 409-883-1026.

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James Fountain of G&G Enter-prises and Billy Stephenson (below) watch as Joey Harvey and Carl Broussard from JBC wield spandrel panels to the structural steel of the portals of the Orange County Con-vention and Expo Center. The exterior of the building is also in the process of being painted. The building is expected to be essentially complete in about 30 days.

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W.O. Chiefs to host Christmas Reunion Dance

The West Orange Cheifs will host their annual Christ-mas Reunion Dance from 6:30 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Ken Marvel Band will preform with special guest “Jivin Gene” Bourgeois. Snacks are welcome and this is a b.y.o.b. event. This is open to the pubic and the cost is $10 per person. Smoking will be outside only. For more infor-mation, please contact Jimmy Guidry at 409-735-2294, 409-988-5283 or [email protected].

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It dawned on him to call the governor’s office for an ap-pointment. Amazingly enough, they gave him one. He didn’t tell anybody, except for his father when he called home. On the day of the ap-pointment, his friends wanted him to go watch a baseball game with them. But, he re-fused and after they left, he got dressed and headed off to his appointment. Once inside the governor’s office, he intro-duced himself. Clark ex-plained how he needed a job. Governor Preston Smith then spun around in his large chair and made a phone call. He had called the transportation of-fice and Clark was hired to work as a night watchman. He kept his job until he left to get married. When he returned they had hired someone else in his place. But, he was re-ceived a job as clerical worker.

Clark graduated from U.T. in 1970. In later years, his of-fice in the courthouse was heavily adorned with U.T. memorabilia. He is known by many in Orange for his devo-tion to the University of Texas. Although he is extremely ac-tive in the community, it is his love for all things burnt or-ange that is legendary.

The Orange County Texas Exes, which Clark was former President, proudly announced in 2010 the creation of the Judge Patrick A. Clark En-dowed Academic Scholarship. This endowed scholarship is given each year in perpetuity to an Orange County high school senior who excels in community service and will attend the University of Texas as a freshman.

After taking his bar exam, the young future attorney, had his draft notice from the U.S. Army waiting for him. He was offered a direct commission and woke up one morning as a Private E-3 and the same day had become a Captain 0-3. His first cases as a lawyer were in the Army. After his promo-tion, he was a Captain in the Judge Advocate General Corps until 1974.

Clark was primarily sta-tioned with his wife and two children at Ford Hood. Prior to being discharged he re-

ceived a call from the District Attorney at that time, Sharon Bearden and was offered a job. As a result, when he returned to Orange, he was hired as Bearden’s first assistant in the DAs office.

Clark continued to work in the DAs office for four years, and was going to be Bearden’s successor when he retired. But, according to Clark, he got tired of waiting and decided to run for judge of the County Court at Law. He won he posi-tion and was the judge in county court until 1980.

In 1979 he knew he wanted to become a District Judge. Judge Graham Bruce had held the position for several years and informed Clark he would be retiring. Clark then filed to run for the vacated position and ran unopposed. But, this forced him to resign from his job as county judge. While he waited, he worked as an attor-ney in the private sector. After winning the position, he flew to Austin to meet in Governor Bill Clemens office. The young Democrat was interviewed by the Republican governor to make sure he could do the job. In addition, members of the local Republican Party also in-terviewed him.

In February 1980 Clark was appointed to serve the re-mainder of Bruce’s term and then start his new term. He later proudly earned the title of the “hanging judge” and ev-ery four years ran unopposed to retain his job. He remained the district judge until 2011. Clark was the longest sitting active district judge in the State of Texas.

The day after his retirement he made a full circle from where he started and was sworn in as judge of the Coun-ty Court at Law. He will hold the position until the newly elected judge Mandy White-Rogers takes office which is expected to be on Monday.

During his years as a judge, he has presided over many cases. One case which sticks out in his mind is an asbestos litigation case because of the large number of plaintiffs, lawyers and the many defen-dant lawyers which took 3 1/2 months to try which didn’t in-

clude the preliminary work. However, Clark did not try the case on Fridays to allow time to work on the criminal cases on the docket.

But it was the domestic rela-tions cases which were tough for Clark.

“Parents get so busy fighting that they forget about the chil-dren that are being punished by it all,” he said.

But, at the end of the day when he left the office, his job remained at the courthouse.

“My wife would agree I would pretty much leave ev-erything at the courthouse,” Clark said.

Once at home, he was hus-band and father to three chil-

dren, Mary Ann, Beth Ann and Pat jr.

“When he came home, it was us, our family and the church,” said Rosalie Clark, Pat Clark’s wife.

Over the years, he has seen many changes. According to Clark, the biggest changes has been the increasing number of women attorneys. When Clark started his career, there was only one woman in law school with him and once female at-torney in Orange.

“What a wonderful addition it has been to the profession,” he added. “Now here I am with a female exceeding me as dis-trict judge and county court at law.”

Also over the years, he has seen Orange shift from being primarily democrats to pri-marily republicans. Although, he is says he is not criticizing

but it is just an observation. As a child, Clark’s

father,Easuel Clark Jr., was a union carpenter.

“I saw my daddy work hard,” Clark said.

His father would ask him if he worked hard that day and Pat Clark would reply, “No Pop.”

His lesson learned from his father was, “Get a job you like and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

“I have always thoroughly enjoyed my job,” he added.

Clark does not have any def-inite plans for his retirement. Although, he will file the nec-essary paperwork to be a vist-ing judge, if his “brethren at the courthouse” want him to cover for them.

“Whatever the good Lord has in mind, but he hasn’t let me know yet,” Clark said.

Clark will also help out at the St. Mary soup kitchen.

In the mean time, he has plans to spend time with his wife, children and seven grandchildren. He is also planning a second trip with his wife to see Italy, Rome and the Holy Land.

“We’ve had a good life,” Ro-salie Clark said. “I always knew he would do well.”

Rosalie Clark said the first time her future husband called her was when she was 13 years old.

“I’ve had him ever since,” she said with a smile.

Par Clark feels Orange County is a great place to work and live.

“It’s been a great ride for a Riverside Catholic boy,” he said.

love the kids,” he said. “I have always been a Cardinal fan.”

There is not particular element that he likes about the games, he says he just likes all of it.

Not only does he attend the games, but also the pep rallies. He is ready to cheer them on and show his support.

The annual Bayou Bowl scholarship dinner is a favorite event for Monceaux where he can mingle with coaches and players. Last year he was recognized as a fan, but this year he re-ceived a trophy. The trophy is a sculpture of a football player. The engraved inscription on the base reads “Super Fan.”

When presented with the trophy, Monceaux accepted the treasured momento and held it close as he returned to his seat. When asked about it he smiled broadly with deep apprecia-tion.

“I was really shocked,” he said about receiv-

ing the award. Jerry McInnis, friend to Monceaux, said

Monceaux is “truly a big fan” and “remains positive” no matter what they scoreboard reads.

“He only see the good in the Cardinals and is not just a fan when they are winning,” Mc-Innis said. “He always believes in the coaches and the players.”

During last year’s baseball season, Mon-ceaux demonstrated a pure act of kindness and support to the team. He made wooden cut-outs of a baseball for each member of the team. He proudly presented the gifts in hopes they will remember their biggest fan.

“That’s my team,” he said. Monceaux said he is excited the Cardinals

will be in a play-off game Friday night. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. in Channel-view against the Coldspring Trojans.

“I think they will do pretty good,” Mon-ceaux said referring to the Cardinals winning the game.

He wants to invite everyone to come to the pep rally and the game to support and cheer the Cardinals onto victory.

He also wishes his favorite team “good luck.”Monceaux also attends Bridge City basket-

ball and volleyball games. But, baseball and football games is where his heart is.

When not watching high school sports, he enjoys watching the Dallas Cowboys play foot-ball and Texas Rangers baseball. At his home, he has Cowboy memorabilia in an enclosed case. But, a very treasured item is a cardinal painted on a feather.

No matter where he is, one thing is for sure, he will always be, “the best fan ever for the Cardinals.”

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The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2523 lo-cated at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange is offering sev-eral free classes, activities and fundraisers.

Free scrapbook classes are held at 4 p.m. each Tuesday. The community is invited.

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Free genealogy classes are offered at 4 p.m. each Wednesday.

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The 63’ X 39’ hall is available for rent. The hall is suitable for all occasions, with an occupancy of 200. The amenities include a band stand, nice dance floor, tables, chairs, large kitchen, wet bar, pool table, and a large parking lot. For more in-formation on any of the activities or rent the hall contact Sharon Bodin at 409-735-8662 or 409-719-7793.


From the Creaux’s NestAS IT IS NOV. 2012

Another week rolls around, my thoughts are still on the national election and how a local public servant was vic-timized. First, back when gas prices were $3.89 a gallon, I said the price would be down to $3 by Election Day. I missed by five days. I paid $2.97 on Saturday and Monday it’s down to $2.92. I did alright on my other predictions, a lot better than Karl Rove and Dick Morris, who predict-ed a landslide for Romney with a popular vote and 325 Electoral votes. I predicted Obama would get 294 votes. He ended up with 332. Only FDR and Reagan did better, with 335. Romney also got 2.8 million less popular votes than Sen. McCain. Obama carried every swing state. You won’t hear it on talk radio or FOX News, but folks, that’s a landslide, a clear mandate. My prediction was that the Democrats would add one or two seats to their Senate majority. They did, and also picked up two Independents that give them a 55-45 voting majority in the Senate. I said Demos would pick up six to eight seats in the Con-gress and they picked up seven and still counting. Can’t get any closer than that. Meanwhile, Karl Rove and other Super Pacs were lying to their large contributors. Karl’s two Super Pacs, Crossroads, raised over $300 billion from wealthy donors. He lied to them about Ohio. He knew they would lose Ohio. Karl, for his part, for manag-ing the Super Pacs, netted five percent, that’s better than $15 million profit. Rush Limbaugh and the rest are in it for the money also, and bashing the opposition is how the money keeps coming. Karl invested in eight senate seats, won one and three congressional seats, which included Eric Canter. Not much to show for $1 billion that all the Super Pacs spent. Talk radio and FOX, today really have creditability problems but as long as we have gullible peo-ple buying that spin, they will keep getting richer. I can’t imagine people wasting their time listening to talk radio or buying into Roger Ailes lie that FOX News is “Fair and Balanced,” or the spin stopping on the O’Reilly show. The GOP will have to realize that the talking heads and an ob-structionist congress have hurt their brand. Extremist on the far right or far left catches up in the long run and in-stead of building, it tears down. You can misrepresent just so long before it backfires. I’ve got issues to take up so I best move on. Come along it won’t do you no harm.

CONGRESS MUST PUT UP ON FISCAL CLIFFThe election is history but now hanging over markets

and the nation is the unresolved fiscal crisis. The stock market action will now center on the fiscal cliff. It means more than $600 billion drag on the economy due to tax increases and government spending cuts due to kick in on Jan. 1 unless the House and Senate act to avert it. Repub-lican and Democrats must reach a compromise to stop the economic fallout. Both sides of the political aisle will have to deal with the upcoming cliff. Wall Street is urging the president and congress to act as soon as possible to get the country’s financial house in order. The economy and market hangs on the resolution of the fiscal cliff. Un-til now, the White House hasn’t had any co-operation from the Republican led Congress. House Speaker Boeh-ner and Senate leader Harry Reid, after Obama’s re-election, both vowed to work towards the cliff issue. The problem in the past was that the speaker couldn’t control the extreme right of his congress, lead by Eric Canter and Paul Ryan. They have blocked all agreements Boehner had reached, rejected everyone. If the country goes over the cliff, the congress will be blamed in the midterm elec-tions. A good thing about going over the cliff is that it will wipe out all of the Republican pledges to Grover Norquist, letting them off the hook. However, going over the cliff is a big price for the country to pay. An agreement, months after the new congress, with everything retroactive, would put the country back on a level keel. Time will tell. Talk radio, FOX News, and other extremist are urging congress not to work with the president. A divided nation is their resolve. A headline in Thursday’s Houston Chron-icle reads, “Cruz says he won’t cooperate with Obama.” That shows the extremities of the Tea Party he repre-sents. If the country goes over the cliff it will affect every American and the congress will get blamed. The Presi-dent will be free to campaign in every state in the mid-term elections. Mid-term is notorious for overturning congress. I suspect they will blink when their own future is on the line.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIMENine Years Ago-2003

Orange County Navy veteran ‘Eddie’ Parks marries Marine Lance Cpl. Jennifer ‘Jenn’ Patterson, from Michigan. Eddie’s parents are Becky and Floyd Parks of Orangefield. A yellow ribbon, wrapped around a front yard tree, was placed there when the couple left for Ku-wait. It stayed until they returned. Cutting the yellow rib-bon was the first order of business for the wedding. (Edi-tor’s note: The Parks story was a Veterans Day story, written by Jerry Childress. I hope the couple is still to-gether; maybe some little ones have come along. As for Jerry, I don’t know what became of him.)*****Big deal was held at College Station on Friday, Nov. 17 when Sen. Ed-ward ‘Ted’ Kennedy was honored with the George H.

Bush award for Excellence in Public Service. The former president presented the award, a special crystal sculpture and $20,000. The ceremonies were held at the Bush Pres-idential Library on the campus of Texas A&M. Attending were Ted’s wife, Victoria, four of five children, niece Carolyn, sisters Pat Lawford and Eunice Shriver and Ethel Kennedy, sister-in-law. A big deal for Central Tex-as. *****The Orangefield Bobcats of Coach Flannigan head to playoffs. The Bobcats will host the game. Liberty beat Orangefield 14-10 in last years 3-A playoffs. *****An-other heart breaking year for coach Hooks and his Mus-tangs. Over the past two years their record is 16-4. Losing two games each season, yet they didn’t make the playoffs. Ozen kicked a field goal beating PNG. The kick put WO-S in the playoffs but the winning field goal was ruled to have been kicked one second after time ran out, knocking WO-S out of the playoffs. In the next year, WO-S, with 884 students, will drop down to 3-A. Hooks will be look-ing for another try for state championship. (Editor’s note: I recall when the toughest 3-A District in the state had West Orange-Stark, Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mau-riceville, Silsbee, jasper and South Park in it.)*****Eight year old Brandi Payne will be competing in Houston for a motor cross championship. Van Choate, at his Cajun Cookery, is cooking in front of his place and will donate the proceeds to help with Brandi’s expenses. Seen at Van’s were Gene and Flo Edgerly, Sharon Dunn and a dozen family members, also Reagan Dugas, Rev. Leo Anderson and a house full of folks.*****Robert will be opening his new restaurant next week in Pinehurst. The steak house will feature fresh cut steaks from Robert’s Meat Market. (Editor’s note: Hard to believe that has been nine years already. That also means that Thad An-gelle is nine years older this week.)

39 Years Ago-1973Bridge City football Coach H.W. “Chief” Wilson

banked on brother-like seniors this season. The majority of senior Cardinals have been playing together 10 years, starting with the PeeWee League in the junior football program. One senior said, “I don’t remember before we started playing together.” another said, “We are like brothers.” Seniors are Kenny Brown, Mark Truncle, Bo Worrell, Terry Bridgers, John Clinton, Steve Trevino, Jimmy Lacomb, Steve Culp, Lanston Fall, Chuck Ma-jors, Clint Belk, Jimmy Talbert, David Guidry, Mark Flanagan, Craig Turner, Mark Dunn, Darrell Melan-con and David Smith. (Editor’s note: The 1973 team was Coach Wilson’s last team to coach. He won a state cham-pionship in 1966 and played in a championship game in 1965. The ‘73 team was his best since those two teams.*****Seniors at Little Cypress-Mauriceville under Coach Jim Crossland are Mike Watts, Robert Dunn, Robert Jacobs, David McKinley, George Harmon, Tommy Barrett, Gary Wilson, Ted Seago, Danny Hal-liburton, Tab Finchum, Larry Lunsford, Benny Wood-cock, Jerry Person, Don McClain, Jimmy Reaves, Chris Tiger, Scott Morrison, Robert Mandy and Tommy Martin. (Editor’s note: Coach Crossland, for 20 years, after coaching, was a car dealer, with two dealerships in Oklahoma. He later sold them and retired.)*****Corky Harmon, sales manager and owner at Harmon Chevrolet, depends on top staff to move new cars. Bob Jones, Joe Williamson, Homer Flanagan and Joe Powell make up the all-star team.*****At a fund-raising auction at Bill Williams’ Restaurant in Houston last week, a bed used at the famed “chicken Ranch.” brought $3,000. It was esti-mated that the bed had earned over a million dollars. All Edgar Brown sold was a jackass for $1,500.*****Laverne Ridley has obtained her real estate broker’s license and will be opening an agency in Bridge City.*****Leland Marrow and Fain Holbrook have just returned from Las Vegas.*****Bill Clark wrecks his Caddy at the Rainbow Bridge.*****The twirlers at Bridge City High are Tracy Stout, Jonell Chauvin, Debbie Newson, Sharon Prime-aux, Sharon Clark, Melanie McClain, Mary Henderson and Debbie Voohries.*****Bill Townes is store manager at Kroger’s in Orange.*****Annie Hargrave makes great candy. She made a big box full that she sent to Tommy Segura, Miss Ann’s little boy, who is stationed overseas.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKRuby Wimberley, Kristina Schisler, Lauren Fruge,

Ella Jo Gosset, Lauren Peet, Traci Birmingham, Mary Dixon, Pat Gifford, Susie Riedel, Vicci Milligan, Anna Cappandona, Casey Smith, Dana Perkins, Fred Fuse-lier, Hattie Arnold, Judie Wilson, Julian Oceguera, Cynthia Graham, Julie Smith, Glenda Dixon, Stuart Bertles, Kelli Peery, Lindsey Franklin, Nikki Court-ney, Shane Preston, Travis Sheppard, Wade Barron, Wally Sieck, Carol Izer, Chris Ford, Cora Betzen, Elton Myers, Madison Miller, Marie Richard, Clarissa Cor-tez, Amaris Brown, Allene Manuel, Servet Satir, Mary Loyd, Pete Gresham, Rebecca Collins, Thad Angelle, Bryson McFarland, Chris Byers, RaeAnna Todora, Dwayne Duncan, Dyanna Sandlin, Martha Foley, Lau-rie Kosh, Nancy Aycock, Patsy Brister, Reba Eddins, Barbara Briggs, Barbara Musser, Chuck Kirby, Katy Taylor, Kenneth Haas, Theresa Evans, Lyndsie Neie, Melanie Claybar, Bryan Garrett, Leroy Gomez, Mick-ey Smith, Sam Thomas, Tim Bayliss, Aimee Huckabay, Celeste Hart, James Cornell, Kevin LeCourtere, Jona-than Vogt, Justin McCullough, Stephanie Williams, Kristina Denman, Meagan McGill, Linda Klein, Liz Harris, Patty Burke, Shelly Ford, Trina Stringer, Ve-ronica Smith, Ann Miller, Ben Carpenter, Cecil Allen, Brandon Swarers, Charles Cagle, John Moore, Joe Per-mar, Murray Moreland, Edgar Eschbach, Kevin Phil-lips, Sunni Oceguera, Hayden Clark, Whitney Mott, Allen Dunn, Jan Briggs, Jesse Evans, Lon Hubbard and Rose Powell.

A FEW HAPPENINGSThis year the United States is set to achieve its highest

level of energy independence in more than 20 years, amid booming oil shale output in North Dakota and Texas. De-mands for OPEC‘s crude will decline through 2016. Shale oil represents a large change to the supply picture. The U.S. is producing more domestic oil than ever, while jobs have increased in the oil industry. *****The Texas Aggies shocked number one Alabama in their own Tuscaloosa house. The 29-14 A&M win was no fluke, upset maybe. District Attorney John Kimbrough put it best Friday night when he said, “Don‘t be surprised if A&M wins, adding that today, the talent in college football is more balanced and equal on any given day one team can beat the other.” That‘s paraphrased what John said but his point was that a big win today in major college might be an upset by the odd makers but not a fluke. We can expect more so called upsets. Texas picked a good year not to be playing A&M in the annual turkey day game. A&M‘s

Johnny Manziel is the best freshman in the country. The question is will the voters be reluctant to give the Heis-man to a freshman? *****Native son Wade Phillips and his Texan defense stepped up to the challenge, in fact, they overshadowed the Texan offense. Houston with-stood a cold and rainy day in Soldier Field to come away with a 13-6 win over the Chicago Bears. The Texans are for real. Thanks to Orange native Phillips, the Texans went from worst defense to best since his arrival.*****Bridge City native Matt Bryant and the Atlanta Falcons came up short against the New Orleans Saints in a 31-17 loss. Matt made two field goals and three extra points in the Falcons first loss. *****Thanks to the Dallas defense the Cowboys stopped the Eagles 38-23. The Cowboy defense was re-sponsible for three touchdowns. *****Congratulants to the Bridge City Cardinals and West Orange -Stark Mus-tangs, both headed to the playoffs.*****Congrats also to Jeff Matthews, Beaver and the Vidor Pirate coaching staff on making it to the playoffs. Good luck to all the area teams.*****Misty Songe and the gang at Verizon Wire-less, in Bridge City, are holding a big customer apprecia-tion day on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Free Smart phones, modems and home phones plus 20 percent off all accessories. Here‘s the big kicker, something you don‘t want to miss, free food prepared by Van Choate and his Hush Puppy Express. There will be plenty of food so come join the fun and meet Misty and her gang and wel-come them to Bridge City. See you there. *****A few folks we know who are celebrating their special day in the com-ing week. First, a longtime friend, who is very smart and a real class act. Ruby Wimberly marks another birthday Nov. 14. We wish her and Jerry much happiness in the years ahead. ***Other special ladies celebrating Nov. 14 are Pat Kibbie Gifford and Susie Riedel. Celebrating Nov. 15 are Julian Oceguera, Julie Smith, Glenda Dix-on, Travis Sheppard, and Carol Izek.***On Nov. 16, Thad Angelle, Bridge City native and now one of the wheels at MTC Credit Union.***Rae Anna Todora also celebrates on this day.***Getting older on Nov. 17 are Reba Eddins, longtime school employee, Kenneth Hass, longtime husband of Phyllis Guidry Hass.***Celebrating Nov. 18 are Aimee Huckabay, Melanie Claybar and Stephanie Williams.***Linda Klein, Liz Harris, Trina Stringer, Cecil Allen and Charles Cagle all celebrate on Nov. 19.***Nov. 20 is the big day for some special charac-ters. First is Dot’s little boy, a good guy Edgar Eschbach. ***A lovely lady Sunni Oceguera. ***Lon Hubbard, what can I say, to know him is to like him. He’s done his daddy Bubba proud as a gentleman, husband, father and friend. ***Last but not least is a very special guy, one who always does to ride the range with, someone who will watch your back. Happy birthday to Allen Dunn and all of the above. Please see complete birthday list.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEKDa college in Lafayette was holding a free group

therapy session. Da psychiatrist was conducting da session wit some young mothers and dere small chi-lun. Da doctor him, observed, after looking at da pa-per dat dey had filled out,

“You all have obseccesions,” he said. “First Agnes Boudreaux, you are obsessed wit eating, you even named you little daughter Candy.” To da second moth-er Ella Comeaux he said, Ms. Comeaux, your obsecci-on is money. Again it manifests itself in your child’s name, Penny.”

At dis point da turd mother, Ula Mae Thibodaux, got up, took her little boy by his little hand and whispered, “come on little Peter, let’s go home.”

C’EST TOUTNo small achievement for the Obama Administration

is that they have positioned the United States to be the world’s number one oil producer in the next eight years, when they will surpass Saudi Arabia. The threat to green energy will put big oil in high gear. *****No! Not Elmo! Sesame Street announced that Kevin Clash, Elmo pup-peteer, was taking a leave of absence in the wake of allega-tions that he had a relationship with a 16 year old boy. In a later announcement it was reported that the 16-year-old had recanted his statement.*****The flesh is weak and Gen. David Petraeus found a high number to get weak with. Paula Broadwell may not be a “10” but I can see his temptation. The problem is that he had two good lookers competing for his affection. Four months ago, when he found out Paula was threatening Tampa socialite, Jill Kelly, he broke off the relationship. Too late. Jill had let the cat out of the bag and burned them with the FBI. My guess is that nothing will become of what is a simple af-fair. It happens daily around the world. The country is the loser. Gen. Petraeus is one of the top military brains since Gen. Omar Bradly. He just let the flesh overcome the brain. *****Idiots are born every day and some sign se-cession petitions.*****You don’t have to be a financial wiz-ard to figure out when business is good or getting better. A wise old man told me years ago, if the jukebox in a joint has money in it, business is good. If there’s no money in the box, business is bad. Simply apply the same principle to sale tax returns to local municipalities. Our receipts have been climbing steadily over the past year. My pre-diction is steady growth and prosperity over the next four years, with 16 to 18 million new jobs.*****Special thanks to Capt. Chuck Uzzle for the birds. I’ll remember him when I sip that gumbo.****First I’m going to Paul’s Sea-food Restaurant and eat a load of oysters and other good-ies. He’s located at Hwy. 12 at Hwy. 1442, a couple of miles from Mauriceville Circle towards Vidor. Tell ‘um we sent you, they’ll treat you right.*****Debby wrote a goodbye story on Judge Pat Clark. What a guy. It’s been a great ride for a Riverside, catholic boy. Thanks judge, for all your service, your friendship and never changing. I take back nothing, good or bad I’ve said about you. Best wishes to you and Rosalie.*****Roy has written a Down Life’s Highway column about the history of straight party vot-ing and it’s probable damaging effects. How Commis-sioner John Dubose, a longtime friend, was victimized by the practice. Not a reflection on John but rather on Obama and his administration. Thanks for your time. Take care and God bless.


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The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced the Student’s of the Month for November at their monthly networking coffee on Nov. 13, 2012 at Bridge City State Bank, located at 701 W. Roundbunch Road. Mason Davis was cho-sen as the Bridge City Student of the Month and Elizabeth Newell was chosen as the Orangefield Student of the Month.

Mason Davis, son of Paul and Kim Davis, is ranked 30th out of his class of 165 with a grade point average of 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. Mason’s awards and honors are: Member of the National Honor Society, Recipient of the 2010 Rotary Award, Perfect Attendance 9th, 10th, and 11th grades and Student of the Month.

Mason’s clubs and organiza-tions are: Member of the Na-tional Honor Society, Member of the Student Council Execu-tive Committee, Vice Presi-dent of the Texas Association of Future Educators, Member

of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Member of the Lead-ership 101 Class, Member of the Football Team, Basketball Team, Soccer Team and Track Team. He is also a two year Delegate to the Texas Associa-tion of Student Council Lead-ership.

For his service to the com-munity, Mason volunteered at the Port Arthur Soup Kitchen, at Bridge City Heritage Festi-val and with World Changers – assisted with home repairs in Shreveport, La.

“Mason is a wonderful stu-dent and role model at BCHS and is very deserving of this award”, said Arron Conner, Family and Consumer Science and English II teacher. “Mason is always positive, caring, mo-tivated and spirited. He strives to always be his best and is concerned about his future. He has been a joy to have in class for several years now.”

Michelle Huff, Family and Consumer Science and Cheer Coach said “Mason has been

such a wonderful student to teach and have in class. He is so sweet and tender hearted. Mason is a great role model for his Ready Set Tech students; as well as his peers. He is also a hard worker and has excellent leadership skills.”

Mason’s future plans are to attend Lamar University and major in Chemical Engineer-ing.

Orangefield’s Student of the Month is Elizabeth Newell. She is the daughter of Keith and Teri Newell.

Elizabeth’s clubs and or-ganizations include; Student Council Member grades 9-12, Student Council Treasurer grades 10-12, Interact Mem-bers grades 11-12, TAFE Member grades 10,11,12, TAFE Treasurer, grades 11,12, Debate Team grades 9-11, Li-brary Club Member grades 11-12 and National Honor So-ciety Treasurer grade 11.

Elizabeth’s awards and hon-ors are: National Honor Soci-ety grades 11-12, RYLA – Ro-tary Youth Leadership Award – January 2012, Outstanding Leadership and Academic Achievement – selected by the principal and teacher’s, Rotary Club Award – Scholas-tic Excellence for years 2010, 2011 and 2012, All A Highest Honors, grades 9-12, Highest Ranking Student for both 10th and 11th grades, Bluebonnet Girls – June 2012, Citizenship Day by Kiwanis Club grade 10, sixth in Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Decla-mation, and first place in Dis-trict Finals in Declamation in 2010.

Elizabeth’s community service involved: The Heal-ing Hoof from May to August 2011, volunteer at Christus St. Elizabeth June – August 2012, volunteer in Special Olym-pics 2011-2012, and Veterans Memorial Beautification on September 11, 2011.Elizabeth had very positive comments from her teachers. “Congratu-lations to a wonderful, young lady, who always has a sweet smile! You are a “Light” in this

school! Stay on the path pre-pared for you…you will be suc-cessful!” Carolyn Morgan

“Elizabeth is one of the most dedicated and self-motivated individuals I’ve ever met. Eliz-abeth has taken on some very large roles within the school this year and has exceeded the already high expecta-tions. She is the definition of a leader. Elizabeth can always be seen walking around campus cheerful and smiling which I believe has a positive effect on everyone around. She is a Christian, a leader, a motiva-tor and an all-around great person to be around.” Cody Harper, Science Teacher and NHS Sponsor.

“Elizabeth’s intellectual brilliance is only rivaled by her caring and sunny nature; she is the kind of student all teachers wish for. Elizabeth is a respon-sible, mature young lady who effortlessly leads her peers by positive example.” Jennifer Rumsey, English Teacher.

“Elizabeth is an office aide for me at the end of the day.

This young lady always has a wonderful smile on her face. It is not just an outward smile, but it comes from inside and just lights up the world around her. She is a fine young Chris-tian lady and I truly do admire her and her attitude. I hope I can meet her ten or twenty years from now and if I could, I know she will have made an impact on her world that will be amazing.” Nita Nugent, Of-fice Supervisor.

“I am thrilled that Elizabeth has been chosen as Novem-ber’s honoree. Elizabeth has been a student of mine for three years. In that time I have watched her mature in her educational development, her attitude, and her accomplish-ments. She is the quintessen-

tial student, always prepared, always on task, and always on the mark in her work.” Fred Cascio, Honors Spanish 3 and AP English.

Regarding future plans, Elizabeth states: “I plan to at-tend Lamar University and at-tain a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. My goal after this is to work in a hospital until I get married and have children.”

Mason and Elizabeth re-ceived a certificate honoring them for their accomplish-ments along with gift certifi-cates from The Classy Pea-cock, Wal-Mart, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, COS Printing, David Self Ford, Bridge City Bank and Geaux Mail.

BCCC names Davis, Newell Students of the Month

Bridge City Chamber Ambassador Ethyl Marchand presents Eliza-beth Newell with the Orangefield Student of the Month award. Also pictured is Orangefield High School Counselor Ms. Parkhurst.

Bridge City Chamber Representative Mike Johnson presented Mason Davis with the Bridge City Student of the Month award. Also pictured were Bridge City High School Principal Mr. Briggrs (left), Mason’s mother Kim Davis and BCISD Superintendent Mike King (right).


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Friday, November 16, 2012 (7:00pm)Clifford the Big Red Dog Live! - Celebrate the beloved Big Red Dog’s 50th anniversary brought to life on stage in this all new musical.Sunday, November 25 and Monday, November 26, 2012 (7:30pm)A Chorus Line - Encounter the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. Winner of nine Tony Awards®, including “Best Musical” and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Tickets are available from $35–$65.Thursday, November 29 and Friday, November 30, 2012 (7:30pm)The Midtown Men - They took Broadway by storm in one of the biggest hits of all-time and now they’re together again! Bringing to life their favorite “Sixties Hits” from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Motown, The Four Seasons and more. Tickets are available from $35–$65.Open Monday through Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Call 409.886.5535 or visit lutcher.org for tickets.

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December 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20 and 22, 2012 (6:00 - 8:00pm)Lighted Evening Christmas Strolls - Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the decorated gardens with friends and family. See lighted areas with seasonal décor, Christmas tree designs created by area schools, organizations, businesses and families and listen to holiday music along the way. Entry is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item.

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OC Farmer’s Market ends season Nov. 21The Orange County Farmers’ Market is open on Wednesdays

from 3-6 p.m. and Saturday from 7-10 a.m. The market ends when the produce is sold out, which is often earlier than the times shown. The last day for this year will be Wednesday, Nov. 21.

The following items are now available: Grapefruit, lemons, naval oranges, satsuma oranges, yellow squash, bell peppers, mustard greens, pecans (shelled and unshelled), jams and jellies, yard plants, house plants, local honey, fresh eggs, homemade cookies, homemade bread, and more. The vendors appreciate small bills if you have them.

The market is held in the parking lot in front of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive. For additional information, contact Texas AgriLife at 882-7010.

Eagles offers free classes, pool tour-nament and hall rental

The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2523 located at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange is offering several free classes, activities and fundraisers.

Free scrapbook classes are held at 4 p.m. each Tuesday. The community is invited.

A free line dance class is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Free genealogy classes are offered at 4 p.m. each Wednesday. A pool tournament will be held beginning at 8 p.m., Friday,

Nov. 16. Prize money will given to 1st and 2nd place winners. Food will be available.

The 63’ X 39’ hall is available for rent. The hall is suitable for all occasions, with an occupancy of 200. The amenities include a band stand, nice dance floor, tables, chairs, large kitchen, wet bar, pool table, and a large parking lot. A bartender and waitress will be provided as needed. The Fraternal Order of Eagles has an excellent location, one block off MacArthur Drive. For more in-formation on any of the activities or rent the hall contact Sharon Bodin at 409-735-8662 or 409-719-7793.

Red Hot Flashers to meet Nov. 16The Red Hot Flashers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at

the Sunset Grove Country Club. Lady Sunshine, Bobbie Johnson, is the birthday lady. Games will be played after lunch and mem-bers will bring door prizes. The birthday lady always has first choice of the door prizes. All ladies are welcome. For additional information call 886-1609.

Tiger Rock to host free women’s protection seminar

Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, 1955 Miller Dr (FM408), Bridge City, will be holding a FREE Women’s Personal Protection Seminar from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17. All women age 13 yrs and up are welcome to attend and bring a friend. Call 920-1462 to reserve a spot.

Orange Chapter of DAR to meet Nov. 19 The William Diamond Chapter of The Daughters of the Amer-

ican Revolution of Orange will have their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 19 at #4 West Eads Street in Orange. The program for the meeting will be “The Golden Age of Paper Dolls.”

Any woman 18 years of age or older who can prove lineal de-scent from a patriot of The American Revolution is eligible for membership. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member is encouraged to attend.

If more information is needed, the Chapter Regent may be contacted at 409-735-5253.

W.O. Chiefs to host annual Christmas Reunion Dance

The West Orange Cheifs will host their annual Christmas Re-union Dance from 6:30 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Ken Marvel Band will preform with special guest “Jivin Gene” Bourgeois. Snacks are welcome and this is a b.y.o.b. event. This is open to the pubic and the cost is $10 per person. Smoking will be outside only. For more information, please contact Jim-my Guidry at 409-735-2294, 409-988-5283 or [email protected].

Vendors registration now open for Christmas at the Browns

Christmas at the Browns will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3 The Brown Center of Lamar State College - Or-ange is accepting vendor registration until Nov. 16. Please con-tact us at 409-883-2939 or email [email protected] for more information.

American Legion Club Room now openThe American Legion Club Room, located at 108 Green Ave.

in Orange will be open at noon, Monday through Sunday, on a trial basis. The American Legion Post 49 is revised their hours to be serve their members and guest. For this venture to be success-ful, the American Legion is asking for the support and patronage of the community.

Dusty Trails 4-H Pecan Fundraiser Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has our Dusty

Trails 4-H Club selling the famous Durham-Ellis pecans from Comanche Texas. The club will be accepting orders until Oct.12, 2012. These pecans will be available for pickup about two weeks before Thanksgiving. Anyone who places an Order with the Dusty Trails 4-H Club will be picking up their order in Or-ange or Mauriceville.

Dusty Trails 4-H Club will be selling pecans, flavor pecans, specialty nuts and mixes at various prices. Raw pecans are $9 for a one pound bag, $28 for a three pound box and $43 for a five pound box. To place an order call the Dusty Trails 4-H Club, Jes-sica Mayfield 409-886-5906 or orders can also be taken by any of the club members.

Mauriceville AA meetsAn Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is held each Thursday at

7:30 p.m. in Mauriceville at the United Methodist Church on Highway 12. For more information call 409-670-6265.

Orange Community Band to meet every Thursday

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

GOACC announces annual banquetThe Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce will host its

annual banquet meeting beginning at 6 p.m., Dec. 10 at the Sun-set Grove Country Club located at 2801 W. Sunset Dr.

They will recognize their 2012 Citizen of the Year, Non Profit Community Service Award and Business Community Service Award.

Sponsorship Tables are $400 which include a table with eight reserved seats and company logo on table.

Individual Reservations are $40 per person. Contact the GOACC for more information.

Upcoming chamber member events:Dec. 7- Orange Christmas Parade 6:30 p.m.Dec. 13- Toilet Paper Tea & Open House at Southeast Texas

Hospice 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Dec. 18- Jerry Hughes Realty 35th Annual Christmas Open

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Entergy Texas residential customers will end 2012 with an average electric bill about 5 percent lower than last year.

That’s because although the Public Utility Commission of Texas’ final ruling on the base rate case Entergy Texas filed late last year called for a small increase to residential customer bills, that increase will be more than offset by a series of credits and a fuel cost refund.

The PUCT allowed Entergy Texas a retail base rate increase of $27.7 million per year. That translates into an increase of $5.94 per month for the average 1,000 kilowatt-hour residential bill. Customers, however, won’t see this increase until next spring.

That’s because during November, when the rate increase is scheduled to go into effect, custom-ers will also receive the first of three months of a production cost credit. The credit is called a Rough Production Cost Equalization credit and will lower bills by $13.85 in November, $12.74 in December and $10.63 in January. For example, in November 2011, the average bill was $114.31. But this year, that bill will be $108. When November and December are averaged together, monthly bills will be $5.76 less than the last two months of 2011.

But that’s not the only bill-dropping news for customers.Entergy Texas has also filed with the PUCT to give customers a fuel refund totaling $77.9 mil-

lion. That translates to a per residential customer total refund of $68. The company plans to begin the refund in January; however, the number of months over which the refund will be divided has not yet been decided by the PUCT.

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The fuel refund reflects lower than anticipated costs for the fuel used to generate electricity. Regulations in Texas require Entergy Texas to set a fixed fuel factor that stays on bills for six months at a time. The factor is based on market costs for fuel at a certain point in time and deter-mines the fuel charge that customers see on bills. The company makes no profit on fuel. Prices for fuel, however, change frequently. If the fuel factor proves to have been set too high, customers will receive a refund on their bills.

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Joseph Brown EddlemanPittsburg, Texas

Joe Brown Eddleman, 72, of Pittsburg, Texas, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at East Texas Medical Center in Ty-ler.

Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Mr. Mike Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Wilkerson Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Orange on Aug. 16, 1940, Joe was the son of Tom and Gladys (Brown) Eddleman. He graduated from Little Cy-press High School and later graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor degree. Joe was a member of the Southwest Fertilizer Confer-ence.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Duane Eddleman.

Joe is survived by his wife, Gayle Rickard of Pittsburg; two children; two grandchildren; and stepson, Stephen Rickard. He is also survived by his sisters, Janye Rodgers and June Murff; and a very large extended family who loved him very much.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christian Cow-boys Who Care Ministry, P.O. Box 99, Douglas, Texas 75943-0099.

Lavina Faye Stewart SaltzmanBridge City

Lavina Faye Stewart Saltzman, 76 of Bridge City, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at Baptist Hos-pital in Beaumont.

Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with the Rev. Bob Boone, pastor of First Baptist Church in Bridge City, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Born in Port Arthur on Nov. 7, 1936, Lavina was the daughter of Almon and Emma (Burleigh) Stewart. She worked at DuPont SRW for 30 years as a secretary in the safety department.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Saltzman; grandson, Heath Duhon; sister, LaFaun Willis; and brother, Roger Stewart.

Lavina is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Kim Abbott of Port Neches; daughter and son-in-law, Rhon-da and Ronnie Duhon of Or-ange; grandchildren, Tanya Far-well and husband, Jeremy, Dustin Abbott, Brant Duhon, Kyle Abbott; five great-grand-children; sisters, Gwen Baker, Ada Garrity, Nelda Bondurant and brother, Dawin Stewart.

James Robert LaneOrange

James Robert “Bob” Lane, 56, of Orange, passed away Fri-day, Nov. 9, 2012 at the Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont.

A memorial service to remem-ber Bob’s life will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Cha-pel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange. A gathering of Bob’s family and friends will be from 5 p.m. until service time at the fu-neral home. Cremation was held prior to services.

Bob was born on Feb. 7, 1956 in Orange to his parents, Thom-as Robert Lane and Margaret Anne (Miles) Lane. He was a life-long resident of Orange and worked in various different jobs in the construction industry.

Bob was baptized in the Epis-copal faith, he loved life in the outdoors fishing, hunting, gar-dening, riding his Harley-David-son motorcycle, spending time at the Sabine River and spend-ing time with his dogs, Piper and Bluebell.

Bob is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Dick and Tootie Lane and his mater-nal grandparents, Tex and Hazel Miles.

Those who will most cherish his memory are his wife, Robin Lane of Orange; his parents, Bob and Peggy Lane of Orange;

his stepdaughters, Casey Car-roll and husband, Ryan of Vidor and Jennifer LeJeune and hus-band, Ryan of Cherry Point, NC; his twin stepsons, Joshua Paul Hucko and Jacob Anthony Hucko both of Orange; his step-grandchildren, Kennedy, Addy, Londyn and Ethan. Bob is also survived by numerous extended family and friends.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.dormanfuner-alhome.com.

Louise “Jean” CourmierVinton

Louise “Jean” Courmier, 82, lifelong resi-dent of Vin-ton passed away Sun-day, Nov. 11, 2012.

A Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Vinton with Father Marion Susil Fernando officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gar-dens in Orange.

A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday at Claybar Funer-al Home in Orange with a rosary recited at 7:00 p.m.

Mrs. Courmier was born in Beaumont on Sept. 17, 1930 to Thomas Warren and Willie Mae (Christian) Redman. She worked as a bank teller at the First City Bank in Orange for 23 years. She was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She will be remembered for her handmade beautiful quilts, homemade baked rolls and her leadership for many years in the Calcasieu Parish 4-H Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Ray-mond “Sonny” Wilfer, Jr. and Emery “Cowboy” Courmier and son, Emery “Duke” Courmier Jr.

She is survived by her daugh-ter, Roxana Shell and husband, Doug of Lake Charles; son, Randy Owen Wilfer Sr. and wife, Debbie of Lake Charles; daugh-ter, Wanda Jean Vincent and husband, Calvin of Vinton; son, Kelly Joe Courmier of Sulphur and daughter, Mollie Sue Brous-sard of Carylss. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Shannon Bertrand, Stephen Laughlin, Jacob White, Randy Wilfer Jr., Dena Chesson, Duke Wilfer, Stephanie Wilfer, Alicia Fontenot, Michael Vincent, Blake Vincent, Lynsie Courmier, Tyler Joe Courmier and Timothy “T.J.” Broussard; 19 great grandchil-dren and half-sister, Plum Vin-cent.

Mary Louise StoneOrange

Mary Louise Stone, 63, of Or-ange passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.

A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at The Cemetery.

Mrs. Stone was born April 6, 1949 in Orange to Henry Ethal and Louise (Fregia) Garza. She enjoyed reading, cooking and listening to her music, especially KOGT but more than anything she loved spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Billy W. Stone; brother, Charlie Garza and daughter-in-law, Cynthia Kaye Hoffpauir.

She is survived by her sons, Eddie L. Hoffpauir Jr. of Mau-riceville and Michael Allen Hoff-pauir of Bridge City and grand-children, Cody Hoffpauir and Kellie Redmon. She is also sur-vived by her siblings, Henry Gar-za, Jr., James Garza, Eva Nixon, Glenn Garza, Johnny Garza, Roy Garza, Tommy Garza, George Garza, Ricky Garza and Billy Garza and many nieces, neph-ews and cousins.

Jerry Andrew ColvinOrange

Jerry Andrew Colvin, 65, of Or-ange passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.

A memo-rial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at New Beginnings Church As-

sembly of God, located at 216 FM 105 in Orange.

He was born on June 25, 1947 to parents Dorothy Marie (Ou-sley) and Garland Harm Colvin and was a native and life long resident of Orange.

He was employed with the State of Texas in the Road and Bridge Department. He had served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War. Jerry was a loving man, who loved spending time with his family; he will be missed dearly by all.

He was preceded in death by his father Garland Colvin; moth-er, Dorothy Colvin.

Jerry memory will be cherish by his fiancé, Lucille Nicolas; daughters, Shannon Minchew and fiancé Kenneth Boyd of Tulsa, Okla., Tammie Garcia and husband Miguel of Orange; step daughter, Laurie Lingenfel-ter of Orange; step sons Shawn Lingenfelter and wife, Sandra of Orange.

He is also survived by his grandchildren Andrew Minchew and wife Amy of Oklahoma, Jen-nifer Franklin, Sylvia Moye and fiancé Mathew VicKers, Jacob Ellis, Haylie Belcher, Chasity Lingenfelter, Michael Garcia, Nicki Ellis, Jamie Garcia, Tervor Lingenfelter, Tre Harris all of Or-ange; great grandchildren, Jo-seph Minchew, Wesley VicKers, Lucas Minchew and numerous nieces and nephews.

Cremation was held under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent for the family at www.dormanfuner-alhome.com.

WR “Bill” McDuffVidor

Bill McDuff, 74, of Vidor died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 at Christus Dubuis Hospital of Beaumont.

Funeral services were held on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to fol-low at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, at Houston National Cem-etery in Houston.

Born on July 27, 1938 and a native of Cleburne, Texas, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Bill retired from Dupont Chem of Orange after 35 years in the maintenance department and was a member the Pirate Sams, a good Sams RV Chapter. He served his country and retired from the US Army and the US Army Reserves after 35 years. Bill was a member of First Bap-tist Church in Orangefield.

Bill is survived by his wife of 35 years Karen McDuff; sons Mi-cheal and Richard McDuff both of Orange; step son Carl Murray of Beaumont; and six grandchildren.

Doris Bravo BarrHouston

Doris Bravo Barr, 93 of Hous-ton, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Memo-rial Hermann S o u t hwe s t Hospital in Houston.

F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s was held on the morning of Wednes-day, Nov. 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Jeff Bell, pastor of Calvary Bap-tist Church in Port Acres, offi-ciating. Burial followed at Ever-green Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Orange on Feb. 15, 1919, Doris was the daughter of the late Manlo A. Bravo and Ada Louise (Pachar) Bravo. She was born in Orange and moved to Houston in 1952. She was a graduate of Mary Hardin- Baylor of Belton, and a long time social worker for the state of Texas. She was a member of Eastern Star, Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution and Sharpstown Baptist Church of Bellaire Texas. Doris will be remembered not only for her devotion to God and family, but also for her love of music, gardening, and painting.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert R. Barr; and sister, Laurene Knight.

She is survived by her sons, Raymond Barr and his wife, Linda of Bullard, Texas, and

Jim Barr and his wife, Jeannine of Houston; granddaughter, Rachelle Barr; and her longtime friend, Jennifer Hickson.

In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily would request donations to Sharpstown Baptist Church of Bellaire, Texas.

Donnel W. McCannOrange

Donnel W. McCann, 74, of Orange, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s were held T u e s d a y , Nov. 13, at Claybar Fu-neral Home Chapel in Orange with Mr. Darrell Powell, minister of West Orange Church of Christ, officiating. A private burial was held at Oak Bluff Cemetery in Port Neches.

Born in Conroe on May 14, 1938, Donnel was the son of Donnel Earl McCann and Annie (Collins) McCann. For 27 years, Donnel was an English teacher and taught at West Orange-Stark ISD for 22 of those years. He also was a member of West Orange Church of Christ.

Preceded in death by his par-ents and son, Kevin Keith Mc-Cann, Donnel is survived by his wife of 40 years, Judith McCann of Orange; daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Mike Baxter of Phoenix, Ariz.; and son and daughter-in-law, Heath and Jen-nifer McCann of Columbia, Mo.

He is also survived by his grandchildren, Brandon, Maris-sa and Brooklynn McCann, Sean and Brooke Baxter; sister, Fran-ces Ray; brother, Larry McCann; and sister, Sherry Little.

Rita Arlene MorrisOrange

Rita Arlene Morris, 85, of Or-ange, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at her home.

Funeral Services were held 10 a.m. Satur-day, Nov. 10 at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with the Rev. Brad Morgan officiating. Burial fol-lowed at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.

Visitation was held Friday, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City.

Born in Ambridge, Pa. on Sept. 20, 1927, Rita was the daughter of Charles and Su-zanne (Hageman) Dunn.

She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church for 51 years. Rita loved the Houston Astros, especially Craig Biggio. She was a gifted painter, en-joyed camping, the outdoors and the comic section of the newspaper. She especially loved her dogs, Trixie and Sweetie.

She was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter, Brandy Alice Buckley; and brothers, Jim Dunn and Thomas Joseph Dunn.

Rita is survived by her husband of 65 years, Lester Morris; daugh-ter and son-in-law, Linda and Jarvis Buckley of Orange; and sons and daughter-in-law, Ray Morris of Orange and Craig and Dana Morris of Fulshear, Texas.

She is also survived by her five grandchildren, Jeffrey Buckley and wife Heather, Melanie Her-rman and husband Ron, Ashlee Beeman and husband Derek, Al-lison Morris, Bryan Morris and wife Kelly; five great-grandchil-dren, Kirsten Satterwait, Hunter Johnston, Addie Cunningham, Clara Beeman, Calvin Morris; siblings, Charles Dunn, John Dunn, Georgeanne Lepinsky, Janyce Burnette, Mary Frances Werfelman; and special friend, Russell “Bubba” Uher.

Serving as pallbearers were Ray Morris, Craig Morris, Jarvis Buckley, Bryan Morris, Derek Beeman and Jeffrey Buckley.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church Building

Fund, P.O. Box 1290, Bridge City, Texas 77611.

Betty Ann Wilson TheriotHemphill

Betty Ann Wilson Theriot, 77, of the Fair-mount Com-munity near H e m p h i l l , died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in the Sabine County Hos-pital.

The funer-al service was held Monday, Nov. 12 at Fairdale Baptist Church in Fairmount, Texas. Burial will fol-low in the Mt. Sinai Cemetery.

She was born in Haynesville, La., to James E. and Jewell Lara-ine Skelton Ray. Before moving from Orange to Fairmount in 1995, she was church secretary of the McDonald Memorial Bap-tist Church. Ann is a member of the Fairdale Baptist Church.

She is survived by her hus-band Sam Theriot of Fairmount; her daughters, Toni Dyer and her fiance Kenneth Mann, Simmye Griffin and her husband Andy, and Beth Brown and her husband Tony, all of Orange; her step-chil-dren, Cathy, Rebecca, Dorothy and Alan; her grandchildren, An-drew Griffin, Rebecca Richard, Benjamin and Daniel Perry; and six great grandchildren.

She is also survived by her sister Helen Knight of Trinity; her brother Jim Ray and his wife Janelle of Rockwall; and all her nieces and nephews who were like her children.

Ann was preceded in death by her husband J.B. Wilson and her grandson Jacob Paul Griffin.

Our Mom was beloved by her family and all those who knew her. She showed mercy to oth-ers, was kind humble, gentle and patient.

Pat CharrierOrange

Pat Charrier, 72, of Orange, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Mid Jeffer-son Extend-ed Care in Nederland.

A Grave-side Service was held at 2 p.m. Tues-day, Nov. 13, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation was held Mon-day, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Paris, Texas on Dec. 10, 1940, Patsy was the daugh-ter of Marcus and Mary Jane (Ballow) Thomas. She enjoyed cooking and visiting with family, friends and neighbors.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Coy Charrier; son, Darrell Charrier; and sister, Ramona O’Neal.

Pat is survived by her daugh-ter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Chris Williamson of Vinton, La.; sons and daughters-in-law, Coy and Kristi Charrier of Orange, Randy and Sabrina Charrier of

Spring, and Roger and Kathy Charrier of Mauriceville.

She is also survived by her 12 grandchildren; 7 great-grand-children; sister, Ruby Nelson; and brother, Richard Thomas.

Nita Odelle CooperOrange

Nita Odelle Cooper, 82, of Or-ange, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at her home.

A grave-side service was held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Hillcrest Me-morial Gar-dens near Bridge City.

Born in Orange on Oct. 9, 1930, Nita was the daughter of Russell Daniel Coleman and Earlene (Nimitz) Coleman. She was a member of The Bengal Guards in Orange. In her spare time, Nita enjoyed shopping and or-dering items from QVC. She loved drawing, collecting and doing many crafts. She always loved having her family together and never missed a chance to be with those she loved.

Preceded in death by her hus-band, William Raymond Cooper, Nita is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bob Powers of Kingwood; sons and daughter-in-law, Danny and Charlene Cooper, Ray Cooper, Sammy and Pam Cooper all of Orange and Bob and Sabrinna Cooper of Deer Park.

She is also survived by her 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grand-children; sisters, Betty Wilson of Bridge City, Gladys Dryden of Lavernia; and brother, Russell Coleman of College Station.

James Robert HillOrange

James Robert Hill, 55, a lifelong resident of Orange, died Wednes-day, Nov. 7, 2012, at his home.

A memorial service was held Saturday, Nov. 10, at First Church of God on the corner of Ninth and Main in Orange. Pas-tor Demetrius Moffett officiated the service.

Born in Orange on Jan. 5, 1957, Robert was the son of James E. and Doris (Short) Hill. He was a great dad who cher-ished his children and grand-children. Robert was a loving son, brother, and father whom will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.

Robert was preceded in death by his father.

He is survived by his mother, Doris Hill of Orange; wife, Be-linda Hill of Orange; daughters, Brandy (Mike) Quebodeaux, Jennifer (Brandon) Yawn and Meagan (Gerald) LaChance; and son, James “Robbie” Hill Jr., all of Orange. He is also survived by his sister, Roseanne Hill Mc-Dade of Orange; five grandchil-dren, one nephew, and a large extended family.

Cremation were held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange and Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.


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For nearly 60 years now I’ve known every county commissioner and judge. Some more personally than others. I recall the days of long meetings and constant squabbling; usually it was a divided court. Not Republican and Dem-ocrats but rather the liberal and conservative wings of the Democratic Party. Fortunately, over the last 30 odd years, our county has been one of the smoothest run courts anywhere.

Over the last 18 years, under Judge Carl Thibodeaux, a Louisiana transplant, the court has been overwhelmingly conservative and year after year, its operation has been envied by other counties in the state. I mention the above maybe because I feel a cloud coming. I hope not, but last week we witnessed a real injus-tice. Where 12-year county commissioner was victimized by a long outdated practice called straight ticket voting.

I recall many years ago, in Democratic elec-tions, when uneducated voters were schooled to just check one box. Also minority votes were controlled by herding them to the polls and making straight ticket voters out of them. I hadn’t seen that practice raise its ugly head un-til four years ago, when it was an easier sell and the cry became vote against the black guy. Race in these parts and in the south since the 1964

Civil Rights Act has turned the southern states red. LBJ predicted as much when he signed the Civil Rights Bill. Straight ticket voting among Republicans escalated, even over four years ago, when local leaders pushed hard this cycle for a vote against Obama. Believe me, it wasn’t a positive vote for Romney.

A week before the election we got wind of a Romney phone bank and wondered why. We found out voters were being encouraged to vote straight party. The danger is that it renders people to con-form to a party philosophy rath-er than educating themselves on individual candidates. It allows bad candidates to ride the wave rather than on their own merits. Also, it’s an unfair practice to a local candidate who is not judged on his quality of service but becomes a victim of a scheme that doesn’t judge the candidate. In the majority of votes cast in Orange County, it was a vote against Obama and his policies. The defeat of County Commis-sioner John Dubose is not a reflection on him; it was an absolute reflection on the Obama Ad-ministration.

What’s shameful about that is that local gov-ernment has no connection to national politics. If we would have voted two separate ballots, nation/state and local ballot, Dubose would have won handily. A few years ago, Dubose defeated his opponent, John Banken, carrying over 70 percent of the vote. In this race how-ever, Banken received 4,389 votes, of that 3,297 were straight party votes, allowing him to win by 880 votes. Dubose received more cross over votes than anyone. He tried educating voters, explaining that a person could vote straight party and still cross over. That’s been the law but voters didn’t understand, or down ballot candidates didn’t figure in their voting either for John Banken or Dubose.

All candidates in the Democratic Party, who would have drawn Republican opposition, would have likely lost. That will possibly never happen again in our lifetime because there will not be another black at the top of the ticket. In fact, two years from now, in midterm election, it will be different. Some Democrats will scare off but voting local will return. If you believe any Democrats could have gotten elected in this straight party sweep look at these figures. Uncontested Republican races got 7,000 more votes in local races than uncontested Demo-

cratic candidates. County wide, straight party Republican votes amounted to 72.60 percent of total vote, exactly the same percentage Banken got.

Having said all of the above, we got lucky; we could have elected an unqualified candidate. I’ve known John Banken for many years. He’s befriended me in the past. I’ve known him as a good Christian family man. He was a good city councilman and mayor of Bridge City. As a former plant manager, he knows budgets and working with people. Banken is a level headed guy and unless he’s influenced by the extremist, he will be a good county com-missioner. Waste and fat in the

county operations is non-existent. He doesn’t have to look for boogie men, there aren’t any.

Now let me say a few word about John Du-bose. I’ve known him for over 35 years. I’m aware of his childhood. John was raised an or-phan, he rode a bicycle while holding two jobs to send himself to school and college. He be-came a CPA and climbed the ladder with Cox Enterprise and was comptroller of the Port Arthur News when I met him. He later became publisher of the Orange Leader. He served as

city councilman and twice mayor of Bridge City before being elected county commissioner. He and his wife, Joyce, adopted two children. When unjust attempts were made to take their son away from them, John worked two jobs to pay for several appeals that took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. When the case was won in John and Joyce’s favor it became case law. As a commissioner he’s worked untir-ingly toward accomplishments for his county. He’s often called a workaholic but in truth he’s a doer. He’s a true conservative, a numbers guy. His experience has served the court well. Of all the commissioners I’ve known, none have been more dedicated. John accomplished a lot for his precinct, usually through grants. He repaired several roads by working with other entities. Judge Carl Thibodaux will tell you John is one of the most knowledgeable commissioners he’s ever served with.

Former Judge James Stringer says his service and know how will be missed on the court. “John was a natural to someday serve as county judge. He’s prepared himself well.”

John is a caring person who always will be dedicated to service and someday I look for him to return to public service. As for John, he’ll be alright; he’s a strong person who knows that you serve at the will of the people regardless of how it comes about.

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Orange Chapter of DAR to meet Nov. 19

The William Diamond Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution of Orange will have their month-ly meeting at 10 a.m. on Mon-day, Nov. 19 at #4 West Eads Street in Orange. The pro-gram for the meeting will be “The Golden Age of Paper Dolls.”

Any woman 18 years of age or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of The American Revolution is eligi-ble for membership. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member is encouraged to at-tend.

If more information is need-ed, the Chapter Regent may be contacted at 409-735-5253.

B ‘THE RECORD’ HOMETOWN HIGHLIGHTS

The Bridge City Cardinals will keep the Buzzi Gunn Trophy at BCHS for another year after defeating the Orangefield Bob-cats in the annual cross-town rivalry Bayou Bowl XII. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

Orange County High School Football . . .

Thrillers lead to playoffs

It’s playoff time. Anyone who has been following our local are football teams knows that this is the oppor-tunity that the schools play for. This is what all the hard work and deter-mination gets you; a new chance to survive every week. If it all ends up the way you hope, you’ll be the last team standing.

Last week, the Bridge City Cardi-nals (5-5, 4-2) wrote a new page in the book of school history by secur-ing a playoff berth with a 24-13 win over their rival Orangefield Bobcats (4-6, 2-4). Coach Cris Stump’s squad earned him a fourth consecutive playoff appearance, and more im-portantly, a chance to keep their sea-son alive.

The Cardinals hosted Coach Josh Smalley and a determined Bobcat team, but the Cardinals proved who wanted it more. The Bobcats played hard but were held to press the run-ning game as the Cardinal D shut ev-erything down through the air, and

even getting a pick. Eric Truncale and Carl Wiley each held their own in this contest, but have each seen

GAMES THIS WEEK

WEST ORANGE-STARK (10-0)over CLEVELAND (7-3)7 p.m. Friday, Butch Thomas Beaumont ISD ComplexThe best thing that could happen to the Mustangs is to complete-

ly forget that they met these same Indians in the first round of the playoffs last season and exited with an impressive 58-14 victory. Ob-viously Cleveland is a better team this year---but so are the Mus-tangs.

COLDSPRING (8-2) over BRIDGE CITY (5-5)7:30 p.m. Friday at Ray Maddry Memorial StadiumChannelviewThe Cardinals need to remember that they almost upset this Dis-

trict 22-3A champion last year when they were undefeated, losing 7-0. Two opponents already put hickeys on Coldspring this season.

HUMBLE SUMMER CREEK (10-0) over VIDOR (9-1)7 p.m. Friday at Clyde Abshier Stadium, Deer Park

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The Mustang Chain Gang torched the Silsbee offense all night long, holding the Tigers to only 12 points after them averag-ing 40 coming into the game. West Orange-Stark enters the playoffs undefeated, 10-0. RECORD PHOTOS: Meri Elen Jacobs

Carl Wiley carries the ball for the Or-angefield Bobcats during the 2012 Bay-ou Bowl. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

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Friday night was a night of firsts for the Mus-

tangs-it was the first time this season that a district team scored on WO-S, the first interception thrown by quarterback Jimmy Salter and the first time all season for the Mustangs to be behind. However, the Mus-tangs rose to the occasion, like usual, and won the game, 26-12, over the Silsbee Tigers.

Proving what they were made of, the Mustangs took their mistakes and turned them around to make a statement in front of a large crowd at Tiger stadium.

“We knew going in what type of ball game it was going to be,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “They were undefeated in district and so were we and we knew we would get their best game. It was the first time this year that we’ve been behind but we responded in a positive manner and therefore, we are the district champs.”

Going into the game, Sils-bee was averaging 40 points per game while the Mus-tangs were only allowing an average of 2 points per game, with no points scored during a district game. WO-S knew that Silsbee’s game plan was to score on the Chain Gang defense.

The first quarter was a

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typical slugfest with neither team scoring. However, Abear Simien was able to break loose some big gains and crossed the goal line for the first touch-down on the first play of the second quarter. Rodikson Cano’s kick was good and the Mustangs were on the board, 7-0.

The Tigers didn’t take much time to answer back after a WO-S fumble. Silsbee quar-terback Patrick Reed used his arm to get the ball down the field before running it in from seven yards out for the first score on the Mustangs since week three’s game against Jas-per. The PAT was no good and the Mustangs still led, 7-6.

With a little more than five minutes left in the half, Sils-bee’s Chris Elam did what no one has done all season, picked off a Jimmy Salter pass. Just four plays later, Reed hit Elam for the second score on the Chain Gang defense in less than 3 minutes. The Ti-gers were up 12-7 after the two point conversion was stopped in the back field.

The second touchdown only infuriated the Mustangs and Salter led his crew right down the field using senior Quinton Tezeno, Simien and Tremaine Anderson to move the ball before Simien bruised his way in for the second score from one yard out. Cano’s kick was blocked but the Mustangs were still up going in at the half, 13-12.

Halftime was a huge turning point for the game. Thomp-son’s half time speech and adjustments were just what WO-S needed to come out fired up.

“Coach T told us at the half that they scored on us and we didn’t have that monkey on our backs anymore so we just needed to go back out there and play Mustang football,” senior Jhayllien Monette said.

The Mustangs came back out and dominated from the kick-off. Salter led his team down the field, passing and running before backup quar-terback Chase Rutledge took the ball in from one yard out to put the Mustangs up, 19-12. Rutledge took the snap but the shovel pass was stopped short of the line. Rutledge would also cross the goal line to seal the deal from 8 yards out with a little over eight minutes left in the game. Cano’s kick was good and the Mustangs were up, 26-12.

The offensive line was the key to the rushing game this week, with WO-S cashing in on 46 carries for 262 yards and Simien finishing with 122 of those.

“The offensive line did a great job this week, knocking Silsbee off of the ball,” Thomp-son said. I was really proud of the way we responded.”

Celebration for the district championship was short-lived as Monday, the Mustangs were back to work preparing for a familiar foe in the Cleveland Indians. Last year, WO-S beat the Indians in the first round of the play-offs, 56-14. How-ever, according to Thompson, this isn’t the same Cleveland

team.“They are much better de-

fensively than last year,” he said. “They have a big defen-sive line comparable to Ned-erland and they are much improved athletically on the offensive side of the ball.”

The Indians check into the game with an overall record of 7-3, 4-2 in district play. Last week’s win over Shepherd, which got them to this stage, was a 41-34 overtime win. They are led by Chris Taylor, who moved over to quarter-

back from the defensive back position he played last season. One of his favorite targets is Trent Willis, who plays slot re-ceiver. They are a spread team and run a lot of jet sweeps, ac-cording to Thompson.

“They are as athletic as we are and they can run,” Thompson said. “They must feel pretty confident because they didn’t really care where we played, they were just ready to play.”

The Mustangs will face the Indians Friday night at the

Carrol A. “Butch” Thomas Educational Support Center in Beaumont. The Mustangs will be the visiting team. Ticket prices are $7 for Adults & $4 for students. All tickets at the gate are $7. Tickets will be on sale in the WO-S Athletic Of-fice Thursday, November 15th - 9-12 & 1-3pm and Friday, No-vember 16th - 9-12pm ONLY. Mustang fans travelling from the east can find the stadium by taking IH-10 West towards Houston and exiting Brooks Rd, exit #847. Follow the ac-cess road to the Brooks Road ramp; turn left at the stop sign and take the ramp to cross over IH-10. Turn left onto the eastbound service road. The

Thomas Center entrance will be on the right.

The freshmen and junior varsity teams combined to play and beat the Silsbee Tigers, 38-0, for the district champi-onship. Junior Jordan Richard started the scoring on a 5 yard touchdown run and quarter-back Dillon Sterling-Cole ran in the two point conversion. Sterling-Cole scored again on a 6 yard run and Kalen Gar-rett scored the two point con-version. Caleb Collins scored next on a touchdown pass from Sterling-Cole into the end zone and Sterling-Cole toted the two point conversion in. Garrett scored again with a 26-yard touchdown pass and

Sterling-Cole was good again for two. Dee Wolfford re-turned a 20 yard interception for a touchdown and JaDar-rius Thompson scored the last touchdown with a six yard run. Three of the four Stallion teams won, the 7A, 8A and 8B, all for the district champion-ships.

Basketball season starts this week, so come out and enjoy the games in the gym during the week and then meet us at the play-off game against Cleveland at the “Butch” at 7 pm on Friday night. Cheer on the Mustangs as they enter the third phase of their season, the Play-offs!!

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There always seems to be a weekend when several football teams who have been winning games on a regular weekly ba-sis get touched simultaneously by Ol’ Man Upset.

Last weekend apparently was that specific one in which both college and pro football had their best representative stunned by an aggressive op-ponent that refused to let the undefeated team stage one of their patented comebacks.

Of course, we’re referring to the twin demise of the Ala-bama Crimson Tide and the

Atlanta Fal-cons, who both saw their dreams of an unde-feated sea-son fall with a thud on

the wayside.And the culprits who upset

both apple carts are stationed less than 200 miles from Or-ange.

On Saturday, the team which hastily withdrew from the Big 12 Conference with the gigan-tic dream of wanting to play against the best teams in the nation did just that when Tex-as A&M traveled to Tuscaloo-

sa and put the hurt on the de-fending National Champions 29-24 before more than 100,000 stunned fans.

And less than 24 hours later at the Mercedes-Benz Super-dome in New Orleans, the Saints put the Kibosh on the Falcons dreams of cruising through the 2012 National Football League schedule un-scathed by hanging on for a 31-27 upset victory.

And these weren’t the only surprises that occurred last weekend to top-flighted foot-ball teams as undefeated Lou-isville lost to Syracuse 45-26 leaving only the first three

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LCM Bears Brady Lyons and Colton Boudreaux bring down Vidor quarterback Montana Quirante. Quirante rushed for 220 yards against the Bears as the Pirates finish the season 9-1.

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teams in this week’s Associated Press College Football Poll—Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame—plus No. 6 Ohio State as the nation’s only unbeaten college football teams.

There was a little different scenario that oc-curred in the NFL last weekend besides the only undefeated team finally falling. The four division leaders in the National Football Con-ference all failed to win while the four division leaders in the AFC were victorious, which is a rather strange phenomenon.

Atlanta lost in the NFC South, the New York Giants were ambushed in Cincinnati by the Bengals 31-13, NFC West division-leading San Francisco played to a 24-24 overtime tie with the lowly St. Louis Rams while the Chicago Bears, leader in the NFC Central, were “out-de-fensed” by our Houston Texans, 13-6 at Soldier Field.

Things were much different with the other three AFC division leaders who all scored plen-ty of points to post their victories.

The New England Patriots, who lead the AFC East, outscored the Buffalo Bills 37-31, the AFC North-leading Baltimore Ravens ravished Oak-land 55-20 while the surprising Denver Bron-cos padded their lead in the AFC West with a convincing 36-14 road win over Carolina.

But the biggest headline grabbers were the Aggies big upset over Alabama, the Atlanta Fal-cons falling in New Orleans and the Houston Texans win over the Chicago Bears.

The Texas Aggies wasted little time being in awe of big-time college football at Alabama as they scored 20 points in the first quarter be-

hind the leadership of red-shirt freshman John-ny Manziel, who not only passed for 253 yards and two touchdowns, but tied as the game’s leading rusher with 92 yards on 18 carries.

And the Aggies’ defense, which had given up 57 points to Louisiana Tech a few weeks earlier, picked off Crimson Tide quarterback A.J. Mc-Carron twice, the last one on the goal line with 1:36 left in the game as Alabama was driving for the winning touchdown. McCarron had not suffered an interception since mid-way in the 2011 season.

Another team whose defense has been ques-tionable this season-- the New Orleans Saints-- stopped Atlanta’s plunge from the one-yard line inside the final two minutes of the game to preserve the victory.

And the Houston Texans played in the Sol-dier Field slop like they’ve been doing it all their lives as they fought through the rain, wind and cold to out-perform the Chicago Bears at their own game—defense.

Houston entered the game as an underdog for the first time this season in this nationally-televised contest and forced four turnovers in the first half, but only led 10-3 at halftime.

The game was right down the alley for the fan that likes defensive football at its finest. It was probably boring for those fans who like high-scoring offensive action.

The Windy City media was comparing this year’s Chicago Bears’ defense to the 1985 Bears that set defensive records en route to winning the Super Bowl.

Monday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle

wrote that the Texans showed the Bears and the nation that they are a bona fide threat to win the Super Bowl.

This Korner watched the entire game and must agree with the newspaper’s assessment. But when reality sets in, there also is the matter of the seven remaining games that must be played as well as the one Sunday night at Sol-dier Field.

KWICKIES…Sunday was one of the few times when both the Houston Texans and Dal-las Cowboys came up with sterling defensive performances that resulted in victories that weren’t supposed to happen. The Cowboys were an early underdog to the Eagles in Phila-delphia, but put up 21 points in the final period on a 78-yard punt return by Dwayne Harris, a 47-yard interception return by newcomer Bran-don Carr and a fumble recovery in the end zone by Jason Hatcher to win 38-23 to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Texans were an early 1½-point underdog in their 13-6 upset of the Chicago Bears. It was some kind of coincidence that in both victories the starting quarter-backs—Chicago’s Jay Cutler and Philadelphia’s Michael Vick-- were knocked out of the game in the first half with possible concussions.

The Texas Longhorns used the Wishbone formation on the first play of their game Satur-day against Iowa State in Austin in honor of the offensive formation’s inventor former coach Darrell K. Royal who died earlier last week. The ‘Horns went on to crush the Cyclones 33-7 as quarterback David Ash threw for a career-high 364 yards, two touchdowns and completed 25 of 31 passes.

Orange’s Earl Thomas and his cohorts put on a defensive clinic and held the once-highly-re-

garded New York Jets to a single touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks won for the fifth straight time at home Sunday 28-7. The victory gives the Seahawks a 6-4 record as they enter their bye week.

A recent article appearing in the Wall Street Journal asked the question “Is old Peyton Man-ning like young Peyton Manning?’’ The writer answers “Kinda! Lot of doubt about his health entering 2012, but nobody wants to face that geezer in the fourth quarter. Denver looks like an ideal fit.”

JUST BETWEEN US…Now that the high school regular season is completed, this Korner would like to congratulate the local teams who will be playing in the state playoffs. The unde-feated and rarely-scored-upon West Orange-Stark Mustangs (10-0) will meet Cleveland (7-3) 7 p.m. Friday at the Beaumont ISD Butch Thomas Center, Bridge City (5-5) will clash with Coldspring (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ray Maddry Memorial Stadium in Channelview, Vidor (9-1) will take on Humble Summer Creek (10-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Clyde Abshier Stadium in Deer Park while Deweyville (8-2) will enjoy a first-round bye. On the Six-Man scene Orange Community Christian won their final regular-season game 78-19 over Magnolia Legacy Prep last weekend putting them in a three-way tie for the district championship. Head Coach and Athletic Director Ben Yurcho said the district committee had to go to the second tie-breaker which was point differential in common games and the Lions (8-2) emerged as the top team and earned the home field for their TAPPS playoff game Saturday at 2 p.m. against San An-tonio Castle Hills First Baptist (5-5).

Because the Pirates finished second in Dis-trict 20-4A they must take on undefeated and state-ranked Summer Creek in the “big school” Division I. If the Pirates can pull off this major upset, Summer Creek won’t be the only unde-feated team to fall in this first round of the state playoffs.

ORANGE COMMUNITY CHRISTIANover SAN ANTONIO CASTLE HILLSFIRST BAPTIST2 p.m. Saturday at Lions Field in Orange

The Lions finished in a first-place tie in dis-trict play and won the tie-breaker to earn the home field in this TAPPS state playoff game, which should help them get to the next round.

DEWEYVILLE (8-2) earned a first-round bye in Class 2A, Division II.

McNEESE STATE over LAMAR

The Cardinals almost pulled off the upset the first time these two rivals met after Lamar re-started their football program and they are much-improved since then. The big question is how much more improved are the Cowboys? That will be answered at 7 p.m. Saturday on Louis Bonnette Field in Lake Charles.

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS: Class 5A, Di-vision II—Houston Manvel (9-1) over Port Ar-thur Memorial (8-2).

Class 4A, Division I—Nederland (9-1) over Dayton (9-1); Division II—Crosby (7-3) over Beaumont Ozen (4-6).

Class 3A, Division I—Silsbee (8-2) over Huff-man (7-3); Division II—Jasper (8-2) over Groes-beck (6-4).

Class 2A, Division I—Troup (9-1) over East Chambers (8-2), White Oak (8-2) over Anahuac (5-5), Newton (10-0) has first-round bye.

Class A, Division I—Colmesneil (6-3) over Bosequeville, West Sabine (10-0) over Timp-son, Hull Daisetta (6-3) has a first-round bye; Division II—Bremond over Evadale (3-7).

COLLEGE—Northern Illinois over Toledo, Ball State over Ohio (Today-Wed.); Southeast-ern Louisiana over Nicholls State, North Caro-lina over Virginia (Thurs.); Air Force over Ha-

waii, Florida Atlantic over Florida Internation-al (Fri.); Stephen F. Austin over Northwestern State, Texas A&M over Sam Houston State, Central Arkansas over Eastern Illinois, Kansas State over Baylor, Oklahoma State over Texas Tech, Marshall over Houston, SMU over Rice, UTEP over Southern Miss, Navy over Texas State, UT-San Antonio over Idaho, Louisiana-Monroe over North Texas, Arkansas-Pine Bluff over Prairie View, Mississippi Valley State over Texas Southern, Alabama over Western Caroli-na, Oregon over Stanford, Notre Dame over Wake Forest, Georgia over Georgia Southern, Ohio State over Wisconsin, Florida over Jack-sonville State, Florida State over Maryland, LSU over Ole Miss, Clemson over North Caro-lina State, South Carolina over Wofford, Ore-gon State over California, Oklahoma over West Virginia, USC over UCLA, Nebraska over Min-nesota, Utah State over Louisiana Tech, Missis-sippi State over Arkansas, Cincinnati over Rut-gers, Auburn over Alabama A&M, Jackson State over Alcorn State, Arizona over Utah, Ar-izona State over Washington State, Arkansas State over Troy, Army over Temple, Boise State over Colorado State, Virginia Tech over Boston College, BYU over San Jose State, Buffalo over Massachusetts, Tulsa over Central Florida, Mi-ami, O. over Central Michigan, Washington over Colorado, Georgia Tech over Duke, East Carolina over Tulane, Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan, Purdue over Illinois, Penn State over Indiana, Michigan over Iowa, Kansas over Iowa State, Kentucky over Samford, Loui-siana-Lafayette over Western Kentucky, Miami over South Florida, Michigan State over North-western, Middle Tennessee State over South Alabama, Missouri over Syracuse, Nevada over New Mexico, Vanderbilt over Tennessee, UAB over Memphis, Wyoming over UNLV.

PRO PICKS—Buffalo over Miami (Thurs.); Dallas over Cleveland, St. Louis over NY Jets, Houston over Jacksonville, Cincinnati over Kansas City, Washington over Philadelphia, Green Bay over Detroit, Atlanta over Arizona, Tampa Bay over Carolina, New Orleans over Oakland, Denver over San Diego, New England over Indianapolis, Baltimore over Pittsburgh, Chicago over San Francisco (Monday Night). Bye week for Seattle, Minnesota, NY Giants and Tennessee.

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For the Cardinals, it was Ashton Hunter who lead the charge against Orangefield, running for 244 yards and three touchdowns on the day. Coach Stump and the Cards have relied on Hunter all year long, and in order for Big Red to thrive in the post-season, he’ll need to deliver the type of quality rushes we’ve all been able to witness throughout the year.

Bridge City will face Cold-spring in the first match-up of their playoff run this Friday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Coldspring will be a good test for the Cardinals to start off with. Earlier in the year, they lost to the Little Cypress-Mauricevil Bears and it is a game that the Cardinals will surely be prepared for.

Our other local high school football team making the play-offs is the West Orange Stark-Mustangs (10-0, 5-0). This was a year-long, historical ef-fort for the Mustangs as they shut-out team after team, reg-istering one win after another. They were everybody’s clear-cut favorite to win the district since day one, and they did not disappoint.

Coach Thompson had his boys ramped up for every game they played in, and ev-ery team they faced would feel the intensity and eventual sting of defeat as the Mustangs rolled on through their sched-ule. Last Friday, Silsbee had a chance to knock WO-S off of its pedestal, but failed to do so just like the nine teams who fell before them, eventually losing 26-12. It wasn’t quite as impressive as some of there

other performances this year, but still got the desired results the team played so hard for.

The Mustangs will play Cleveland this Friday at 7 p.m. They will enter the first round of the playoffs with a lot of hope and riding high off a tidal wave of momentum. The Mustangs need to tune out all the hype, avoid what could be a trap game coupled with an early exit and then move on past the first round.

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“Thank goodness this is more about color than anything else,” I thought to myself as I bounced the shallow running crankbait off the shell and paused long enough to allow it to start its slow ascent. Before I could turn the handle on the reel, another slot red inhaled it and pow-ered his way towards deeper water.

The crankbait was never intended to be a staple in the bay fisherman’s box, but not unlike everything from spinner baits to tube jigs, it has earned a spot in the starting line-up. While there are more productive ways to fish it, a lip-less crankbait will catch fish by simply casting it out and retrieving it. That is where”simple” ends when defining anything associated with crankbait fishing.

Even with a lipless crankbait, in order to max-imize its potential you have to fish it with the correct rod and line size and few if any “Trap” fishermen simply throw it out and reel it back in. Aside from more physical work and having to pay constant attention to detail…crankbait fishing also equates to more money!

Following a trip last week, I found myself dig-ging through boxes of lures that were a neces-sary part of the trade for 20-plus years of guid-ing on Toledo Bend. The first four boxes alone contained only lures that would dive 3 to 5 feet deep. Aside from having multiple baits in the same color, some were wide bodied, some were thin bodied, lengths were slightly different, speed of ascent was different, etc.

The crankbait is a tool designed to efficiently cover a specified depth of water for the duration of a single cast. The length and width of the lip dictates the depth that it will dive and the amount of vibration or wobble is determined by the width of the body of the lure. Are you start-ing to get some idea of just how complex fishing a crankbait can get?

Virtually every bass tournament fisherman in the 70’s and 80’s fished their way through boxes of alphabet crankbaits like the Big O, Little N, Wee R, and Model A.I still have an original Big O that I rented for a tournament in 1971. I chipped the paint off on one side during the day and lost my $20 deposit. They were the rage and they worked!

For years, Luther White wore every oth-er guide in the Six Mile area out drifting the grass flats with a deep diving slender bodied

crankbait that he never even fished deep. He affec-tionately called his spoon-bill Rebel a “Whipporbill” and he would embarrass you with it if you were fish-ing nearby. Because I never mastered his technique I avoided fishing with clients

anywhere near his old Power Cat boat.The key element of his technique was that

he could more easily reel the deep diving lure down to the hydrilla before stopping it, thus al-lowing it to hover in the strike zone most of his cast. Believe me, drifting a Texas rigged worm or slow rolling a spinner bait did not produce the same results.

Hands down, the most popular lipped crank-bait for Sabine Lake fishermen is the Heddon Swim’n Image. It has earned its stripes all the way from the jetties to the revetment walls on the north end of the lake and in this case, a spe-cific color can be very difficult to find at times. In one morning last April I watched nine dozen speckled trout colored Images leave Daley’s Hunt N Fish before they ever made the shelf!

Trout fishermen have discovered that it is a much easier lure to avoid the rocks with than an open hook jig as it never dives deeper than five feet. It is, however, the devoted redfish chasers that are attuned to the more specific benefits of fishing a crankbait.The only down side is the cost associated with carrying multiple colors and sizes designed to fish at different depths, but they are now able to ferret out fish they never caught before!

Easily the biggest discovery was that they could crank a larger bait down into the deeper rocks and get it back again.To effectively do this, however, requires a longer rod with a faster ac-tion and a reel filled with a line thin enough and strong enough to maximize the lure’s potential. Braided line and a 20 to 30 pound length of shock leader will usually accomplish this.

While we spend most of our time fishing the smaller crankbaits in the river and bayous, the lures of choice for digging around in the deeper rocks at depths of 12 to 15 feet are lures like the Strike Pro Super Diver and the River 2 Sea Hi-Dep. Because of the work involved in keeping these larger baits at the maximum depth, how-ever, they are pretty much favored only by tour-nament fishermen with a pay check on the line.

Outside of colors and body styles, the so-called backwater or bay fisherman can get by

with far fewer crankbaits as most of the catch-ing will be done in water less than six feet deep. This doesn’t require purchasing a longer fast action rod and your standard issue 12 pound mono with a short length of leader will work just fine. If the lure does not have a split ring to tie onto add one or use a loop knot for better performance.

There are some really good crankbaits on the market right now like the Cranky M and Big-

gie, but I dusted off a couple dozen of those old Model A’s and Rebel Wee-R’s and they have worked equally well. Chrome/black back, any chartreuse pattern, and a red crawfish pat-tern will keep you in the hunt until your buddy blows you away with some exotic color he found in the discount bin.

This was probably far more than most of you ever cared to know about crankbaits, but it is at the very least a practical reason for digging through your old bass stuff and you might just enjoy watching your line slice across the water under the weight of broad shouldered red that doesn’t know crankbaits are for bass!

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A steady stream of boats, hunters, and dogs crowded the local launches Saturday morning as the Louisiana duck season officially opened. Ad-ams bayou, the Vinton Drain ditch, Cow Bayou, and Highway 82 towards Holly Beach looked like a

parade route as local hunters descended on the marshes in anticipation of legal shooting light and the first flight of ducks. As expected it was a very hit and miss proposition to say the least. The cur-rent state of the marsh is very different than in normal years due to the increased levels of saltwater that have been a mainstay for most of the year. Drought conditions have kept freshwater dependant vegetation from growing and that has definitely altered the plans of many hunters. Ponds and flats that have historically been magnets for ducks have seen very few birds come into the area and stay.

Now if you are fortunate enough to have available food sources like some local hunters then it’s just a matter of time be-fore you have birds. The reports from the Louisiana opener proved that theory out in a big way. Hunters that were much deeper in the marsh and affected less by the saltwater had great numbers of birds and outstanding hunts. The hunters closer to the rivers and bayous struggled somewhat but did manage to take a few birds. Teal and Gadwall made up the majority of the ducks taken for most hunters while a few were fortunate enough to take pintail, wid-geon, and even a few mallards. The big surge of hunting pressure certainly changed the way the birds worked but look for that to settle down as the season continues and the number of hunters gets back to a normal level.

Perhaps the hunters most affected by the opening day pressure were the goose hunters who set up on fields with good populations of speckle bellied geese. Almost every hunter I spoke with who was chasing geese said the birds were really spooky and hard to decoy. Most of the hunters who shot any numbers of birds keyed in on small groups of birds rather than big bunches in order to get them into shooting range. Look for these birds to also calm down as the hunting pressure evens out. The amount of geese coming into the area on a daily basis certainly gives local hunters something to

look forward to. In the weeks ahead a few things are going to become more important as the weather and conditions get progressively colder and more difficult.

For now the long range forecast looks very good for local waterfowl hunters as cooler temps appear to be here for a while and that’s always a welcome change. The strong north winds have pushed a few birds out of the areas but look for those numbers to build back up soon with new birds just now entering our area plus many will return once the big north winds die down and slowly swing south and east. Water levels in the tidal marshes will be a concern for a few days as the tides are extremely low right now courtesy of the north winds associated with this last front. Many areas that are prime habitat become expansive mud flats at this time of the year and are only accessible with a surface drive motor or long tail. When the water levels return the ducks won’t be far behind. If the first few days are any indication of how the season is going to turn out then it may be time to stock up on shells because this has all the potential to be one to remember.

Louisiana duck season opens while Texas hunters continue to do well

Local hunters continue to do well in both Texas and Louisiana marshes.

Top off your Thanksgiving weekend with “A Chorus Line” at the Lutcher Theater

“Exhilarating and endear-ing, it still has a freshness and fervency too seldom seen in contemporary musicals,” said Elysa Gardner of USA Today while The New York Daily News exclaimed “There’s nothing better! The show thrills from the opening num-ber to the glittering finale,” and Jeffrey Lyons of WNBC TV hailed it “An American Masterpiece.”

The show that held the title for 28 years as the longest-running American musical in Broadway history was revived Oct.5, 2006. “A Chorus Line” reclaimed its place in the heart of Broadway at the Gerald

Schoenfeld Theatre where it opened to rave reviews.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line is back on tour with an all-new production, directed and re-staged by Baayork Lee.

“A Chorus Line” will play at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25 and 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26 at the Lutcher Theater. Ticket prices range from $35 to $65 and are on sale at the Lutcher Theater box office 707 Main, Orange, TX; online at www.lutcher.org; or by calling 409-886-5535. Group orders for 10 or more may also be purchased by calling 409-886-5535.

The original production of “A Chorus Line” opened at

the Public Theater’s Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975 and transferred to Broadway’s Shu-bert Theatre on July 25, open-ing there on Oct. 19 of that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, including: Best Musical, Score and Book, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It ran for nearly 15 years, closing on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances.

Get your tickets soon. The orchestra is sold out for Sun-day, but plenty of tickets are available for Monday’s perfor-mance.

“A Chorus Line” is spon-sored locally by Firestone Polymers, Harriet and David Dubose and the Southeast Texas Arts Council.

“A Chorus Line” comes to the Lutcher

The Symphony of Southeast Texas (SOST) had community members singing “Joy to the World” as they announced the return of their holiday concert this year. For the first time in four years, the Symphony will present a joyful celebration of the Christmas season featuring pop-ular holiday music performed in grand style by the orchestra. The community is invited to join the Symphony for “Home for the Holidays” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Julie Rogers The-atre in Beaumont.

Maestro Chelsea Tipton said this concert includes a variety of musical selections that ev-eryone will easily recognize. “People are really going to enjoy these popular holiday songs, and our orchestra per-forms them so magnificently,” he said.

The sounds of “White Christmas,” “Carol of the Bells,” “The Hallelujah Cho-rus,” “Sleigh Ride,” and a holi-day sing-a-long will fill the theatre with Christmas cheer.

The Symphony has not per-formed a holiday concert in four years, and patrons are ex-cited for the return. According to SOST Executive Director Craig Escamilla, the concert represents a great way for fam-

ilies to start a new and festive tradition of holiday celebra-tion. “Tickets to this concert would also make great Christ-mas gifts for family, friends and co-workers,” he added.

Immediately following the concert, guests are invited to a reception in the Julie Rogers Theatre Lobby featuring de-lectable desserts and a candy bar for young Symphony fans.

The holiday concert is not part of the SOST season sub-scription package. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for se-niors/students. To purchase tickets or get more informa-tion, go to www.sost.org or contact the Symphony office at (409) 892-2257.

This concert is sponsored by the Symphony League of Beau-mont.

The Symphony of Southeast Texas celebrates “A Sparkling 60th Season of Symphonic Sounds” in 2012-2013. Since the inaugural performance of the Beaumont Symphony Or-chestra on May 12, 1953, the organization has continued to uphold its mission of present-ing educational, entertaining, and culturally enriching pro-grams of the highest artistic quality to the Southeast Texas community.

“Home for the Holidays” withthe Symphony Dec. 16

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Amanda J. Webb became the bride of Steven Wayne Hope Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 at 2 p.m. in their home church Gateway Commu-nity Church in Webster, Texas in a double ring cer-emony with Pastor Robert Sherrill officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Rhonda Webb of Dickin-son, Texas. The bride’s grandparents are Charles and Joette Webb of Orange.

The bridegroom is the son of Donna and Doug Bess of Houston.

Vocals were provided by Betsy Burke. Attending the bride as matron of honor was Tiffany Jade Boyle. Bridesmaids were Jennifer Courville, Holly Powell and Holly Ross. Jr. bridesmaid was Hannah Jones. Flower

girl was Halle Jones and the rings were carried by Dan-ny Jones. Zack Collier, brother of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Brian McGlone and Kenneth For-noff.

The bride attended West Orange-Stark and graduat-ed from San Jacinto College in Houston this past Au-gust in cosmetology. She is employed by The Board-walk Day Spa in Bryan.

The groom graduated from the San Jacinth Mari-time Campus and he is em-ployed by Brazos Valley Carpet Outlet in College Station.

They honeymooned to Florida and reside in Col-lege Station.

Amanda J. Webb weds Steven W. Hope

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wayne Hope

RecoRd Announcements

"We Are Family!"

US Army Major Donna Peterson was recently adopted by step-father Master

Chief Clifton Stutes. The official ceremony was held in Judge

Courtney Arkeen’s courtroom.

I was just a child when I made my first friendMany times together we would happily spend,Books to color and sharing our favorite toysRemembering those days brings lots of joy.

Growing up quickly, off to school we wentMaking new friends was time well spent,

When Sunday came, to Church we would goWe would all sit together on the very front row.

When school life was over we were sad to partBut we promised to call as we made a new start,Many years together had made very strong ties

Saying good bye brought tears to our eyes.

Our friendships endured through the coming yearsWe all stayed in touch, whether good times or tears,

Sharing pictures and stories and seeking adviceWe leaned on each other making life extra nice.

Now that the years have made us grown oldWe’re saying goodbye, but memories we hold,

One by one we’re leaving this world’s weary strifeBut we’ll make friends with Jesus and start a new life.

Forever Friendsby Pearl Burgess

The Lamar State College-Orange Honors Program is adding Honors classes to the schedule for the upcoming spring semes-ter. After having a slow start in the fall, the program is adding classes so more students can enroll in, and benefit from, taking Honors courses. ENGL 1302 (Composition II), SPCH 1315 (Pub-lic Speaking), PSYC 2301 (Intro to Psychology), and BIOL 2420 (Microbiology) will all be added and can be registered for now.

LSC-O Biology professor, Hunter Keeney, said the instructors are looking forward to the challenges of teaching Honors classes.

“I envision a more interactive learning community, where stu-dents will work together and be actively engaged in the dialogue of the course,” he said. “Basically, we’ll be able to forgo some of the more basic concepts and delve a little deeper into the heart of the selected topics, where the ‘real magic’ happens.”

Andy Preslar, English professor, said students in the Honors composition course will have the opportunity to collaboratively design and teach a variety of lessons in areas of their interest or strength.

“The class will also create, compile, edit, and publish a collec-tion of critical essays in the various genres we study,” said Pre-slar, “and will have an opportunity to present their works at the honors colloquy the college will organize in the spring.”

Psychology professor Lisette Hodges says she plans to use seminar discussion groups for some of the history and theory in PSYC 2301. Major psychology concepts will be examined through the use of film, literature and contemporary culture. Raising the bar a bit, a discussion of neuro-anatomy may be aid-ed through the dissection of a sheep’s brain.

Speech professor, Kevin Doss’ students will advance their

knowledge of spoken communication through delivery and analysis of speeches for various purposes. “The course will pro-vide advanced instruction regarding communication artifacts and how to analyze those artifacts with various communication methodologies,” said Doss. “Students will also have the opportu-nity to practice these speech skill developments in a professional and competitive environment.”

To qualify for the Honors Program students need to be TSI complete or TSI exempt and have a 3.5 grade point average. Stu-dents who have questions or who think they may qualify can contact Dr. Gwen Whitehead at (409) 882-3928 or visit her in her office, Room 157A in the Academic Center. For more informa-tion on the Honors Program, visit www.lsco.edu.

LSC-O’s Honors Program to offer new courses this spring

Out of 7500 entries in the 2012 Association of Texas Photography Instructors Fall contest. Bridge City High School’s Angel Sehon placed first in the “Formal/Studio Portrait” category and Ericha Guyote earned second place in the “Open” category.

BCHS students place in photography contest


First Baptist Church Orangefield

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

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

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

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

7:15 p.m. - Choir PracticeEmail: [email protected]

www.fbcof.com

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

[email protected]. Mornings: Worship Experience - 8:15 a.m.;

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

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

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

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

Me) Club

First United Methodist Church Orange

502 Sixth Street886-7466

8 a.m. - Worship in Chapel 9 a.m. - Celebration Service

in Praise Center 10 a.m. - Sunday School for

all ages 11 a.m. - Worship in

Sanctuary 5 p.m. - UMYF & Kids

Pastor: Rev. John Warren Director of Music & Fine

Arts: Doug Rogers Organist: Justin Sanders

Director of Youth and Christian Education: Allisha

Bonneaux www.fumcorange.org

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving Street, Orange409-882-0862

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

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

of the each month.

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

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

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

Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.“Our church family

welcomes you!”

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

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

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

Trinity Baptist Church

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

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

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

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding Pastor

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

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Rebekah

Spell Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

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

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

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

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

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

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

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

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

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

Worship “Living Stone”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

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

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

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

Boots & hats welcome!

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Fall Craft ShowSaturday, Nov. 17 • 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

***Drawing for a hand-crafted quilt***

Hand-Crafted Candles, Scented Soaps, Wreaths & Floral Arrangements

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CHURCH BRIEFS

St. Mary Altar Society to host annual Gift Shop, Luncheon

The Women of St. Mary Altar Society will host this annual Gift Shop and Gumbo Luncheon from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thurs-day, Nov. 15 at the St. Mary Parish Hall, located at 912 W. Cherry Ave. in Orange. Meal tickets will be available at the door for $7, gumbo will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Takeout orders will be available with containers furnished. The meal will consist of gumbo, rice, crackers, potato salad, cake dessert and tea.

A silent auction will be held throughout the luncheon. They will also be hosting a raffle; tickets are available for a $1 dona-tion. The winner need not be present and the drawing will be held on Dec. 6, 2012.

Items included in the raffle are: first prize - Emerson 32’ LCD Flat Screen Digital TV; second prize - Desk Jet Wireless Printer, Scanner and Copier; third prize - Sentry Safe Fire and Water-proof Lock Safe; fourth prize - Brinkmann Rechargeable Q Beam Spot and Flood Light Max Million III, fifth prize - Afghan, cro-cheted and donated by Marjorie LaCombe; and sixth prize - Sco-field’s of Orange Handmade Designer Necklace and Earring Set.

For more information, please contact Anna Belle Rost at 409-886-4623 or 409-779-7076 or Jeanette Boehme at 409-883-4021.

Church tho host “Pink Out” PlaydayCowboy Church of Orange County will be hosting a “Pink

Out” Playday on Saturday, Nov. 17. This is the third (and last) playday of this Buckle Series. Buckles and prizes will be awarded at the end of the day. Registration is 8 to 9:30 a.m. with events starting at 10 a.m. Events include cloverleaf barrels, poles, straight barrels, speed race, mutton bustin’, lead line and stick horse race.

Cowboy Church of Orange County has teamed with Tough Enough to Wear Pink? to join the fight against breast cancer. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to The Gift of Life. Come show your support, wear pink and ‘Pink Out’ your horse too if you like. There will be a concession stand on site. Door prizes will be given throughout the day, including tetwp merchandise.

For more information, contact Kevin at (409)651-9948, Joy (409)670-6420, or Jackie (409)423-9724 or visit cowboychurcho-rangecounty.org. Join us in ‘Ridin’ for a Cure’.

St. Mark Fall Arts and Craft Show St. Mark Lutheran Church will hold a Fall Arts and Craft Show

from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17. Items in the show will feature a beautiful hand made quilt that is on display in the church lobby and will be raffled after the show.

Tickets sold at the show will be six for $5 or $1 each. Other items include hand crafted wreaths and floral arrangements, hand poured candles, scented soaps, Thanksgiving and Christ-mas decorations, hand painted children’s chairs, religious and home decor, jewelry, and also pre-owned high quality merchan-dise. Home made baked goods also available.

St. Mark is located at 945 W. Roundbunch in Bridge City. For more information or questions, please contact Kathy Viator at 738-3730 or Pat Greene 722-6655.

First Bapt. to host Community Thanksgiv-ing Service

The Rev. Bob Boone and First Baptist Church of Bridge City

will be hosting the Community Thanksgiving service for the

Bridge City-Orangefield Ministerial Alliance at 6 p.m. on Sun-day, Nov. 18.

The Rev. Scott Story of Family Worship Center in Orange will present the message for the evening of Thanksgiving worship.

Garrett Kyler, First Baptist Church music director, will lead the music for the night.

The service is open to the public for all to celebrate the season of Thanksgiving.

For more information, please call First Baptist Church at 735-3581. First Baptist Church is located at 200 W. Roundbunch Road in Bridge City.

Starlight COGIC to host revivalThe family of Starlight Church of God in Christ invite the

community to their Pre-Church Anniversary Revival. It will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov.18 and will continue Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. thru Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

The Guest Speaker will be Pastor Chris Green from Dallas. Starlight is located at 2800 Bob Hall Rd. Superintendent E.B.

Lindsey is Pastor.

McDonald Memorial to host free commu-nity-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

McDonald Memorial Baptist Church will host a community-wide Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 22, which is Thanksgiving Day.

The dinner will consist of turkey and dressing, side items and dessert. It will be held in the church gym, located at the corner of South and Broad Streets in West Orange. The meal is free to the public but we do request reservations so we will have an idea of the number of people which may attend and how much food to prepare. The reservation deadline is Nov. 19. Call the church of-fice at 409-883-3974 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday for more information or to make a reservation.

Bridge City-Orangefield Community Christmas Basket Sign-Up

Christmas Baskets will be given to indigent Bridge City and Orangefield residents who are age 60 years and over whose in-come is below poverty. Sign – Up will take place at the Ministe-rial Alliance building next to First Baptist Church of Bridge City on the following dates between 9:00 – noon: Nov. 19, Nov. 28, Dec. 3 and Dec. 5.

Eligibility depends on proof of income.A utility bill to verify address and an ID for all family members

is required.Donations are needed for this program to continue. Any business, church, individual, or organization may make a

donation to the account of Bridge City Orangefield Ministerial Alliance Christmas Basket Fund at the Bridge City Bank.

First UMC to host MOPS The local Mothers of Preschoolers group (affectionately known

as MOPS) invites you to join them one Tuesday a month 9:30 a.m. to noon September through May in the First United Meth-odist Church Praise Center located on the corner of 5th and Pine.

MOPS is designed to nurture EVERY mother with children from infancy to kindergarten through guest speakers, mentor moments, creative activities, breakfast, discussion time, play groups and more.

Members come from all walks of life, but share one desire---to be great moms! You don’t have to be a Methodist, just a mom. Free childcare is provided during meetings. For more informa-tion and dates, please contact FUMC Orange at 409-886-7466 or find more information on the web at www.mops.org or www.fumcorange.org.

EMPLOYMENTWANTED, SOMEONE TO CLEAN flowerbeds, (409) 735-7353.

THE RAPE AND CRI-SIS CENTER is in need of Volunteer Advocates to offer intervention on our 24 hour hotline, and in direct services to sexual assault survivors. Training is provided and certi-fied through the office of the Attorney General. If you are interested please call the Crisis Center ar (409) 832-6530 to set up an interview. Thank You, Make A differ-ence, become a volunteer!

APPLIANCESUSED APPLIANCES, start-ing at $99.95 & up, Harry’s Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th.

& main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 886-4111.

FURNITURENEW VINEYARD BEDROOM SET,complete queen bed set, dresser w/ mirror, night stand, solid wood, $1,000; horse pulled old avery plant-er, @150, (409) 474-1789 or 792-0203.

COUCH AND RECLINER, good cond., $250, 735-5082.

MISCELLANEOUS‘JUGG’S PITCHING MACHINE, like new, auto feeder, throws 90 MPH, fast & curve balls etc., paid $2,500, used vey little, will sell for $1,000 for all, great buy! (409) 474-1518.

TV CABINET W/GLASS DOORS, $50; computer desk w/ shelves, $70; complete full size bed, $80, 745-2003.

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PETS & LIVESTOCKFOUND FEMALE CAT, fluffy and white, showed up on Paula St., BC, 735-4601.

MED. SIZE MIXED BREED PUPPIES, about 9 weeks old, had 1st. vaccination, wormed, will start heart worm soon, (409) 746-9502.

FREE BLUE HEALER, found in Linscomb Rd. area, (409) 745-2470.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIX,, F, spayed, (409) 746-9502.

FOUND YELLOW LAB, female, red collar, found on Pine Bluff in the Little Cypress area off 3247 from Hwy 87, ned to find owner or free to good home, can’t keep, (409) 779-9122.

CHESAPEAKE GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIX, spayed F, heart worm prev., (409) 746-9502.

RESCUE DOGS, spayed & neutered, needing good homes. Pet food donations welcome. (409) 746-9502.

APARTMENTSMAGNOLIA TRACE APTS., 865 Center, Bridge City, 2/1 with full size laundry room in Apartment. Very nice and updated apartments and grounds. 15 Minutes from Port Arthur refineries, walking dis-tance to major grocery store, Pharmacy, restaurants, but in quiet neighborhood. $600 upstairs with a $500 dep., Call(409) 886-1737, leave message.

NOW OFFERING MOVE-IN SPECIAL!

The Village apartments is now offering November rent FREE! Move in with the deposit and application fee only! Water / sewer and trash included on most units. Monthly rent starts at $450 - $625. Stop by our office at 245 Tenny St., or call (409) 735-7696 or 504-9952.

NICE BC 1 BEDROOM, small, very clean, in nice neighborhood. Cathedral ceil-ings w/ track lighting & Ceiling fan, all S.S. appliances, gran-ite counter tops, self cleaning oven, dish washer. Bathroom has linen closet and built-in vanity, all ceramic tile floors. Living area downstairs, black spiral staircase leads to loft bedroom, new CA/H, nice patio & yard, concrete park-ing, yard maintenance includ-ed, No Pets, $500 monthly + $300 dep. + elec. & water, call for an appointment @ (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (ss)

1 BEDROOM DUPLEX APT., in BC, 480 Blueberry, CA/H, 1 car Garage, some appli-ances, $650 monthly + $400 dep., will except bi-monthly payments, (409) 963-5594.

COMMERCIAL5 OFFICES with small ware-house for rent, $1,100 month-

ly, would consider renting sep-arately, call (409) 735-6970 for more information. (11/14)

30X30’ COMMERCIAL BUILD. 280 E. Roundbunch Rd., BC, $450 monthly (409) 738-2919. 1,500 SQ. FT. BUILD FOR RENT, Hwy 1442 by Hwy 105, $800 monthly, 735-5232.

HOME RENTALSEXTRA NICE BRICK 3/2 home, Lg. living room, CA/H, Lg. yard, near fishing, car-pet and ceramic tile, quiet neighborhood, only $850 monthly w/ $800 dep., (409) 735-2030.

BRICK 3/2/2 IN BRIDGE CITY, beautiful custom kitchen w/ all new black appliances, 2 living areas, all updated, on 1 acre, practically fenced, avail-able 11/19, $1,100 monthly + $900 dep., 2430 Granger, call (409) 553-3332 for appoint-ment to see.

3/2 - 509 3RD ST., Orange, Tx. $800 per month. 409-761-7554. 3/2 NEAR SCHOOLS, Lg. back yard, CA/H, $850 monthly w/ $800 dep., (409) 735-2030.

3/1 IN BRIDGE CITY, 265 Kibbe Ave., all built-in appli-ances including washer & dryer, fenced yard, outdoor kitchen & patio, $1,100 month-ly + dep., (409) 735-8257.

3/2/2 BRICK tile throughout, Granite, fenced yard, BCISD, $1,200 monthly w/ $1,000 dep., (409) 735-2030.

BEAUTIFUL 3/2/2 BRICK home, 2 living areas, all updated appliances, Lg. fenced yard, 2430 Granger Dr., BC, $1,000 monthly + $900 dep., available 11/19, call for appointment at (409) 553-3332.

1 BEDROOM LOG CABINS in Mauriceville, real cute and in the country, $550 monthly + dep., (409) 735-2030.

MOBILE HOME RENTALSBC AREA , as little as $30 daily for rooms, M.H.’s by day or week, starting at $30 a day or weekly, 735-8801 or 734-7771. (cctfn)

2/1 AND 3/1 AND 3/2 IN OFISD, 1 block from schools, Large lot, W./D hookups, No Pets, $400 and $550 and $650 monthly + dep., (409) 720-8699 or 735-6701. (12/14)

3/2 M.H. IN BC, in Shady Estates, CA/H, laundry room, stove & refrig., appliances, clean inside and out, excellent cond., $725 monthly (includes water and garbage) + (1st. & last), References Req., (409) 474-1518 or 474-2252.

3/2 IN BCISD, on private lot, $650 monthly + $650 dep., (409) 735-2282.

HOME SALES3/2 PORT ARTHUR HOME, 2,200 sq. ft., formal living & dining rooms, utility rm., kitchen has 10’ breakfast bar, bonus room off kitchen, lots of storage, security system, home sits on a 100’ x 300’ lot, fenced back yard, No Owner Finance, $75,000, call (409) 720-9463 for more info.

BRIDGE CITY 4/2/2, 165 E. Darby, 1653 sq. ft., .43 acre, $139,000, will consider owner financing w/ adequate down, remodel in progress with a goal of mid-September. (409) 313-6005.

3/2/2 BRICK IN BCISD, CA/H, on 3/4 acre lot, (409) 735-7680.

BRIDGE CITY 3/2/2, 3 1/2 years old, 2132 sq. ft., sbo, beautiful open concept w/

archways, trayed ceilings, granite, crown molding, lots of storage, personalized wooden & Bamboo blinds, dead end curbed and guttered street. Call to see @ 988-8667.

3/1/2CP IN WEST ORANGE, 2729 Dowling St., 1 block from school, Lg. kitchen, Lg utility room, porch off back, sunroom, 12’ x 16’ work shop building in rear, $63,900, (409) 738-2412. (12/05)

NICE BRICK ORANGE HOME on corner lot, 3/2/2, 2404 Post Oak Lane, LC-MISD, garden room overlook-ing back yard, family room (17’x19’), 2 walk-ins in master bdrm. , shower and jetted tub in master bath, open concept kitchen and breakfast room, fireplace, tile / laminated and carpeted floors, fenced back yard, 2 cooling systems, $230,000, for more info call Edee @ (409) 670-9272.

ORANGE 4/1/CP BY OWN-ER, fenced back yard, 3756 Kenwood, (409) 779-9119. (11/14)

LAND & LOTS

5 ACRE RESTRICTED HOMESITE, LCMISD, improved pasture with 2 small ponds, fenced, MMUD water and sewer available. Additional 18 acres available for pur-chase. COUNTRYLAND PROPERTIES, LLC, (409) 745-1115.

QUAIL TRAILS OFISD, cleared 2.5 acres with cul-vert, drive, and dirt pad site, livestock and mobiles OK, gauranted owner financ-ing, COUNTRYLAND PROPERTIES, LLC, (409) 745-1115.

2 CEMETARY PLOTS, in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Garden of the last supper, reg. $4,000 for both, will sell together for $3k, (409) 926-3956. (10/30)

PUBLIC NOTICES:

AL-ANON MEETS ON Wednesday & Sunday at 7pm. 1512 Strickland Dr., Orange, call (409) 779-4289 or Cindy @ 994-5503 for details.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGHLOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children display-ing unacceptable behavior. Meets every Tues. at 7 pm. at Immaculate Conception education building, 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lincoln & Washington) in Groves. For more information call 962-0480.

SUICIDE RESCUE of Orange County. Suicide is not the answer, give us a chance, 769-4044 Vidor.

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A U T O S‘05 CHEVY IMPALA LS, all power, leather seats, rear scoop, 77K miles, $8,300; Ford Tonneou cover for ‘97 to ‘03, $95, (409) 745-2003

‘93 LINCOLN TOWN CAR,executive series, cold A/C and all works,$1,800, (409) 745-2154 or 499-2128 & leave message.

M O T O R S P O R T S‘08 CB-250 HONDA Night Hawk, like new, (409) 735-8773.

‘07 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLSTC, Heritage Softail Classic, like new, 8,140 miles, lots of extras, $13,000; Kendon stand up custom trail-er, $1,500, (409) 988-5868.

T R AV E L T R A I L E R S‘07 JAYCO T.T., 1 slide out, very clean, kept in storage, (409) 886-1896.

‘T R U C K S & VA N S‘06 CHEVY SILVERADO crew cab, garage kept, like new only 48K miles,, loaded with power including keyless entry, bed liner, new tires, Husband passed on, must sell at $15,500, (409) 988-4829.

‘11 FORD F-150 LARIOT, loaded, very few miles, clean, (409) 886-1896.

P A R T SNEW IN BOX,, 4 17” Toyota wheels for 2011 Toyota, $25 ea., (409) 738-2969.

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CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWDTHE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: All Unknown Owners Of Property Respondent: NOTICE

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issu-ance of this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you.

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Petition at or before 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being NOVEMBER 19, 2012.

Said ANSWER may be filed at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., or by mailing it to 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas 77630.

Said PETITION IN TRESPASS TO TRY TITLEwas filed and docketed in the Honorable 128th District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on October 5, 2012 in the following styled and numbered case:

The suit requests COURT APPT ATTY AD LITEM TO ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS OF PROPERTY CAUSE NO. 120358-C Dee Wendt-Ellis VS ALL Unknown Owners of Property

The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is:

TOMMY GUNN202 S. BORDER ST ORANGE, TEXAS 77630

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court at Orange, Texas, on October 5, 2012.

VICKIE EDGERLY, District ClerkOrange County, Texas

By: Charlean Lindsey Deputy

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of RUSSELL C. ROSS, Deceased, were issued on August 15th, 2012, in Cause No. P16238, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: RENDA DIANN SCOTT.

All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.c/o George B. BarronAttorney at LawP.O. Box 279Orange, TX 77631-0279DATED: the 7th day ofNovember, 2012

George B. BarronGEORGE B. BARRONState Bar No.: 0187500 Attorney for EXECUTRIX

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of WILLIAM EUGENE FORCE, Deceased, were issued on November 1, 2012, in Cause No. P16312, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Belinda Harrison Force.

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

c/o THE LAW OFFICE OF TOMMY GUNNAttorney at Law202 S. Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 1st day ofNovember, 2012

Tommy GunnTOMMY GUNNState Bar No.: 08623700Attorney for William Force202 S. Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 882-9990Facsimile: (409) 882-0613

Notice of Public AuctionPursuant to Local Government Code, article 272.001, the Pursuant to Local Government Code, article 272.001, the

City of Pinehurst, Tx. will hold a public auction of the former City Hall and Fire Dept., located 3640 Mockingbird in Pinehurst, Tx. on Tuesday, November, 27, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. The auction will be held at the front door of the former City Hall and Fire Dept. building at 3640 Mockingbird, Pinehurst.

The property consists of .712 acres or 31,015 square feet The property consists of .712 acres or 31,015 square feet of land. Improvements consists of two structures compris-ing a total of 9,129 square feet (Building 1 - 7,096 square feet; Building 2 - 2033 square feet) of which square feet or 54% is finished area. The property also includes asphalt/concrete paved parking area, 8 car covered parking in rear, and landscaping. Buildings are 50-55 years old and in average condition. in average condition.

Seller reserves the right to start the bid at any amount and refuse any and all bids. The owner of the winning bid should be prepared to sign a binding contract for purchase immediately after the auction closes and be prepared to close on the purchase within 45 days. The City of Pinehurst will not consider city financing of selling amount.

For further information and/or a tour of the property to be auctioned, please call Joe Parkhurst, city administrator, at 409-886-0078.

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GARAGE SALESFRI., 4905 YOUPON, OF, 1442 from BC, W.on Beswsie Hts (L from BC), R. on Tanglewood follow signs to Youpon, 7 till ?

FRI. & SAT., 155 BOWER DR., BC, 8 till 2. Books, clothes, lots of misc.

SAT., 8895 TAYLOR CIR., BC/OF, Orange Address) off Hwy 1442, Multi family sale 8 till noon, No Early Birds Please! home decor, magazines, books, VHS movies, dishes, baby/children’s clothes, toys, Christmas items, clothes, Much More!

SAT., 5718 PAT DR., ORANGE, off Hwy 62, 7 till ? Lots of baby items, clothes, name brand teen clothes, lots of misc.

SAT., 510 LARRY WARD, BC, several family sale, 7 till noon. Tons of clothes, accessories, CD’s, Wll games, household items, tons of misc.

SAT., 365 EDGERLY, BC, off Henry, 7 till 2. lots of everything, come see.

SAT., 2513 HERRINGTON, OF, off Cajun way between Ollia and Hwy 1442, 2 family yard sale, 8 till 2. Baby items, adult and girl’s clothes, household items, misc.

SAT., 383 SUNCREST, BC (Orange address), off Hwy 1442 from BC, 7:30 till ? Small dining room table w/ 4 chairs, end table, high chair, Little Tykes front porch playhouse, toys, boy’s 3T and girl’s size 5 clothes, misses clothes, shoes, Christmas items, Much More!

SAT., 725 W. ROUNDBUNCH RD., BC, Dr. Olsen’s parking lot, No Early Birds, 7 till noon. Baby items, furniture, clothes for all ages, kitchen accessories, books, etc.

SAT. 3285 ROLLING RIDGE DR., ORG., Little Cypress (Chasse Ridge, back of subdivision) Huge Garage Sale!!! 2 families, 8:00 – 1:00. 409-313-4433. Furniture, Wooden Lemonade Stand, Christ-mas Décor, Designer Clothing for Ladies Sizes 8-14 & Men’s, Prom Dresses, Lots & Lots good household items,Don’t Miss This One!

SAT., 311 RHODE ISLAND, ORG., 7 till 11. Entertainment center, gas stove, dining chairs, com-puter chairs, stereo, Lg. women’s clothes, lots of misc. Downsizing from a 4 bdrm. to a 2, all must go!

SAT. NOV. 17, 4025 EDDIE, GREENWAY I, ORG. 7 a.m. until. Kindergarten books, men and teen girls clothes, glassware, boots and shoes, luggage and misc.

SAT. NOV. 17, OFF WEST BLUFF RD, LC, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., lots of baby stuff, TV, tools, rod/reels and misc.

SAT. NOV 17, ESTATE SALE, 12 CIRCLE G., ROSELAWN ADDITION, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., No Early Birds! Household goods, home deco, Christmas/ seasonal, bedding, furn., crafts, fabric, sewing machine in cabinet, croceted doilies, TVs, and misc.

SAT., HWY 62, MAURICEVILLE, 1 mile N. on Hwy 62 from Hwy 12, Large Vietnam War memorial fund raiser & yard sale, 8 till ? New & uses items, antique furniture, dishes, clothes, toys, everything imaginable!

“Hiring Red, White and You!” (RWY), a job fair for veter-ans, will be held at the Beaumont Civic Center on Thursday, November 15. The unique job fair seeks to connect veterans with Texas employers who value the experi-ence, discipline and other qualities inher-ent with a military background.

The RWY hir-ing initiative started with the Texas Medi-cal Center’s efforts to hire veterans into openings within The Medical Center. Texas Workforce Commis-

sion (TWC) and Gov-ernor Rick Perry then charged the 28 work-force boards with hosting a similar Vet-erans Job Fair on the same day, throughout the state, for all indus-try sectors.

More than eighty employers, educa-tional institutions and veteran service pro-viders are scheduled to attend the job fair and provide employ-ment opportunities, valuable information on programs, such as College Credits for Veterans, and other services to help veter-ans successfully tran-sition to civilian life in Southeast Texas. Posi-tions available to job

fair participants in-clude police officers, drafters, electricians, chemists, welders, machinists, correc-tional officers, sales/customer representa-tives, clerical, pipe fit-ters, sheriff deputies, ma nagers/super v i-sors, and many more.

Veterans are en-couraged to bring their military identifi-cation including DD-214, drivers’ license with veteran’s stamp or other veterans ser-vice organizations IDs

(VA, DAV, VFW, etc.). Workforce Cen-ter staff will be on hand to assist employ-ers and job seekers during the job fair.

The event is sched-

uled from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. An open-ing ceremony for the state-wide event be-gins at 9:30 a.m. with remarks from Marilyn Smith, executive di-rector of Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas.

After presenta-tion of the flags by military personnel, Lamar University students will play an Armed Forces fanfare with Carolyn How-ard, Beaumont Main Street, slated to sing the National Anthem. Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames will offi-cially open the event.

Major partners of the event include TO-TAL Port Arthur Re-

finery, Valero Energy Corp., Burrow Global Construction, City of Beaumont, Beaumont Civic Center, Triple S Industries, Disabled American Veterans, Industrial Safety Training Counsel, Sabine Area Cen-tral Labor Council, BASF Corporation, JK Chevrolet, IBEW Lo-cal 479, Vista College, Sabine Area Sheet Metal Local 54 and Lamar Institute of Technology.

Employers inter-ested in participating may contact Work-force’s administrative offices at 409-719-4750 for more infor-mation.

The Workforce

Solutions Southeast Texas board is a busi-ness-led group of vol-unteers that evaluates and oversees the de-livery of all workforce training and employ-ment services in Har-din, Jefferson and Or-ange Counties.

The board’s overall mission is to identify opportunities and create partnerships that effectively link employers and job seekers to improve the economic future of the area. Workforce Solutions

Southeast Texas brings together a myriad of programs for easy access for em-ployers and job seek-ers.

Workforce to host “Hiring Red, White and You!” Veterans Job Fair

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