Vol. 51 No. 07 The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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Eugene Goudeau can recall the torpedos flying at the U.S.S. Dyson destroyer like it was yesterday, as well as the dark, cramped quarters that he called home while floating on the waters of the Pacific during WWII.

He remembers it all clear as a bell … in a sense.

Approximately three years ago, Godeau was able to see the bell that was on the U.S.S. Dyson for the first time since

his service days, collecting dust in a warehouse in Baton Rouge.

“The captain of the Dyson, named Roy Gano, was given the Navy Cross after the war and he was also given the ship’s bell,” Goudeau said. “From what I understand, he kept it in his garage until he died.”

Upon his death, Gano’s son took the bell to a memorial for the U.S.S. Kidd in Baton Rouge.

“He was hoping to find someone who may have served

on the Dyson,” Goudeau said. “I assume his heart skipped a beat when he found a guy at the memorial wearing a U.S.S. Dyson Little Beaver Squadron

hat.”The man under the brim of

that hat was Joe Malone, who happened to volunteer at the memorial for the U.S.S. Kidd.

It wasn’t long before Goudeau said he received a contact let-ting him know his ship’s old bell was in Baton Rouge.

“I decided I’d go over and

see it so I drove over there,” Goudeau said. “When I got there I couldn’t find it any-

SPECIAL EDITION: ORANGE COUNTY 2011 GRADUATION

Piece of U.S.S. Dyson returns to Orange

The burn ban will remain in effect for another 30 days, Or-ange County commissioners decided Monday.

The last 30-day ban would have concluded today. The ban just voted on will last 30 days from the Monday vote.

Jeff Kelley, emergency man-agement coordinator, said that conditions have just not im-proved enough to lift the ban.

“We’ll continue to look for that window of opportunity,” Kelley said.

John Du-bose, precinct three commis-sioner, asked if there was an-other way that they could let the public know about the ban.

“I get calls often,” Dubose said. “The public seems to not know.”

Some counties put up signs saying that a burn ban is in af-fect, but Orange County does not. The county relies on a flag system that many may not un-derstand, Kelley said.

“We have the flags and the public notices in the media,” Kelley said. “We would like to come up with some kind of signage. I know that some of the fire departments have signs that they put out.”

In other business, the com-missioners also made sure that there will be a local option homestead exemption for dis-abled citizens and for those 65 years of age or older.

Those citizens will have $25,000 in their exemption, the same as last year. Other citizens will continue to have the 20 percent local option.

Lynda Gunstream, county tax assessor, asked the court for an increase in the cost of tax certificates from five dol-lars to ten.

Gunstream said that the in-creased charge would help the cover of yearly cost for leased state equipment in the cus-tomer service reorganization.

The court passed the in-crease by a four to one vote, with only Jody Crump, pre-cinct four commissioner, vot-ing against it.

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Eugene Goudeau stands next to the bell that was once aboard the U.S.S. Dyson at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza. Godeau served on the U.S.S. Dyson while in the Navy during WWII.

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The City of Orange Fire Department promoted a new Captain at a ceremony held at Fire Station No. 3 this week. Travis Seals was promoted to Captain following a promotional exam given on Wednesday, May 18. Five firefighters took the exam and Seals achieved the highest score.

The Captains position became available in December when the 31 year veteran Captain Kenny Parsons retired. Following civil service rules, the promotional exam was posted 90 days be-fore the test date.

The time preceding the 90 day posting was filled with deter-mining appropriate study material and hiring a vendor to create the exam. High security procedures were followed to insure no one in the fire department had any knowledge of the tests con-tent.

To this day, the only people that have witnessed any of the test questions created by the vendor are the five firefighters that par-ticipated in the exam process.

Travis Seals has been an employee of the City of Orange Fire Department for over six years. His typical job duties as a fire-fighter was driving one of the fire engines and occasionally be-ing “stepped up” to the Captains position while the assigned

Country and Cajun Leg-ends Tracy Byrd, Jerry Jeff Walker and Wayne Toups join a host of other entertain-ers to raise money for recon-structive surgery for 4-year-old Holden Gothia. Holden was mutilated by his mother when he was an infant.

It is estimated that Hold-en’s lifelong medical needs will exceed half a million dollars. A foundation, He-roes for Holden, was created to collect donations. The first of a yearly fundraiser will take place Sunday, June 5, at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, La. One of Holden’s aunts, Cindy Vallet, lives in Orange. She and oth-

er area citizens have joined the effort to raise funds for Holden’s surgeries.

Holden’s story is unbeliev-able.

Authorities were called to a suburban Houston apart-ment in March 2007. Holden, only 5 weeks old, was found lying on a bed with the lower half of his body covered in blood. He was viciously at-tacked by his biological mother. She was found to be in a drug-induced state at the time.

Holden narrowly survived. His genitals were entirely severed. He was listed in crit-ical condition, treated for shock and put on a ventilator for several weeks. Holden

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A honey bee cascades among flowers at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange. This little worker is captured in flight on her way back to the hive to feed the larvae, drones, and queen. Worker bees only live a few months. RECORD PHOTO: Larry Trimm

A Benefit for Holden Gothia will be held June 5 at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, La.

Travis Seals was promoted to Captain of the Orange Fire Depart-ment.

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After the clerk got him in touch with the director of the memorial, Goudeau learned that they just had the bell sitting in a ware-house.

“I asked the director if I could bring the bell back to Orange, because that is where it really belongs,” Goudeau said.

The reason he says that is because the U.S.S. Dyson was built by Consolidated Steel Corp. in Orange and was commis-sioned on Dec. 30, 1942. The ship was one of 12 Fletcher-class destroyers built by the hands of Orange shipbuilders.

“The director of the Kidd memorial said that he would check and see,” Goudeau said. “If the bell was on loan he couldn’t give it to me, but he could if it had been donated.”

Once it was found that the bell was given to the memorial, Goudeau was allowed to come pick it up and bring it home.

“I wanted it to be displayed, but I really didn’t feel like going through all the red tape with the City of Orange,” he said. “Be-sides, they probably would have just stuck it in a warehouse like the memorial in Baton Rouge did.”

Goudeau contacted Ron Emmert, chair-man of the Heritage Veterans Memorial, lo-cated at 3810 Martin Luther King Drive next to the First Church of the Nazarene, and he said that Emmert expressed an in-terest in having the bell displayed there.

Emmert said that about eight months of preparation went into getting a proper stand built for the bell, which now hangs beside the Heritage Veterans Memorial pla-za.

“This is not only a great thing for the vet-erans of Orange County, but also for those who worked, or who had family that worked, in the shipyards of Orange,” Emmert said.

This Sunday at 6 p.m. will be the eighth annual tribute to county veterans at the pla-za. Emmert said that he also hopes that those somehow involved in the shipbuilding trade during wartime are also able to at-tend.

“We would love to be able to honor them for their service as well,” he said.

For more information on the history of service of the U.S.S. Dyson, go to destroy-ers.org which is The National Association of Destroyer Veterans Web site.

underwent extensive surgery after losing as much as three quarters of the blood from his tiny seven pound body. An ar-tery in his left leg had to be immediately repaired. Holden endured four skin graft operations within a week.

The day after the attack, Holden’s mother tested positive for cocaine, meth-adone and Xanax.

She began trial on Aug. 1, 2009 in a Houston courtroom. His mother claimed that the family’s nine pound dachshund had attacked him while she slept in the same room.

Doctors testified that the injury was cut in a perfectly square shape and was made by a sharp object.

Animal experts testified that the inju-ries were not consistent with that of a dog bite.

Paramedics see the worst that trauma can do, but the memory of 5-week-old baby Holden brought a paramedic to tears as he testified on the stand to the extent of Holden’s injuries.

Another paramedic told the jury “It was like someone had taken an ice cream scooper and taken some of the baby’s thigh and meat.”

On Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, after three hours of deliberation, the jury found her guilty of all charges. She was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

Holden now lives in the safe and loving care of his paternal aunt and uncle, Patches and Kent DeShazo of Deer Park. They are doing everything they can to make his life as normal as possible.

Due to complications from the severed artery, Holden wears a lift on his left shoe. Doctors say that his left leg may end up to be as much as six inches shorter than the other.

He just had another surgery two months ago to lengthen the tendon in his heal and now wears a brace on his lower left leg 23 hours a day.

Holden will need a series of genital re-constructive operations, most of which will be paid out of pocket by Holden’s family. Starting at puberty, he will also need to start hormone therapy, which will continue for the rest of his life.

Meeting Holden’s medical needs is the foundation’s short term goal.

The long-term goal is to assist as many children as possible with unpaid medical bills and other necessary expenses. The foundation’s mission is that Heroes for Holden will become much larger than

one little boy...that it will become his leg-acy. Something beautiful will have grown out of something so heinous.

It has taken a year of planning. A great list of entertainers has been put together. Donations have been collected for a live and silent auction. Barbecue is on the menu. Volunteers are hoping to provide a great day of entertainment while raising funds for the foundation. Von Cook and Dale Mann will co-emcee the event.

Here is a tentative schedule; however, it is subject to change:

11 a.m. to noon - DJ and Emcee 12 to 12:45 p.m. - Skeeter Jones

and the Beer Can Band 12:55 to 1:40 p.m. - Damon Troy 1:45 to 3 p.m. - Introductions,

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3 to 4 p.m. - Foret Tradi- tion and Jivin’ Gene

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duction, Truck Raffle and Auction 7 - 8 p.m. - Tracy Byrd 8- 9 p.m. - Jerry Jeff Walker 9 -10 p.m. - Wayne Toups

They have lots of auction items. The live auction will be kept to a minimum of items to keep things moving. A few of those are: 8 days 7 nights in Cozumel; an autographed and framed jersey by Nolan Ryan; an autographed guitar by Easton Corbin, several guns, an autographed guitar signed by all the entertainment at the benefit; a Colorado trip; men’s alliga-tor boots; and round trip tickets on Con-tinental and Southwest Airlines.

In the silent auction there are: purses, jewelry, and custom coolers, barbecue pits, an Alabama beach trip, men’s and women’s watches, fishing trips, hunting trips, MSU baseball camp and many more items.

Concert tickets are $25 donation. Bar-becue dinners are $8 donation. Raffle tickets for the drawing of a new Ford F-150 truck are $100. Only 600 tickets are available. There will be photo Sessions with Von Cook Images available and also a Poker Run with OBOTS.

For more information on the “All Star Benefit Concert” including ticket sales or to make a donation (via credit card or PayPal) go to heroesforholden.org or Facebook/Heroes for Holden.

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At the reunion of the Lutcher Stark Class of 1964 held in 2010, there was a project to find and recognize the members of that class who were veterans of the U.S. Military. This was done, and not being content to sit on their laurels, the vets of that class de-cided that they wanted to do something to recognize and help other veterans, especially those less fortunate than themselves.

Several of the veterans of the Class of 1964 had spent more time in the military than their original enlistment period. Some had stayed in the military as a career and retired. A few had es-tablished businesses and become successful. All had one thing in common, the bond that veterans share that is unique to veter-ans.

Many of the Stark ‘64 Vets had served in Vietnam and been in combat. Some were affected years later by their experiences there. They were thankful to have come back to “the world” rea-sonably healthy and able to start a new life. As they were trying to decide on a project, one of the Vets met Bro. Burt Stigen and was introduced to his City of Refuge.

Bro. Burt is a man with a mission from God on his heart. After an eight year stint in the military Stigen went to Vietnam as a ci-vilian member of the Department of Defense. While in Vietnam, Stigen’s wife divorced him and he ended up staying in the coun-try for five years and two months. The divorce also cost Stigen his position as a minister in the Nazarene church.

After leaving Vietnam, Stigen began a new career in an area chemical plant. He always felt that there was something God wanted him to do with his life, he just did not know what it was. Finally Stigen felt that God wanted him to help the homeless.

“I fussed and argued with God,” he said. “I told him I had nev-er been broke and homeless. I could not relate to those people. I just did not know what to do and where to start.”

“He said that all I had to do was open the doors each day and He would take care of the rest. For 25 years now, He has been true to His word.”

The property that had once been the Shady Rest Motel on the old closed portion of Highway 90 west of Vinton. La. was avail-able. Stigen bought the property on a lease purchase and began to clean it up and allow vets who needed a place to live to stay in the old motel rooms until they could get their lives together.

When Stigen retired from his plant job, he drew out his 401K retirement and paid off the property. As money became avail-able he started building cabins to replace the old motel rooms.

The cabins are made of landscape timber and measure 20X20 feet. In each, there are two bunks that will sleep four people, a

handicapped bathroom and shower, a shared closet, a small TV with rabbit ears and an air conditioner.

“We do not have too many rules to get in here, but we have a lot to stay here. The guys have to keep their cabins clean, stay drug and alcohol free, be on a duty roster to do chores, and at-tend chapel services four times each week,” said Stigen. “We op-erate totally on faith. All of our money and supplies come from private sources. We do not get any funding from governments, state or federal.”

Jerry Gatch, of the Stark Veterans group was introduced to Stigen and the two men found a common cause. Gatch contacted the other veterans from his class and began to loosely organize what would become the Stark ’64 Veterans Association. With suport from fellow veterans, they were successful in raising a do-nation of $1,200 to give to Stigen and the COR. Tommy Vice pre-sented the check to Stigen and was able to see the COR first-hand.

On March 19, the Stark Vets planned and conducted a picnic on the grounds of the COR. This event brought more veterans and their wives into the project.

“Our vets mingled with their vets for hours. We listened to their stories and told a few of our own” Gatch said. “We gave each resident a cap representing his branch of service and some other gifts. That day was pretty moving for all who attended.” After the picnic the Vets decided to formally organize.

There is a slate of officers, who appoint an executive director to oversee the daily affairs of the organization. Gatch is the cur-rent executive director. The board will serve until 2012, when an election will be held.

“We have three levels of membership. There are our Stark ’64 Vets, veterans who are not members of our class, and non-veter-

an supporters,” said Gatch. “We also brought on board a group of our ladies who have been invaluable thus far to our group. Pat Butler Dyson is our Assistant Secretary and Supporters Coordi-nator and Wanda Holts Reinert is also Supporters Coordinator.”

The immediate goal of the Association is to build a new cabin at COR and dedicate it to the men from Orange County who died in Vietnam. There is already a draft of a dedication plaque to be attached to the cabin.

It is an ambitious goal. The cost of a fully equipped cabin is $15,000. There is no doubt in the minds of the Stark ’64 Vets that they can carry out their goal. They survived their time in the military and they survived their time in Vietnam. Raising mon-ey should be easier. Membership in the organization is open to anyone with a desire to help the veterans who have given of themselves in the service of our country.

“We have 21 men from Orange County who served in Viet-nam. We have enlisted a coordinator from West Orange, Bridge City and St Mary’s to coordinate membership and fundraising for people from those schools. Seven of the 21 were from Vidor. At this time we are hoping to identify a coordinator from Vidor to help us find vets and supporters from that school also,” said Gatch. “We want to honor the fallen vets from ‘our war’ by help-ing today’s fallen vets from their war.”

The Stark ’64 Veterans Association is a non profit organiza-tion as defined in Section 501 of the IRS. They have a bank ac-count and an EIN number, and are registered in Orange County, Texas. Any donations are tax deductible.

For information on the Stark ’64 Veterans Association or City Of Refuge, please contact Jerry Gatch at:thegatcher.gatch@gmail.com. To join the Association, please contact Chuck Wil-son at: cwwilson238@roadrunner.com.

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From the Creaux’s NestGRADUATES TO MOVE ON

We congratulate all the young men and women who have completed their high school education. You will find that it’s a giant leap from here on out. Unfortunately, things will be harder for you than it has been for those before you. Here in Texas, higher education will be more difficult to come by. Education budget cuts by lawmakers mean tuition will go up and grants will be lost. If you are a poor youngster, it will be harder to go to college because financial aid is short. Universities will go up on tuition. It will be harder but it’s doable. You might not be able to go away to college but we’re fortunate to have Lamar and Mc-Neese in the area. You might have to live at home longer than you had planned but remember it’s the goal, the end result that matters. Graduation week always concerns me. I worry over auto accidents. Over the years there have been too many sad endings. Be smart, be careful, stay safe and best wishes. *****I’ve got to move on. If you do go away, keep up with home on our website, TheRecordLive.com. Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

DEATH AND DESASTER IN JOPLIN

By the time the wide tornado, one of the deadliest in U.S. his-tory, ripped through Joplin, Missouri, many people were left dead or injured. Over 2,000 structures were leveled. Many sto-ries will emerge in time but one that sticks out in my mind is about the nurse at St. John’s Hospital, who rushed upstairs to look after the patients in ER. She was sucked up by the storm, thrown through a ninth floor window. Her body was found blocks away. Glass exploded from every window; even IV-lines were ripped from patient’s arms. Most patients were covered with blood from the broken glass. Throughout the city death was everywhere. One hundred and twenty bodies were recov-ered; more are expected to be found under the rubbish. Hun-dreds are injured. That is just a small part of thousands of sto-ries yet to be told. Many of us are familiar with Joplin. Some have relatives there, others have visited. It’s hard to imagine the hell a storm has caused this city left in tatters by Mother Na-ture. It’s a deadly season throughout our country. We are also faced with floods or droughts and more on the way. All we can do is pray for our fellow countrymen and our nation.

CONDOLENCES

We lost a good man, a caring person, and a friend. Shannon Messer, 88, passed away May 25. The World War II veteran was a pillar of the Bridge City community. He was also a former publisher of the town’s community paper, The Penny Record, until 1993 when the present owners acquired it. Our friend “Buddy” Messer and his wife of 61 years, Thelma, raised a great family and saw many offspring come along. We will long re-member Mr. Messer. He never let grass grow under his feet. He was happiest when accomplishing things. He was admired by many and will be missed. He left his mark through example. Please see obit.

We were sorry to learn about the death of James York, only 45 years old, who died May 20, while playing his drums. James loved music and like his dad Phil was a butcher working for his aunt and uncle at Robert’s Market. His dad also died of heart problems. Our condolences to his family. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery near Bridge City. Please See Obit.

Gene “Teneag” Marks, 81, died May 17. He will long be re-membered for his youth work. Condolences to the family. Please see obit.

GO BIG RED

The Bridge City Cardinals take on the Waco Robinson Rockets Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Magnolia West High School in game one, in the best of three series. Game two will be Satur-day, 4:30 p.m., same place and game three, if necessary, follows. If you can’t make the Thursday night game, make plans to attend Saturday and support the Cards. It’s a nice drive. The Cards de-serve a nice turnout of fans. Good luck and go get ‘um Big Red.

THIS WEEK FOR THE RECORD

Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are stories as to its actual beginnings, but it was first pro-claimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan, in his General Order #11 and was first observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. The South refused to acknowledge Decoration Day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I. It is now cel-ebrated in almost every state on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress in 1968 to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional, separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

12 Years Ago-1999On May 23, a tragic collision claimed the life of an Orange

couple in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Orange mail carrier Patsy Barron Kuluris and her husband James, died instantly when their small pickup, parked at an I-10 truck check point, was hit by a truck’s trailer rig. The explosion also killed the driver of the rig. Patsy, a 20-year postal employee had recently married James after being married to Billy Barron for 20 years.*****Bruce Aven keeps rolling along. Today, he is batting .385 for the Flori-da Marlins.***** Celebrity birthdays, Priscilla Presley is 54 and Gladys Knight is 55.***On May 29, Bob Hope will be 96. (Edi-

tor’s note: Hope celebrated his 73rd to 79th birthdays in this area while raising funds for Hughen School.)*****Deion Sanders married actress/model Pillar Biggers. *****Louis Dugas says the French have a word, “Raconteur” for good story tellers. Ac-cording to Dugas three of this areas best are Roy Wingate, Carl Thibodeaux and Roy Dunn. *****Mark and Sharon Dunn’s youngsters Amber Dunn and Jason Menard graduate from Bridge City High. Amber is also celebrates her birthday on May 30.*** Top grads from B.C. are Tiffany Meyers, valedictorian and Shanter Stone, salutatorian.***Top Little Cypress-Mau-riceville grads are Marisa Bonneaux and Maria Tran.***West Orange-Stark’s top are David Frenzel and Brandy Conrad. Or-angefield’s Emily Mazzola and Teresa Legate are top grads.*****High School baseball season comes to an end. L.C.-M was edged out by Brenham in the first game, 4-3. The Bears won the second game 9-1, but Brenham won the third game 12-1 in best of three series.***In the regional quarterfinals, Orange-field went for a one game, winner takes all and lost 8-6 to pow-erful Lufkin Hudson.

32 Years Ago-1979

State Rep. Wayne Peveto receives gavel from House Speaker Bill Clayton. Peveto was recognized for his leadership. Also, af-ter seven years, Rep. Peveto saw his property tax bill (SB621) pass the House and Senate and sent to Gov. Clements for sign-ing. The Peveto Bill had lost battles in 1975 and 1977. Peveto is a strong advocate of tax reform. The headline in the El Paso paper asked, “What is a Peveto?”*****Dist Judge Don Burgess finds attorney Louis Dugas in “Contempt of Court.” Lou is in the custody of sheriff Ed Parker. *****Bridge City students at La-mar earning perfect 4.0 grade point average are Brigid Angelle, Elizabeth Chandler, David Daigle, George Durling, Kevin Hayes, Denise Lormand, Ronald Stokes and Susan Moon.*****Roy Wingate addresses the assemblage at the dedi-cation of the Putnam B. Curry Historical Commissioner marker. Dr. Howard Williams does the unveiling.

WHAT’S UP WITH THE NATIVES

Sheriff Keith Merritt is studying to become a captain, a boat captain that is. He will complete the course this week. He and a couple of his deputies will be certified to pilot a new ship being built. It will be a valuable tool here on the Gulf Coast and in-land bayous.*****Our longtime, dear friend, Mary Alice Cole Hartsfield, who has served in several capacities of employment in the county, will be retiring from her position with the tax of-fice on July 30. A dedicated worker she has made many friends and is sure to be missed not only by Linda Gunstream and em-ployees, but also by the public she’s served for these many years.*****Congrats to Gislia Houseman who was honored as “Woman of the Year” by Altruse International for her patrio-tism, efficiency and service to the community.*****Judge Janice Menard’s “Jersey Village” is well on its way to being completed. It might be ready for Judge Janice to render Pct. 3 justice in mid-July.*****Congrats to Shea Landry, new W.O.-S head baseball coach. It seems like just yesterday he was playing at LC-M and selling clothes on the side at Terry’s Men’s Wear. We wish him the best.*****Coach and A.D. Cornell Thompson, at WO-S, has a few positions to fill that have become vacant. I was disap-pointed to see coach Toby Foreman leave. It’s a great athletic school and Coach Thompson won’t have any trouble filling the jobs.*****Harry and Margie Stephens closed Harry’s Appli-ance this week in order to give employees and themselves vaca-tion time. They will re-open Tuesday, May 31. *****Ross Smith is not only a good guy, he believes in our community and continues to make investments here. We need more people like Ross. *****Patsy Peck and Ellen Ray, with TraVerus, have planned a trip, “Christmas in Charleston” for Dec. 3 to Dec. 7. It’s a great itinerary. A trip you will long remember. To make reservations and for more information call Patsy, or Ellen, . Karen Jo, have you packed your bags yet? *****As for me, I’m going to pick up some jumbo shrimp from Larkin, at the Shrimp Boat. He has a big Memorial Day sale on all seafood. Jumbos are great for the grill. He’s located on Hwy 62 at 105.*****Last week we got a mess of cracklins from Paw Paw Harvey, on 1442. No one, nowhere cooks up better cracklins, not even in Louisiana. I made a big cracklin cornbread. A cracklin in every bite.*****Courtney Burch Arkeen to be sworn in Wednesday, May 25 as new 128 District Judge.*****Carlis Roy, an elementary teacher for 31 years, will retire from BCISD. In-laws, Paul and Nettie Roy, hosted a retirement party at their place on Cow Bayou Saturday. Congrats and good luck.*****Our buddy, Rosalie Clark, had knee replacement surgery in Houston Friday. It won’t be long be-fore she can kick high.*****Lately Sharon Bearden has been spending a lot of time at the Bridge City Little League park.*****Constable Chris Humble and Mark Philpott re-turned over the weekend from a required law enforcement school. Babette went along to keep them straight and make sure they got up and made the classes. *****Justices of the Peace in Orange County take turns being on call nights. Last week was Judge David Peck’s turn in the barrel. Sometimes judges get lucky and get to sleep all night but that wasn’t Peck’s case. He handled many arraignments, some for bad actors and also laid some heavy bonds, as well he should. *****Wedding bells will ring out Wednesday for our account executive Amber Nobles and her fiancé Shawn Lingo. Congrats and best wishes.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKJo Lynn Harris, Judy Duncan, Sheryl Frazier, Cutler Hub-

bard, Archie McLellan, Barbara Olson, George Ragsdale, Lo-gan New, Greg Williams, Mary Majors, Willamette Reyn-olds, Dylan Ball, Dylan Maas, Mary Donahey, McKenzie Lou-vier, Robert Herin, Bruce Montague, Charlene Terro, Honor Lee Smith, Lee Ludwig, Jacque Phelps, Jeanie Larch, Judy Landry, Kyle Smoke, Maureen McAllister, Michael Garcia, Rebecca Brumer, Shelly Smith, Kelli Boehme, Steffan Milli-gan, A.J. Lemoine, Christina Cunningham, Jerry Jackson, Stacey LaRose, Brian Ousley, Clint Worthy, Kimberlea Wor-thy, Derek George, Nikki Barron, Nikki Fisette, Darrell Per-kins, David Olson, Brad Spooner, Irene Storment, Florence Evans, Rebecca Cartwright, Jeannette Foster, Lauren Brown-lie, Macey Joubert, Terry George, Wilda Hart, Rhonda Wil-son and Brooke Edwards.

A FEW HAPPENINGSSpecial folks we know celebrating birthdays. A lovely lady we

have known 50 years, Mary Majors, celebrates this week. Mark-ing two birthdays in the same week are the Olson’s Barbara and David. I’m sure they combine the parties. *****Celebrating on May 26 is one of the prettiest women I’ve known. Years ago I wondered why she wasn’t in Hollywood. Even after all those years of living with Ron, Jean Moreau doesn’t show the wear of living with that eccentric guy. ***Pretty Cindy Claybar cele-brates this week, also A.J. Lemoine Jr., Jerald Smith and Don Picard. ***The pride of Dunnville, Dr. Amber, marks her special day on Memorial Day, May 30. She’ll be alone in Cleveland, Ohio and will be missed at home. Happy birthday to all. ***FaceBook friends celebrating are Cary Buckner, May 25; Cindy Gunn, May 26; Dan Brack, May 27. *****Happy 21st wedding anniver-sary to our friends Babette and constable Mark Philpott, who celebrate on May 25.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYSOn May 25, Anne Heche will be 42; Molly Sims, 38; Brian

Urlacher, 33 and Eve Ensler, 58.***Stevie Nicks will be 63 on May 26; Lenny Kravitz, 47 and Helena Bonham Carter, 45.***Christopher Lee will be 89 on May 27;Louis Gossett Jr. 75; Adam Carolla, 47; Jamie Oliver, 36 and Joseph Fiennes, 41.***On May 28, John Fogerty will be 66; Kylie Minogue, 43 and Rudy Giuliani, 67.***LeToya Jackson will be 55 on May 29; Annette Bening, 53; Rupert Everett, 52 and Melissa Ether-idge, 50.***Wynonna Judd will be 47 on May 30; Clint East-wood, 81; Joe Namath, 68; Brooke Shields, 46 and Colin Far-rell, 35.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Asa Leleaux and his wife Telma were having some prob-lems and were giving demselves da silent treatment. Asa re-alized him, dat da nex morning he would need Telma to wake him at 5 a.m. for an early morning flight to Houston for a company business trip. Not wanting to be da first one to break da silence (and loose) he wrote on a piece of paper, “Please wake me at 5 a.m.” He left da note where he knew Tel-ma would find it.

Da next morning Asa woke up to discover it was 8 a.m. and he had missed his flight. Furious, Asa was about to go see why Telma hadn’t woke him up wen he noticed a note on da coffee table.

Da paper said, “It is now 5 a.m., wake up.”Dat’s wen da fight started.

C’EST TOUTThere’s a bunch of folks upset about giving their life’s savings

to the prophet who predicted the world would come to an end on May 21. When it didn’t happen they felt they had been taken and are demanding their money back. To start with, they are pretty simple minded to buy into it. Now the con man is saying it’s still going to happen but the new date is Oct. 21. Buying into that is like buying into the congress doing away with Medicare to help us by giving us a voucher system. It’s akin to an assassin on a sui-cide mission getting 70 virgins when he gets wherever it is he’s going.*****I’ve been telling you for sometime now that gas prices would come down this summer, despite 70 percent of the people polled saying it would go up maybe to $5. It’s coming down but way too slowly and gas got way too high to begin with. The five biggest oil companies argue that recent efforts to abolish bil-lions of dollars a year in tax breaks would take away money they need to create jobs. They don’t mention another place where their money goes; buying back their own stock. Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Conoco Phillips have poured millions of American dollars into share repurchase programs which increase the value of the companies stock. The practice undermines the industry and Republican arguments that doing away with $21 billion in federal tax incentives will jeopardize production and jobs. Last week, a measure failed a key senate procedural vote. Republicans defeated it. Democratic leaders vowed to keep the effort alive and that alone will bring prices down but with just a threat by the Republicans, gas pric-es would come down drastically and much faster. The five oil companies mentioned made $563,5 billion in profits and $448.5 billion in buy backs and dividends. Makes one wonder how serious the Republicans are about balancing the budget and shaving the national debt while advocating killing Medi-care. Like the end of the world, con-man selling his game, American people also get sold a bag of goods. Unfortunately many buy into it and can’t get their money back.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will meet at Robert’s Restaurant this Wednesday, noon, and next week at Novrozsky’s. Everyone is welcome to come out and join this great group of folks.*****Gotta to go now. Thanks for your time. Read us cover to cover and pa-tronize our advertisers. Take care and God bless.

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Hannah Renee Brown celebrated her seventh birthday on May 7 with her family and relatives. The theme of her party was “But-terflies.”

Hannah’s parents are Charlie and Rebecca Brown of Mc-Gregor, Texas. She has one sister Michelle.

Her grandparents are Richard Cuneo of Bridge City, and John and Janie Brown of Vally Mills, Texas.

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West Orange-Stark High School Class of ‘11

Luke Domas is the 2011 WO-S High School Valedicatorian.

Kayleigh Thompson is the 2011 WO-S High School Salutatorian.

Domas, Thompson named top graduates at WO-S High School

The West Orange - Stark High School has named Luke Anthony Domas as the 2011 Vale-dictorian. Domas is the son of Drew and Annely Domas. Kayleigh K. Thompson was named the 2011 Salutatorian. Thompson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Thompson.

Domas was a member of the Student Council, National Honor Society, Key Club, Academic Team and the football, baseball and golf teams. He was named the Greater Orange Area Cham-ber of Commerce Student of the Month for No-vember, was voted “Most Likely to Succeed” by the senior class, and was named “Outstanding Senior Boy” by the WO-S High School Faculty. In his senior year he received the AP Govern-ment Award, AP Psychology Award, AP Eng-lish/Dual Credit Award and the Orange Camp Fire Don Domas Youth Award.

Domas was on the All A Honor Roll, a Stark Reading Contest Semifinalist, and named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Baseball Team (first team). His college application essay, “Wisdom,” was published in the March issue of the Texas High School Coaches Magazine.

As a team member of the Mustang Varsity Football Team, he was named Offensive Line Captain, Mustangs Special Teams Player of the week (twice) and Mustangs Blocker of the Week (twice). He was named to the All-District 21-3A Football First Team Offense. The Mustang Football team was all named Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine Football Team of the Year in Class 3A.

Domas volunteered his time to the following community service projects: Adopt-a-Street Clean up, Toys for Tots, Trick-or-Treat at Sabi-ne House, American Cancer Volunteer, March of Dimes, Red Ribbon Week, Trunk-or-Treat,

Christmas Shopping Trip for Underprivileged Children, Food Drives, Family Reading Night volunteer reader. He also worked at a Camp Fire USA Summer Camp Counselor.

His hard work earned him the following col-lege scholarships: Juliet Tyner Memorial Schol-arship. Keown Charitable Foundation Scholar-ship, WOS Baseball Booster Club Scholarship, Kiwanis Q.B. Culpepper Leadership Award Scholarship, Orange Rotary Club Scholarship, Orange County Texas A&M Mother’s Club Dan Domas Memorial Scholarship, Class of 2011 Reggie Garrett Scholarship, Sabine Federal Credit Union CUT$ Club scholarship and the Orange County Sheriff Posse Scholarship.

Domas plans to attend Texas A&M Univer-sity to major in veterinary medicine.

Salutatorian Kayleigh Thompson was a mem-ber of the National Honor Society, Art Club, Foreign Language Club, UIL Academics, and Academic Team. She participated in Varsity Tennis, Debate, Prose and Poetry and the Dual-Enrollment Program at Lamar State College-Orange for two years.

Thompson has been named to the Princi-pal’s and Superintendent Honor Roll every year, named Outstanding Student for 2011, received All District letter for Academics in Tennis, won first place in the Shangri La Art Contest, and placed twice in the WOCCISD Christmas Card Contest.

She has taken dance for 15 years and spent the last 11 years at Studio C. She has volun-teered her time at the Studio C when the owner needed assistance.

All of her hard work earned the following scholarships: $10,000 Academic Scholarship from Lamar University and $750 for first place in the LSCO Academic Challenge.

Thompson plans to attend Lamar University, where she was accepted into the honors pro-gram, and major graphic design.

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Bria Ryan Thibodeaux was named the 2011 Bridge City High School Valedictorian and Ter-rell Jake Dionne was named the 2011 BCHS Sa-lutatorian.

Valedictorian Bria Ryan Thibodeaux is the daughter of Mike Thibodeaux and Lori and Craig Dishon.  She is the granddaughter of Jes-sie and Lorraine Dupuis.  She has two brothers, Braden Thibodeaux and Beaux Dishon, and two sisters, Taylor and Bailey Dishon.   Bria is graduating first in her class with a 4.9196 GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale.  

She is a four year member of the Cheerlead-ing Team and was elected Head Cheerleader her senior year.  At NCA Cheer Camp, she received the NCA Individual Leadership Award given to the captain with notable leadership skills.  She also attended Cheer Hawaii USA where she was elected by fellow camp attendees as team leader and nominated by staff as Most Outstanding Cheerleader.  

Bria was also a member of the Varsity Soft-ball Team as a freshman and a two year Varsity Volleyball Team member.  

During her junior year, she was chosen to represent Bridge City at a leadership camp hosted by RYLA.  

Bria was chosen as September’s Student of the Month for Bridge City Chamber of Com-merce.  She is a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Club.

Bria plans to continue her success at Lamar

University as a Mirabeau Scholar to pursue a degree in engineering.

Salutatorian Terrell Jake Dionne is the son of Terrell and Angela Dionne, the brother of Zach-ary Dionne, and the grandson of Orrin and Gin-ger Simpson and Wayne and Pam Dionne.

Jake has a 4.8554 GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale. Jake is the President of the National Honor So-ciety as well as a four year competitor on the debate team. Jake is ranked 5th in the state in Cross-Examination Debate. This is the highest debate honor in the history of Bridge City High School.

He is a two year member of the Cardinal Singers where he qualified twice for the TMEA All-Region Choir, was selected as a 2010 TMEA Music Scholar, and received a superior rating at the Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest. He lettered in tennis, was a four year member of the Academic Challenge Team and has par-ticipated in UIL Extemporaneous Informative Speech, Prose Interpretation and One-Act Play. Jake has also served as the “Voice” of the Na-tional Champion, All-American Strutters Drill team since his sophomore year.

Jake was selected to represent Bridge City at the 2009 UIL Elite 100 Conference. He was the 2010 delegate for the American Legion Texas Boys State.

In June of 2011, by request of the American Legion, Jake will return to Austin and partici-pate in Boys State as an Administrative Coun-selor. Jake was also selected as the Student of the Month for October.

In 2010, Jake was crowned the local and

county champion of the Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading in Declamation. This con-test is one hundred years old and is one of the most prestigious scholarship contests around.

Outside of school, Jake spent a month abroad in Italy with the University of Dallas. There he studied Shakespeare and his influence by the Italian lifestyle.

He also has served as the secretary for Saint Henry’s CYM Youth Board as well as tutored.

Jake plans to attend the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas this fall to pursue a ma-jor in communication studies. He aspires to work for the Walt Disney Corporation.

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Bridge City High School Class of 2011

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Bria Ryan Thibodeaux is the 2011 Bridge City High School Valedictorian.

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Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School

The 2011 Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Class has named Jordan King as the Valedictorian and Katelyn Peasley as the Salu-tatorian.

Jordan King is a very diversified student who excelled in academics, athletics and fine arts in his time at Little Cypress-Mauriceville. Wheth-er performing in the stands with the band for football games or playing with the soccer team

on the field, he actively participated in school and extracurricular activities.

Jordan is the son of Jon and Sandra King. He has two older brothers - Tyler, 21, is currently enrolled in Stephen F. Austin State University’s ROTC nursing program. Travis, 24, graduated from McNeese State University with a Bach-elor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and is employed by Invista.

Jordan’s fine arts career was marked by a four year membership in LCM’s Wind Ensemble on the French horn. He made all-Region Band I all

four years and qualified for All-Area band for three of those years.

He was also elected to serve as a Property Of-ficer his sophomore year and Band Chaplain the junior and senior year. His athletic pursuit was in his favorite sport, soccer. Jordan was a start-er for two years on LCM’s varsity soccer team, playing a variety of positions.

King’s academic achievements are not lim-ited to his rank as valedictorian. Jordan was a two year member of the National Honor Soci-ety who participated in many UIL Academic events, such as Number Sense, Science, and So-cial Studies.

He placed second in UIL Social Studies at the district level his  sophomore year and first his junior year, qualifying for the area competition. Jordan also participated in LCM’s growing Quiz Bowl program which enjoyed some success this year on the KFDM Channel 6 Challenge.

Volunteering was also important to Jordan. He spent most of his summers volunteering at school and at the Christian kids camp, Camp His Way, at Zavalla, Texas. He plans to continue volun-teering there this year following graduation.

When asked how he felt about earning the valedictorian rank Jordan replied, “I’m very honored to receive this recognition. I’m blessed to have  this gift and would like to thank God and my family as well as my friends.”

Jordan was awarded the Mirabeau Scholar-ship and plans to use it to attend Lamar Univer-sity. He hopes to major in chemical engineering and then decide between research and develop-ment or becoming involved with business.

Salutatorian, Katelyn Peasley has been active in a variety of extra-curricular activities during her four years at Little Cypress-Mauriceville

High School. She committed much of her time to the LCM Honey Bear Drill Team. As a mem-ber of the drill team she obtained the business office of Class Representative and the field of-fices of Lieutenant, Co-captain, and Captain.

Katelyn has also been a devoted member of LCM’s Student Council for four years dur-ing which she held the offices of Historian and Webmaster.

She was selected to be a part of the school’s National Honor Society both her Junior and Senior years. Katelyn exercised her scholastic talents through UIL Academics, competing in science, social studies, and general math events. She placed in social studies at the District and Regional levels.

Katelyn is a faithful member of Fellowship Church of Christ and participated in LCM’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Her commitment to the community is dem-onstrated through her volunteer involvement in a variety of organizations, including LifeShare Blood Centers, Orange Lion’s Club, Shangri La, and a mentoring program at Little Cypress El-ementary.

Aside from achieving the rank of Salutatori-an, Katelyn earned additional academic awards from LCM High School.

She has also received perfect attendance throughout her high school years and was cho-sen as a Star Student her junior year.

Katelyn will attend Baylor University in the fall were she will pursue a degree in Neurosci-ence and participate in Baylor’s Honor Pro-gram. After receiving her degree, she plans to attend medical school to become a radiologist.

Katelyn is the daughter of Curtis and Iva Pea-sley.

Jordan King was named the 2011 Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Valedictorian.

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n Childhood memories will last a lifetime, but, life will never again be the same.

This is for those youngsters who will be graduating this month, who will be leaving the protection of home and striking out on their own.

You have absolutely no idea what the future has in store. You will have great things happen, and you will also get a lot of hard bumps. The bumps will seem harder to you than they really are. Your parents, up to now, have been taking many bumps for you, sheltering you against them. Later, you will do the same for your children.

Time will help you become calloused against those hard knocks. So don’t get discouraged. It takes cutting and polishing to reveal a diamond; it also takes some suffering to “bring you out.” Many of life’s worst heartaches come in those early years when we strike out into the world for ourselves. We stub our toes and scrape our shins on mountains made of molehills. Keep the courage; don’t get disheartened.

You will find distinct classes of people down life’s highway. Some will go out of their way to help you, to guide you, to share their wisdom from the bitter experiences they faced. Pay atten-tion to these people, especially the elderly. They have learned the shortcuts to take and the pitfalls to avoid.

You will also meet some plain nasty people, varying in degree.They are the people who make life disagreeable and wretched

for themselves and can’t be content to see anyone else happy. They are the ones who will kick you when you’re down. They have absolutely no loyalty.

They are predators, vultures eager to take advantage of your youthful innocence and lack of life experience. As far as pos-sible, ignore these types. Don’t let them make you like them -- bitter, cynical.

Just remember that no one is worth it; anger and resentment are the poisons of the mind and spirit. Keep your cool. That has served me well and it will you.

As youngsters, we have a tendency to drift away from the folds at home. You’ll regret that later in life. Sometimes when it’s too late to make amends, the time will come when you fully realize the heartaches and struggles endured by your parents to get you started on the right road, to give you a better edge than they had.

When you go away, write frequently. Mom and Dad can help steer you properly when you’re in doubt. They may seem old-fashioned to you, but, you know what? That may possibly be because they have attained that old-fashioned quality--horse sense. Believe it or not, most of you will some day acquire this quality. But, that will occur only after you have fought through the many experiences and trials of life.

Some of you will fall more often than others. Always have the courage to get up. It’s never easy, but believe me, as long as you’re trying, someone will come along to help you.

Forget your mistakes.

You can’t do anything about spilled milk. Let them be a lesson, however, and press on to the achievements of the future.

I wish you all a good and happy life. Your opportunities are endless.

What you make of yourself is strictly up to you. This is impor-tant for you to know.

You’ve been schooled and nurtured. Life is going to change, not only for your, but for your parents as well.

So, as you spread your wings and leave the nest, remember the foundation they gave you and what their hopes and dreams are for you.

Here’s hoping you take the right fork in the road.

Some day you will look back and you’ll know how right I am. I’ve been there, I was a lad just yesterday it seems.

Life’s Highway travels fast. Godspeed, and a great journey.

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Orangefield High School Class of 2011

Brian Kelley, son of Gary and Denise Kelley, was named the 2011 Orangefield High School Valedictorian. Ashlyn Lopez, daughter of Mike Lopez and Janois and Rob Strause, was named the 2011 Orangefield High School Salutatorian.

Brian Kelley, who holds a 4.84 GPA, was a member of the National Honor Society, UIL Current Events Team, the UIL Science Team, Band, the UIL Literary Criticism team and the Tennis Team. He was also junior class vice president.

Kelley’s hard work earned him the following awards: he was chosen to represent OHS for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Camp; he was chosen to represent OHS for Kiwana’s Citizen-ship Day; he received merit awards, called Big O Award at OHS, in honors geometry, honors IPC, pre-AP biology, pre-AP chemistry, pre-AP English I and pre-AP English II, Spanish I and II, and Band; he received the Outstanding Per-forming Awards at the UIL Piano Solo Com-petition in the ninth and 11th grades; and he received the Chemistry Award from the Sabine Neches Chapter of the American Chemistry Society.

He also volunteered his time to the following community service projects: he participated in the Adams Bayou Trash Off and the Hurricane Ike Clean up; he volunteered for the Symphony of South East Texas; he helped with the Christ-

mas food drive at the Salvation Army; and he plays the organ for the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.

Brian plans to attend the University of Mich-igan where he will work on a degree in sound engineering in the school of music.

Ashlyn Lopez, who holds a 4.77 GPA, was a member of the National Honor Society, Fel-lowship of Christian Athletes, Spanish Club, BADD Club, and was involved in her church youth group. She was also a member of the bas-ketball team, cross country team and the vol-leyball, where she was the Senior Team Captain and was named All-District for 2010.

Her hard work earned her the following awards: National Merit Scholar, 2010-2011 Na-tional Hispanic Recognition Program Schol-ar, Rotary Club Scholastic Excellence, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, National Honor So-ciety Scholar, and the Cardinal Pride and Heart Award. She also received several Merit Awards; was named All-District in Volleyball, Basket-ball and Track; and was selected to attend the National Leadership Conference.

She also volunteered her time to the follow-ing community service projects: Hurricane Ike Clean-up, Buckner’s Children Village, The Meadow’s Nursing Home, Salvation Army Toy Drive; Relay for Life, BC/OF Ministerial Alli-ance Can Drives, Blue Santa and Cops-N-Kids.

Ashlyn plans to attend a four-year university to work towards a major in accounting and a minor in criminal justice.

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Brian Kelley was named the 2011 Orangefield High School Valedictorian.

Ashlyn Lopez was named the 2011 Orangefield High School Salutatorian.

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Ethan Berwick was named the Valedicto-rian for the 2011 Senior Class at Community Christian School. Reginald “Reggie” Holley was named the 2011 Salutatorian.

Berwick was a member of the National Hon-or Society, Student Council, Yearbook Staff, Student Leadership Institution Comprehensive National Leadership Program and a member of the Youth Drive Center-Community Christian Youth Group.

He was also a member of the varsity basket-ball team for four years, the varsity baseball team for four years, the varsity soccer team for one year, the varsity track/cross country team four two years, the varsity tennis team for one year and the weight lifting program for four years.

He was on the All “A” Honor Roll for all four years of high school and has received the follow-ing awards while attending CCS: SLI Achieve-ment Service Leadership Award, the Diligence Award, Dustin Brack Christian Athlete Award, American Honor Society Award, Chemistry National Olympiads, Perseverance Award, and he has received the Principal Award (95 or above) in 24 classes. He also was named to the Academic All-State for Varsity Baseball.

Berwick has volunteered much of his time to the following community service programs: funded the Didasko Orphanage Program in Honduras, the Relay for Life, volunteered over 400 hours on Hurricane Ike Relief Task Force; Adopt-a-Highway, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, and a mission trip to San Antonio with the Community Christian Church.

Reggie Holley was a member of the National Honor Society, Chapel Committee, Yearbook

Staff, Homecoming Committee, Journalism Staff and a member of the Varsity Baseball team for three years.

Over the years, Holley has received several awards including the “Most Joyful” award, the “Most Organized” award, the Diligence Char-acter Award, and the Academic Excellence Award in IPC, English II, World Literature, Algebra II, Chemistry, Economics, English III, Government, and Math Modeling.

He was also an All “A” student in all four years of high school.

Holley has volunteered much of his time vol-unteering to the following community service projects: Relay for Life, Hurricane Ike and Rita Relief, Change for Children, Adopt-A-Highway, Samaritans Purse and collected money for Di-dasko (an orphanage in Honduras). He also vol-unteered for a mission trip with the Commu-nity Christian Church to San Antonio.

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Ethan Berwick was named the 2011 Valedictorian for Community Christian School.

Reginald “Reggie” Holley was named the 2011 Salutatorian for Community Christian School.

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The wind cut no one any slack and it really hampered the 20 contestants fishing the Triangle Tail Chasers tour-nament on the 14th. Trey Browne and Bobby Wilburn teamed up to win the event with a respectable 21.49-pound total that was even more impressive considering the fact that the second best total was over ten pounds behind.

Adam Jaynes and Aaron Hommel spent a full week of dealing with the wind in hopes of piecing together a con-sistent redfish pattern that would serve them well in the Galveston Redfish Series Pre-Season opener on Saturday. The weigh-in was at San Leon, but because they could launch and fish on Sabine, they would only have to make that drive if they felt they had a chance to place.

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The series against Robinson will be a best-of-three. Game one is schedule for 7:30 Thurs-day. Game two will start at 4:30 Saturday and game three 30 minutes after game two, if needed. Game one will be played at Magnolia West High School, and game two and three will be played at Magno-lia High School.

The Rockets are the Dist. 19-3A champs with a district record of 10-0, and 27-5 over-all. In the THSBCA polls rank Robinson as the No. 2 team in the state, and they are the No. 6 state ranked in the Class 3A baseball poll. Robinson has defeated Bullard and China Springs, while Bridge City has defeated Smithville and Gid-dings to set up this semi-final matchup. Bridge City/Robin-

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Jacob Lemoine hurls 10 strikeouts in the Bridge City Cardinal 4-1 playoff victory over Giddings in Game Two of the quarterfinal series. RECORD PHOTOS: Mark Dunn

Bridge City Cardinal catcher Matt Menard takes out a Giddings base runner at home plate. HOMETOWN BASEBALL PAGE 2B

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son winner will meet the winner of the Diboll/La Grange in the regional finals.

Bridge City jumped out to a two run lead after the first inning. Cameron Dishon led off with a single, stole second and went to third on a Matt Menard single. Menard also swiped second, and Dishon and Menard both scored on a wild pitch. The Cardinals extended their lead in the second inning, Bryce Sampere walked and scored on Dylan Mulhollan’s RBI double making the score 3-0. Forrest Zoch added a single to his stats in the fourth inning. After two strikeouts by Zoch in the top of the fifth, Giddings loaded the bases with an infield hit, hit by pitch, and a base of balls. Zoch caught a line drive to end the top half of the inning leaving the bases loaded.

In the bottom of the fifth the first pitch was missed by Giddings’ catcher, striking the um-pire. The incident led to the catcher being eject-ed. Bridge City broke things open and gained some momentum in the following inning with five runs. Menard reached first after a strikeout but the catcher could not hold on to the ball. Menard stole his second base of the game and scored on a Mitchel Hubbard RBI double. Pres-ton Pitman hit a single scoring Hubbard. Mul-hollan was hit by a pitch and Chance Lemoine and Jason Brossard both scored on Brandon Simoneaux’s triple. Lemoine and Brossard were running for Pitman and Mulhollan. Simoneaux scored the last run of the inning with a pass ball.

In the top of the seventh, Zoch, who pitched a gem of a ballgame, hit two batters and walked one to load the bases. After a strikeout Hayden Guidry replaced Zoch, giving up two hits that allowed Giddings to score three runs. On one hit Giddings tried to stretch it out from first to third, but they were thrown out by Simoneaux. Guidry struck out the next batter to give the Cardinals game one, with a score of 8-3. Zoch recorded eleven strikeouts, gave up three hits, three walks, and hit three batters in his effort for the win.

In the second game, it was Giddings who jumped out to a one run lead in the first inning, but that would be all the Cardinals’ pitcher, Jake Lemoine, would allow. Giddings would score their only run with three hits in the first inning.

Lemoine buckled down and pitched into the seventh inning giving up only three more hits, walking four, hitting one batter, while striking out ten. The Cardinals tied the game in the top of the second. With two outs in the inning, Mulhollan and Pitman each reached with sin-gles and Simoneaux scored Mulhollan with an RBI single.

The game stayed tied until the seventh. In the seventh Pitman had his second single of the game, followed by a walk to Simoneaux. With two outs in the inning, shortstop Zach Smith stepped in and ripped, what looked like a ball that would hit the fence, however; it left the park in a hurry for a clutch three run homer. You just knew Giddings would not go down easy. There were three key double plays turned in the game. One by Giddings, and two by the Cardinals, but none as big at the double play in the seventh inning.

Lemoine struck out the first batter in the sev-enth inning. He hit the number eight hitter and walked the number nine hitter. When Giddings’ pitcher, and UT signee, Brooks Marlow, who took his first loss of the year on the mound stepped in, you knew something was going to happen. Marlow had already had two hard hit singles, one deep fly ball, a long foul ball that went out of the park, and he had put the bat on the ball on everything the Cardinals had to of-fer in both games. Coach Landry made the call to not let Marlow swing the bat, and told Lem-oine to put him on to load the bases and bring the winning run to the plate.

With Guidry in the bull pen and Zoch in right field, Landry decided to bring in game one pitcher Zoch to relieve Lemoine. Zoch only needed one pitch to end the game and give Lem-oine and the Cardinals the win, as well as a trip to the semifinal round. A ground ball was hit to Pitman at third; Pitman touched third and threw over to Mulhollan for a huge double play that ended the game with the score 4-1.

BCISD school board president Tom Orozco said, “It’s a great day to be a Cardinal.”

Come on out and support the Cardinals as they take on the Robinson Rockets. See you at the park!

Cardinal senior pitcher Forest Zoch waits for the crucial Game Two to begin. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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The current lockout of Na-tional Football League players by the owners that has been in effect for more than 10 weeks is starting to take its toll. But it’s not the 1,600 veteran play-ers that are hurting, but the 254 new rookies who have re-ally been left out in the cold by this work stoppage.

The handful of No. 1 and No. 2 picks the first day of the draft were able to at least meet with those team executives and coaches involved in the se-lection process and even got a team playbook to look at brief-ly.

But those players taken in the last two days don’t know anything about what their new job is all about or when they will be able to begin learning and playing football with their new teams because of the re-lockout.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis upheld an appeal by NFL owners and is-sued a temporary postpone-ment of an April 25 order halt-ing the then 6-week-old lock-out by District Judge Susan Richard Nelson. As a result, the lockout was reinstated as the third round of the draft wound down.

Players chosen in the first round—before the appeals court issued its stay—were al-lowed to meet with their new coaches and receive playbooks. Most players selected after the appeals court ruling were pre-vented from discussing foot-ball with coaches or from get-ting playbooks.

This is the time of the year that NFL teams hold mini-camps and focus on position-by-position instructions that is especially beneficial to the rookies and non-starters on the teams. But with the lock-out still in effect, that valuable instruction time is all going by the wayside.

The lockout is going to espe-cially hurt the Houston Tex-ans who made it a point to draft much-needed defensive players and have them learn new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips’ system of de-fense, which is entirely differ-ent than what Head Coach Gary Kubiak had been using for the past five years that pro-duced only one winning re-cord and no playoff appear-ances.

Phillips worked really hard with the team’s scouts, dictat-ing exactly what he’s looking for in the draft. Kubiak said that other defensive coordina-tors he has worked with trimmed a list of 500 or so po-tential draft picks to a list of 50 or 60. Instead, Phillips got it down to 15 or 20 and the Texans chose five of them in the draft.

This normally is Kubiak’s favorite time of the year be-cause it’s all about coaching, according to Sunday’s Hous-ton Chronicle. But the lockout has curtailed the mini-camps

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The NFL players argue that the lockout is causing them ir-reparable harm because they can’t work out or sign con-tracts with any of the 32 teams while the lockout persists.

Lawyers for the players’ as-

sociation filed a brief last weekend declaring “there is no off-season in professional sports—only a portion of the work year during which no games are played.”

The union claims that part of the year brings opportuni-ties such as the option to change cities, teams or the tra-jectory of one’s career.

But the owners counter by pointing out that lifting the lockout with no labor deal in place would cause chaos, with teams trying to make deci-sions on signing free agents and making trades under a set of rules that could change drastically under a new agree-ment.

A group of players, includ-ing star quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and

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KWICKIES…All of the high school baseball and softball teams had their season’s ended last weekend EXCEPT the Bridge City Cardinals, who double-thumped Giddings and are moving to the Class 3A Region III semifinals. The Cards (22-10) will meet No. 6-ranked Waco Robinson in a best-of-three series be-ginning 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Game 2 is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday with Game 3 to follow if necessary.

The Lamar Cardinals scored only three runs during the three-game season-ending series against Stephen F. Austin in Nacog-doches last weekend, but the 3-2 victory Saturday was good enough to get the Big Red into the Southland Conference base-ball tournament as the No. 7 seed. Ironically, that was the same seed the Cardinals earned last year when they won the tourna-ment and earned a berth in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Lamar will meet the No. 2 seed which happens to be SFA. The two teams meet in the opening round of the double-elimination tourney today (Wed.) at noon hosted by Texas State in San Mar-cos. The loser of this game will meet the loser between UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Thursday at 9 a.m. with the winners of these two games playing at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Shreveport native David Toms held on to win the PGA Tour-Colonial Sunday at Fort Worth by one stroke over Charlie Wi. It was Toms’ first PGA Tour victory since January 2006. He lost to K.J. Choi in a playoff last week at The Players Championship. Toms earned a winner’s check for $1,116,000.

Congrats to the West Orange-Stark Mustangs 7-on-7 team for taking first place in the eight-team tournament at Anahuac and qualifying to the finals at Texas A&M in July.

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The Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Sun-day to win only their third series of the season. Hunter Pence blasted a two-run home run to put the Astros ahead for good and made a winner out of Wandy Rodriguez (3-3). The Astros re-turned home and began a three-game series against the Los An-geles Dodgers Monday night at Minute Maid Park.

JUST BETWEEN US…Craig Couvillion and I were on the road to Lufkin Saturday at the crack of dawn to play in a golf tourna-ment at the Lufkin Country Club sponsored by my grandson Lo-gan Smith’s National Elite Series baseball team aptly named Linedrive. As soon as we traveled north of Highway 12 we saw signs of rain, that didn’t quite get to the Orange area. The closer to Lufkin we got, the more water we saw in the ditches along the side of the road. Just outside of Zavalla, it was pouring and it looked like that area got four or five inches of rain. There was a sign at the side of the road that read “Burn Ban in Effect”, but the word “effect” was under water. Luckily it stopped raining in Lufkin and our four-man scramble team of son-in-law Brian Smith, long-hitting Charlie Free, Craig and I shot 14-under par but didn’t win anything. The baseball team, for boys 14 years and under, has been earning money throughout the season to play in a national tournament either in Colorado or in Flower Mound, Texas in July.

cuit for the rest of the year.“A win is a win,” said Jaynes, “but we could have easily posted

an even bigger weight with a little luck. I somehow pulled off several big reds and Aaron broke off two or three more.”They obviously got that problem corrected in time to put the right two fish in the livewell.

While I won’t disclose the finer points of their winning pat-tern, he did share the fact that they found their fish in the ship channel rather than the lake or the more protected bayous.“The water was so sandy in the channel that we had to fish Gulp baits to take advantage of the scent factor.”He also added that they caught trout up to seven pounds while mining for their winning redfish. The kickoff tournament for the Galveston Redfish Se-ries is scheduled for June 11^th .The wind is wreaking havoc on the guide business, but you can’t blame Jaynes and Hommel for hoping that it blows for a couple more weeks!

Local saltwater tournament fishermen weren’t the only ones forced to deal with the wind. By the time you read this they will have already fished a second tournament, but Simon Outfitters kicked off their Sabine River bass tournament series last Tuesday as well. Nineteen bass fishermen showed up for the first event of the year and that number could easily double this week.

Trey Smith, fishing alone in the initial event, won the $400 first place check with 2 bass that weighed 4 pounds 13 ounces. “These are actually team events,” pointed out Smith, and my partner, Hunter Gothia, will be back in the boat with me for the next one.

The team of Cado Durio and Randy Brock finished in second place with two bass that totaled 3.83 pounds to earn $150. Steve Henson won the big bass pot with a 2.99 pound bass. Simon Outfitters of Kirbyville is hosting the afternoon bass tourna-ments out of the public boat launch located on Simmons Drive every Tuesday afternoon. The tournaments start at 5:30 p.m.

The S.A.L.T. Club is hosting their 37^th Annual Fishing Ro-deo out of Pleasure Island this weekend. The popular family ori-ented tournament not only pays well in eight different catego-ries, but offers both an inshore and offshore division as well. The weigh-in site for the two day event is the parking lot next to Sharkey’s Grill on Pleasure Island. Weigh-in starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.

The entry fee is $30 per person, which includes both divisions, and tickets must be purchased by closing time at the businesses selling those tickets on Friday evening. Contestants are allowed to start fishing at 12:01 Saturday morning. Peggy’s on the Bayou is the closest place to purchase tickets for folks in the Orange-Bridge City Area. Do yourself a favor and make plans to eat when you sign up!

Peggy’s is also the closest official weigh-in station for the sum-mer long CCA sponsored S.T.A.R. tournament. Sign up today. Mom and Dad can fish for trucks and boats all summer long while the kids can win as much as $50,000 in college scholarship money. Even if you don’t win a dime it is money well spent if you care at all about the future of saltwater fishing.

Colburn: FishingFrom Page 1B

Kaz’s KornerFrom Page 4B

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CommunityBulletin Board

Thrift and Gift to host community garage saleSave the day!  Saturday, June 4 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thrift & Gift’s Community Garage Sale

will take place.  To reserve a space call 409-886-7649 for details.  Sixteen plus spaces of merchan-dise will be available.  Thrift & Gift will offer hot dogs, links, chips and drinks, and members and volunteers  will sell baked goods.  The shop and bargain will be open.  This location is 350 37th Street off Strickland.

American Legion Post 208, VFW Post 9854 to honor VeteransMembers of American Legion Post 208 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9854 of Vinton will

join together in a Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 30 in memory of and to recognize veter-ans who served our country honorably in past wars and conflicts. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the Vinton City Hall. For more information please call: 337-589-6761,337-589-4664, and 337-589-6956.

OISD to make up for snow dayThursday, May 26 will now be a full day of instruction for Orangefield ISD to make up for snow

day.  Friday, May 27 will be the last day of the 2010-2011 school year and will be early release with the Elementary and High School releasing at 1 p.m. and the Junior High at 1:15.  Graduation will be held at F.L. McClain Stadium, Friday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Public invited to honor Orange County veterans May 29 The public is invited to join in the eighth annual tribute to Orange County veterans 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 29, at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 MLK Drive in Orange. The program has been moved to 6 p.m. to avoid the mid-day heat. During the program, a display

of the original bell from the U.S.S. Dyson, a destroyer built by Consolidated Steel Corp. in Orange in 1942, will be dedicated.

The patriotic tribute to all veterans and those serving in the military will include special speaker Col. Harland Merriam, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Beaumont, the Southeast Texas Color Guard, the Orange Community Band, and the Patriot Riders Motorcycle Group.

For more information, call (409) 883-4674.

BCCC to host annual golf tournamentThe Bridge City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their annual golf tournament on Mon-

day, June 20 at the Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. The shot gun tee will be at 8 a.m. and is going to be a four man scramble. Cost to play is $50 per player or $200 per team. Hole sponsor-ships are also available. Prizes will be given.

Contact Angela Beck at 409-735-5671 for more information.

American Legion to host brisket lunchOn Thursday, June 2, the American Legion Post 49, located at 108 Green Ave. in Orange, will

host a lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The lunch will include brisket, link, beans, potato salad, bread and dessert. The cost is $7 per plate. Walk-in’s are welcome and delivery is available. Call 409-886-9861 after noon on June 1 and before 9 a.m. on June 2 for delivery.

All proceeds go back in to the American Legion Post 49, which is a non-profit Veteran Organi-zation.

 

Farmers’ Market expands to WednesdaysThe Orange County Farmers’ Market has opened for the season and expanded to include

Wednesdays from 4-7 p.m., in addition to the usual 6:30-10 a.m. on Saturdays. The following items are now available: potatoes, green beans, squash (zucchini, yellow, and pat-

typan), greens, radishes, onions, beets, cucumbers, blueberries, a variety of jams and jellies, fresh eggs, honey, baked goods, and strawberry plants (Wednesday only).

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.

Bill Nickum Insurance to honor customers May 26Bill Nickum Insurance is hosting a Customer Appreciation Day Thursday May 26 from 10:30

a.m. to 2 p.m.  We are setting up our tent in the parking lot and serving hot link and drinks.  Come by and join the fun!

CASA to offer volunteer training classesAdvocates for Children, Inc. “A CASA Program” will have a volunteer training class beginning

July 7 and concluding July 9.   It will be 9 a.m until 5 p.m. daily at the Orange CASA office located at 2120 Gloria Dr.  For more information call 409-886-2272 or go on-line at www.advocates-4-children-inc.org    There are abused children in our region that need your help!

Orange VFW to offer free Wii BowlingOrange VFW is offering free Wii Bowling for members and their guests on Saturdays from 3 to

6 p.m. in the club room.  Guests must be accompanied and signed in by a member of the VFW or Ladies Auxiliary.  For further information, contact the Club Room after 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 409-886-9738.

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer support group meetingsThe Rape and Suicide Crisis Center of Southeast Texas will be hosting a support group for

female survivors of sexual assault the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 5:30 p.m. Meetings will be held at the Foundation of Southeast Texas building, located at 700 North St. in downtown Beaumont.

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

WOS Class of 1971 plans reunionThe West Orange High School Class of 1971 has scheduled a 40th reunion for Saturday, July 9.

The event will be held at the Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. E-mail and mail notices are forthcoming. Quite a few graduates have unconfirmed information.

The classes of 1970 and 1972 are also invited to attend. For questions call Carolyn Reese Hankins at 409-886-8618 or Tommy White at 409-886-1176 or

e-mail Judy Armstrong Brimm at judydi_73@yahoo.com.

Last two classes of Stark High School to reunite in July The classes of 1976 and 1977, the last two years of students who attended Lutcher Stark High

School, are planning the 35th Reunion of the Class of ’76, while at the same time merging with the class of ’77.

Events will begin Friday, July 15, for a mixer of students and spouses, with Saturday and Sunday to be days of continued events.  A golf scramble is planned for Saturday morning, with a disc jock-ey and food finishing off the evening events.  Sunday brunch will be a morning for final closing.

If you know of anyone who attended those class years and is not aware of the reunion, please contact Denise Simoneaux Simmons at 409-735-6374, or Dana Zoch Mortimer at 409-313-7261. Also, teachers who taught during that time are welcome to attend by contacting the above num-bers for information, as well.

Bridge City HS Class of 1991 to hold 20 year reunionThe 1991 graduating class of Bridge City High will hold their 20 year class reunion on the week-

end of Aug. 12-13. There will be a private party at Madison’s in Beaumont at 8 p.m. on Aug. 12. A family skating party will be held at Spinnin’ Wheels in Orange at 11 a.m. on Aug. 13. The reunion will end with a party at Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange at 7 p.m. on Aug. 13. Early bird tick-et prices are $40 for individuals and $75 for couples by June 15. Please go to their web site at http://BCClass1991.classquest.com for all details. For more information, e-mail Malinda Boudreaux mboudreaux1@gt.rr.com, and Christy Dobranski at crstydski@gmail.com.

Register for Young People’s Theater WorkshopOrange Community Players Inc. will hold registration for the 2011 Young People’s Workshop 3

p.m.-7 p.m., May 27.This year’s production will be “Alice in Wonderland.” Adapted for the stage by Eva LeGallienne

and Florida Friebus; the play is based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.”

The workshop begins June 13 and will continue until July 10. Sessions will be conducted 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday; with the exception of Wednesday.

They will not meet on Wednesdays until the final week.Participants must be 6 to 18 years old on July 1, 2011. They must be available to attend and abide

by YPTW code of conduct. Parent/Guardian and youth attendance for orientation June 13 is man-datory.

Tuition for the program is $25 and non-refundable.All tickets to productions are $5There may be additional costs associated with costumes and properties, but the parents and vol-

unteers of OCP are very resourceful.Orange Community Players, Inc. will never deny participation due to a financial issue. If you

have concerns that you wish to confidentially address, or for more information please contact Codie Vásquez at 409-363-2541 or codiev@msn.

The theater is located at 708 W. Division Ave. in Orange, across from the Orange County Court-house.

Heavenly Hearts Charity Pageant set for July 9The 2011 Heavenly Hearts Summer Kings and Queens Charity Pageant will be held July 9 at the

Bridge City Community Center in Bridge City.  Entries will be accepted until June 24.  Early en-tries receive large discounts on the entry fee.

Age divisions for boys and girls are from babies through adults with no residency requirement. Heavenly Hearts is a state registered pageant title.Crowns, trophies, embroidered sashes, plaques, and gifts will be awarded.  Every contestant will

receive a tiara.This pageant will benefit the Bridge City - Orangefield Ministerial Alliance.  Contestants and

spectators are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food or personal hygiene item to distribute to the needy of the area, and will receive a discount on door admission with their donation.

For more information log on to the web site www.heavenlyheartspageants.com or check out the Heavenly Hearts Facebook page, or you  may e-mail karimstringer@yahoo.com Businesses are welcome to advertise free of charge with a donation of any value to the event.

Want to add your event to the Community Bulletin Board? Call us at 883-7183 or fax the info to 735-7346.

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Deaths and MemorialsJames Ernest YorkOrange

James Er-nest York, 45, passed away May 20 in Orange.

A grave-side service will be at Hill-crest Memo-rial Gardens, Wednesday, May 25 at 2 p.m. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

He was born Sept. 25, 1965 in Orange to Phillip Leo York Sr. and Inelda Angelica (Lopez) York. James worked at Roberts Meat Market as a meat cutter and had a passion for heavy metal music. He was a very talented drummer who was just starting to form a band. Those who knew James will always re-member him as a kind hearted, generous and loving man.

James is preceded in death by his father, Phillip Leo York, Sr. and brother, David Benjamin York.

Those left to cherish his mem-ory are his mother, Inelda York of Orange; daughter, Destini Ken-dall; son, Corbin Kendall both of Virginia; daughter, Gabrielle York of Fredericksburg; sister, Cynthia Childress and husband, Kenneth of Orange and brother, Phillip York Jr. and wife, Jennifer of Orange. He is also survived by his aunt, Rebecca Ramirez and husband, Robert of Orange; uncle, Justo Lopez Jr. and wife, Edelmira of Houston; cousin, Daniel N. Lopez of Humble and so many other family and friends who will miss and love him dear-ly.

Shannon “Buddy” MesserBridge City

Shannon “ B u d d y ” M e s s e r , 88, passed away Mon-day, May 23, at his home.

F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiat-ing will be the Rev. J.W. Harrell of United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City and Shannon’s nephew, Rev. Dennis Clark of New Caney Pentecostal Church of God. Burial will follow at Hill-crest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City with Military Honors.

Born in Oakdale, La. on March 30, 1923, Shannon was the son of John Franklin and Rhoda Bond Messer of Groves. Shan-non graduated from Thomas Jef-ferson High School and married Thelma Lorene Plummer in 1941. Shannon was a World War II Vet-eran in the Merchant Marines. At the age of 17, he steered his ship through the Panama Canal. He was supervisor at Goodrich Gulf was previous owner of the Penny Record from 1987 to 1993; Shan-non Messer Real Estate; Yard Li-tes, Etc.; J & S Battery Service; Motel 96,; T.V. Repair Shop; and Burger Town.

His awards included: War Shipping Administration Pa-cific War Zone Bar; Atlantic War Zone Bar; and the Merchant Ma-rine Emblem; Honorary Rotar-ian, Paul Harris Fellow through the Bridge City Rotary Club; Bridge City’s Citizens of the year through the Chamber of Com-merce; Chamber of Commerce’s Father of the Year; Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Person of the Year.

Shannon donated office space for the very first Chamber of Commerce building in Bridge City. He was a Master Electrician with the IBEW Union; a member of the Rotary Club; Chamber of Commerce; Lions Club; and the Groves Police Department Re-serve.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Thelma Messer of Bridge City; son, John Lason of Paducah, Ky.; grand-children, Lacen Self and Shohn Zirlott of Bridge City; sisters, Lucille Brown of Bridge City and Clotilde Guidroz of Groves; son-in-law, Donald Swearingen of Bridge City; and companion, Drucilla Harvey of Bridge City.

Shannon is survived by his daughter, Sharon Self Boling and husband, David of Bridge City; son, Dr. Shannon Mark Messer and wife, Rebecca of Bridge City; daughters, Thelma Williams

Swearingen of Bridge City, Kar-en Messer Meaux and husband, Ellic of Bridge City, Judy Ben-field Schrumpf and husband, Jackson of Sulphur, La., and Re-beccah Messer Picard and hus-band, Paul of Panama City, Fla.

He is also survived by his sis-ters, Sarah Hammett and hus-band, Jimmy of Deadwood, S.D. and Jimmie Lee Hillburn and husband, Lavon of Hatch, N.M.; and 15 grandchildren; Shannon Bruce and Wesley Self, Marcy, Marlon and Jeremy Messer, Austin and Travis Williams, Shae White and Samantha Eb-erly, Shannon Meaux and Tracy Hargrave, Amy Taylor and Am-ber Ferguson, Shan Zirlott and Jimmy Picard; 16 great-grand-children; and one great great-grandchild.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Wesley Self, Marlon Messer, Shannon Meaux, Jeremy Mess-er, Austin Williams, Travis Wil-liams and Jimmy Picard.

Those wishing to make dona-tions may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Mauline Virginia ToupsOrange

Maul ine V i r g i n i a Toups, 84, p a s s e d away May 23.

Fu n e r a l s e r v i c e s will be held at North Orange Baptist Church at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 26.

Visitation will be Wednesday, May 25, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Clay-bar Funeral Home in Orange.

She was born to Hendrix White and Bama Mae White in the small community of Camp Worth, Texas. Ms. Molly, as she was known by all who loved her, lived most of her life in Orange, Texas. She was a member of North Orange Baptist Church for over 65 years. She served her Lord as a Sunday School teach-er for the pre-school children for over 40 years. Molly worked as a bank teller until she retired in 1991. She was also an avid Dal-las Cowboys fan.

She is preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Al-len White, Payne White, and Ted White; her loving husband of 35 years, Wilson Emile Toups; her daughter, Jo Ann Brandin; and son, Tom Emile Toups.

Those left to treasure her memory are her daughter, Loret-ta Toups; son, Jerry Toups and wife Melanie; daughter-in-law, Pam Toups; grandchildren, Wil-liam Thrailkille, Kelly Thrailkille and wife April, Michael Brandin, Achaisha Toups, Stormy Ander-son and husband Barry, Jerrad Toups and wife Cody, and Jac-queline Toups; and four great-grandchildren, Autumn Snyder, Aurora Thrailkille, River Ander-son, and Journey Anderson.

Serving as pallbearers will be the Deacons of North Orange Baptist Church. Honorary pall-bearers will be William Thrailkille,

Kelly Thrailkille, Michael Brandin, Jerrad Toups, André LeDoux, Sonny LeDoux, Hugh Dean Ray, and Sam Street.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pre-School Sunday School Dept. at North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St., Orange, TX 77632.

Lou Alice LoweOrange

Lou Alice Lowe, 76, of Orange died Tuesday, May 24, at Vidor Nursing and Rehab.

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Claybar Fu-neral Home Chapel. Of-ficiating will be the Rev. Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday with a Rosary re-cited at 7 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Orange on Aug. 10, 1934, Lou was the daughter of Vernon E. Peery and Olamph (Nezat) Peery. She worked at West Orange CISD for about 25 years. Lou enjoyed bowling, casinos, socializing, and family outings and get-togethers. She was a loving mother and grand-mother.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Lowe; and sons, Michael An-thony Lowe and Howard Wayne Lowe.

Lou is survived by her chil-dren, James Vernon Lowe, Phyl-lis Lowe, David Lowe, Steve Lowe and wife, Petra all of Or-ange, and Timothy Phillips and wife, Pearl of Kirbyville; four grandchildren; five great-grand-

children; brothers, George Peery and wife, Dot, William Dub Peery, and Joe Peery; and sister, Char-lotte Cormier and husband, Ray.

Serving as pallbearers will be Joshua Lowe, Laine Cerny, Phil-lip Todora, Tim Phillips Sr., Tim Phillips Jr., and Mark Swallow.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations may be made to the O.C.A.R.C, 905 West Park, Orange, Texas, 409-886-1363.

Georgie Mae Smith CaillouetOrange

Georgie Mae Smith Caillouet, 79, of Bridge City passed away at home surrounded by her fam-ily on Monday, May 23.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Jim McClintock. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memo-rial Park in Groves.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday with a Rosary recited at 7 p.m. at Claybar Fu-neral Home in Bridge City.

Born in Eunice, La. on Dec. 22, 1931, Georgie was the daughter of Eddie J. and Osage (Fontenot) Smith. She graduated from PNG in 1949, was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church for 57 years. She was a member of the Legion of Mary and St. Henry’s Church Choir. She served as the first Chairperson of Bridge City Planning Commission, a pas-sionate supporter of Right to Life Campaign, enjoyed gardening, home improvement, and spend-ing time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Angelia Marie Caillouet; and her brother, Eddie John Smith Jr.

Georgie is survived by her hus-band of 61 years, Richard Cail-louet; sons and spouses, Ricky

and Gloria Caillouet of Lumber-ton, Christopher and Kayla Cail-louet of Basile, La., Kerry and Myra of Bridge City and Major Kelly and Karla Caillouet of Pen-sacola, Fla.; and daughters and spouses, Catherine and Freddie Guyote of Bridge City, Sandra and Gary Staton of Bridge City, Major Robin and Paul Barrett of Fairbanks, Alaska, Colleen and Patrick Owens of Richmond, Vir-ginia, and Brenda Caillouet and Dr. Mary Ann Smith of Houston.

She is also survived by 23 grandchildren; 15 great-grand-children; and brothers, Wayne Paul Smith and Clifford Joseph Smith.

Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons Corey Caillouet, Kev-

in Caillouet, Brian Caillouet, Joe Guyote, Simon Owens, Patrick Owens, Garret Caillouet, Jesse Barrett, and Grant Caillouet.

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You Are Cordially Invited ToAn Old Fashion Revival

You Are Cordially Invited ToAn Old Fashion Revival

1305 Irving St.West Orange, Texas 77630

Rev. Ruth BurchPhone 409-313-2768

7 PM Nightly

The first Friday of every month, we have Gospel Songs 6 P.M. with refreshments!

Apostolic Pentecostal Church• IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange • (409) 745-3973

• Sunday: 2:00 p.m. • Tuesday: 7:30 p.m.• Listen to the Rev. Leo Anderson each Sunday Morning at

7:30 a.m. on A.M. 1600 KOGT Radio• 24 Hour Prayer Line - 409-779-4703 or 409-779-4702(409) 745-3973

Cowboy Church of Orange CountyWorship Service 10:30 A.M. Sunday

• “Round Pen” (Small Group) Studies: Men’s group: 7:00 P.M. Mondays, Ladies’ group: 6:30 P.M. Thursdays

673 FM 1078 Orange, Texas. Come as you are! Boots and hats wel-come! E. Dale Lee, Pastor • 409-718-0269

Echo Church1717 FM 3247, Orange

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Come as you are!Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Pastor George A. Cruse, Jr., Pastor • (409) 735-8580

First Baptist Church of Bridge City• 200 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City

Sunday Schedule: 8:15 Traditional Worship; 9:30 Bible Study;10:45 Celebration Service; 5:30 CSI, Youth Bible Study,

Discipleship ClassesWednesday Schedule: 6:30 Prayer Meeting,

Youth Worship “Living Stone”Rev. Bob Boone, Pastor • Phone: 409-735-3581 • Fax: 409-735-8882

Website: fbcbc.org

First Christian Church of Orangefield• 4234 FM 408 (between Bridge City & Orangefield) • 735-

4234• Sunday: Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m.• Nursery provided • For a ride, please call 735-4234

• Minister Jim Hardwick •

Harvest Chapel1305 Irving Street, Orange

Sunday Morning 10 a.m., Morning Service 11 a.m.Nightly Service 6 p.m. • Wednesday Service 5 p.m.

Ruth Logan Burch, Pastor • (409) 882-0862

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church• 608 Dogwood St., Orange (2 streets behind Horseman Store

• (409) 883-5466• Sunday morning services 10 a.m. - Sunday night 6 p.m.

• Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.• Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.• Residing Pastor Rev. Larry Doucet

• Founding Pastor Rev. Tunney Vercher Sr.

St. Paul United Methodist Church1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City – 735-5546Sunday Mornings – 8:15 AM – Worship Experience

9:30 AM – Sunday School • 10:45 – Worship Experience(Nursery provided at all services)

For Youth on Sunday Afternoon – 3:30 to 6:00 PM – Mid and Sr. High• Sunday Evening – 7:00 PM – Taizé Service

• For Children on Wednesday evening –6:00 to 7:00 PM – JAM (Jesus and Me) Club

Ages 4–10Pastor Brad Morgan – email office@stpaulfamily.org

Trinity Baptist Church1408 W. Park Ave. @ 14th Street, Orange

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Charles Walton • Music Director Dana Cruse

Morning Worship Sunday 11 a.m. • Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Nursery Provided

West Orange Christian Church900 Lansing Street, West Orange - 882-0018

Sunday: 9:30 AM Sunday School • 10:40 AM Worship ServiceSunday 6:00 PM Evening Service

Wednesday 6:00 PM Evening Service“Our church family welcomes you”

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First Baptist Church Orangefield9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409-735-3113

Pastor Forrest WoodSunday: Bible Study- 9:30 a.m., Worship Service- 10:30 a.m.,

Evening Worship Service- 6:30 p.m.Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. - Midweek Meal, 6:30 p.m. - Praise and

PrayerYouth and Children Activities, 7:15 p.m. - Choir Practice

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

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Fellowship Baptist Church VBS scheduledSchool is over and Fellowship Baptist Church in Bridge City

will be traveling to New York City for their summer Vacation Bi-ble School.  It will be held during the week of June 6 through June 10 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. each night.  All children, grade pre-k through fifth grade are welcome to join us as we learn and travel to our version of New York City.

Salem UMC to host Vacation Bible SchoolThe Salem United Methodist Church, located at 402 W. John

Ave in Orange, cordially invites the children of the community to participate in their Vacation Bible School beginning June 13-17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ages four through 14 can participated in the “Shake it up Cafe” VBS. Bible stories crafts, music and food will be provided. For more information, call 409-883-2611.

Bread of Life Feeding Ministry offers hot lunches

The Bread of Life Feeding Ministry of Starlight Church of God in Christ Evangelism Team will provide hot lunches every Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. The meals will be served at the E.B. Lindsey Family Life Center at Starlight, 2800 Bob Hall Road. For more information call 409-886-4366.

Everyone reads The Record!

Roy Dunn wrote a wonderful column recent-ly about his mother. His article reminded me of something that happened with my own mother years ago when I was a teenager.

Young people do not realize God gives moth-ers a special radar when it comes to their chil-dren. So on the night I came home late from a youth event at our church, my mother’s radar was working overtime. I unlocked the back door and quietly tiptoed toward the kitchen for a midnight snack. I left the lights off and carefully opened the refrigerator.

Our youth minister’s message that night had been especially powerful. He challenged us to truly seek God’s presence in our lives. A small group of us stayed after the meeting and talked long into the night.

That is why I was late. As I drove home in my old ’53 Chevy Bellaire I was praying, “Lord, let me see you. Jesus, let me see you.” I was sin-cere as a teenager could be. I truly wanted to see Jesus, I thought. That is, until he suddenly appeared!

Before I tell you any more about seeing Jesus, I need to tell you about my mother. Mother was a dedicated Christian, a prayer warrior, a solid Bible teacher, loved by little children, and a fine representative of God’s kingdom. But she also had a mean streak. Not mean, really, more mis-chievous. If my mother thought she could scare you she went on the attack. Perhaps my tardi-ness pushed her over the edge that night. Who knows.

What I do know is that my mother heard me when I unlocked the back door. She got out of bed and silently, cat-like, with wicked intent, my sweet little mother crept into the darkness of our kitchen and stood as close to me as she dared without revealing her presence. She just stood there silently in her long white gown and robe, with her white fluffy slippers. Quietly. Si-lently. Waiting.

As the faint light of our old refrigerator found its way just beyond its door, and as I was bent over peering into the culinary possibilities, and while I was still deep, deep in prayer, precisely at that moment tiny rays of illumination fell across the bottom of my mother’s long white robe not a foot away from where I stood.

As my peripheral vision alerted me to the fact that I was not alone I that shadowy dark-ness, my response was immediate and unmis-

takable. Instead of thanking God that

Jesus had appeared, I nearly ripped the refrigerator door from its hinges as I let out a primordial howl and attempted to distance myself from what I thought was the answer to my prayers.

To put it simply and clearly, seeing Jesus standing in my kitchen in the dark freaked me out! At least for a few seconds.

Then I noticed Jesus belly laughed just like my mother. And I don’t think Jesus ever wore fuzzy slippers.

Sometimes, in an instant, worlds collide. Our two worlds collided that night in front of our Frigidaire. A boy think-ing about Jesus, and a mother thinking about her boy.

Since that night I’ve learned the best way to see Jesus is in the lives of people who know him. Jesus is seen in acts of kindness, in ten-der mercies, in forgiveness and restoration of friendships, in sacrifice and honor, in righting wrongs, and fighting injustices, and in caring for something beyond self.

I never again asked God to let me see Jesus after that experience in our kitchen long years ago. I didn’t have to.

I have seen Jesus a thousand times in the lives of those who know and love him. So have you. And seeing Jesus in the lives of other people is a lot less scary than the other way.

Let me close with this reminder. The living is always good where the people are good, and the living is good in Orange County.

Rusty Walton is pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, 1408 W. Park Avenue, Orange, Texas.

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EMPLOYMENT DRIVERSHIRING REGIONAL DRIVERS in the Beaumont, TX Region $900/wk Pay Guarantee. Great Pay & Benefits, Pd. Orientation, Assigned Truck, Fuel Card, Pre-Pass. $500 Sign-on Bonus. Must have: TWIC Card, CDL-A with Hazmat & Tanker Endorsement. 18 mo. Current TT exp. Highway Transport Chemical. EOE/MF/V/D. Apply Online at www.hytt.com/jobsForDrivers Call 800-764-4034

EMPLOYMENT HELP WANTED - PART TIME, 14 Hours/ week, must be 21 or older, must be able to work Saturdays, Hitchn’ Post Package Store, great job for a retired person, (409) 735-4817 or 735-9364.

MAXIMUM EFFECTS need-ing 2 hair dressers, massage therapist, and nail tech. Call Christine if interested at 886-7776.

Busy Beauty Salon has opening for hair dresser. Call 886-7286.

EMPLOYMENT WANTEDSEMI-RETIRED sheet rocker and painter. Willing to work for small truck or van. 365-4045.

APPLIANCESUSED APPLIANCES, start-ing at $99.95 & up, Harry’s

Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 886-4111.

ELECTRIC DRYER, Whirlpool, 2 years old, $150, (409) 330-6633.

KENMORE WALL MOUNT GAS oven w/ LED read out, 21.5” wide, 30.5 “ tall. 23.25 “ deep, $85; Kenmore gas cook top, 19” x 27”, $45, both used only 2 years, (409) 553-3332.

FRIDGIDARE FREEZER, upright, frost free, $200, (409) 331-5864.

FURNITURESECTIONAL SOFA w/ fold out bed, $60, (409) 332-3914.

FULL BED SET, complete set w/ mattress, $450, (409) 670-9272 or 886-5725.

LOST & FOUNDLOST, MALE CAT, black & white, “Mister Kitty”, missing from 302 Stafford, BC, neu-tered, has chip, very beautiful, REWARD, (409) 738-3443.

LOST PARROT IN BC, last seen on Quincy St. flying towards Russel St. 5/14/11, can talk when not alarmed, REWARD, (409) 735-2966 or 960-1524.

MISCELLANEOUSWEDDING RING W/ 2 GUARDS, WHOLE SET $650, (409) 670-9272.

BEAUTIFUL DOLL COLLECTION MUST SEE! will consider all reasonable offers, call for an appointment to see, (409) 886-5725

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY RINGS, 1 Kt. A marque dia-

monds, 14Kt. gold, $850, (830) 822-7050.

ELEC. WESLO TREADMILL, slightly used, $350. Call Carlton Harmon @ 670-0232. (TFN CH)

I HAVE A LIKE NEW SCOOT-ER that my grandmother, who recently passed away, used very rarely. I am wanting to sell it to a person in need. I am asking $1,200 o.b.o. Give me a call at 409-332-9263.

WHIRLPOOL WASHER & DRYER, $350 for both; 1 1/2 Ton Fredrich A/C unit, $150; Hotpoint gas stove, $150; Dearborn heater w/ blower, $150; fire proof safe, $400; ‘85 Mercury Marquet, excel-lent shape, $1,500, (409) 883-3883.

TREADMILL - PROFORM XP 680 Crosstrainer. Paid $860, will take $450. Also, 50 year collection of Tiara Glassware. Call 409-886-3040

DAYLILLIES! Over 300 Cuttibars to choose from. Pink, peach, yellow, orange, purple, red, white, multi-colored, singles, doubles, spiders. 6720 N. Fawn, Lumberton, TX, please call first to make sure we are home @ (409) 755-4603 or 781-8561. (5/25)

COACH HANDICAP SCOOTER W/ cover and charger, like new, $800 (cost over 1,400 new), call for more details @ (409) 988-3723. (5/25)

BENNY BARNES RECORD collection. This collection con-sists of 60 of his 45 RPM records, all are in excellent cond., asking $440, Call Tony at (409) 718-6785.

CRAFTSMAN RIDING MOWER 42’’ cut - 18hp New battery, blades, filters. Newly rebuilt starter. $550.00 409-988-3932.

SERVICESHOME OR BUSINESS CLEANING! Angies Cardinal Cleaning Service. Home or Business, Move Outs, rea-sonable rates, price based on many factors, references available, friendly service, Bonded, (409) 553-3105.

CHRISTIAN WOMAN SEEKS care giving / housekeeping duties in the BC/Orange area, experienced, reliable, respon-sible, have references, Call Brenda for more details @ (409) 344-2158.

PETS & LIVESTOCKYORKIE/ POODLE MIX pup-pies, $200 ea., (409) 745-2839.

PIT BULL PUPPIES, born March 13, parents on site, $150 ea., pict. on southeast-texas.com, (409) 719-6724.

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

2 ABANDONED DOGS, sisters, free to good homes, about 1 yr. old, good with kids & other pets, wormed, have ads & picts. on Bridge City Classified.com, call Amy @ 920-3765.

GERMAN & AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD MIX, male, neu-tered, all shots & wormed, must have fenced yard, (409)746-9502.

FREE TO GOOD HOME, male Chihuahua & rat terrier mix, house trained, all shots up to date, can’t keep due to living arrangements, very lovable, month supply of dog food, (409) 988-8560 after 6.

RAT TERRIER DOGS, moth-er and son, must go to same home, must have fenced yard, shots & wormed, free to good home, (409) 746-9502.

LAB/PIT MIX, 8M old, spayed female, on heart worm prev., free to good home, (409) 746-9502.

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We haul dirt and spread, sand, 60/40, top soil, slag, limestone, wash-out, bark and garden mix. We also do Dozer Work, backhoe, mini & large Excavator work. We dig ponds and fill swimming pools, re-move concrete. No Job too small. call for price @ (409) 735-6588

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Field Workers10 temporary positions; approx 7 months; Duties: to operate tractors during the preparation, planting and maintenance of the crop before, during and after the harvesting season. $8.97; Job to begin on 6/20/11 through 1/20/12. 3 months experience re-quired in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing will be provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their perma-nent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work contract or earlier if appropriate; • guaranteed of contract. Em-ployment offered by Monte Val-lot’s Farm located in Abbeville, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 337-893-0744 or call their near-est SWA office at 409-839-8045 using job #LA382883.

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Dear Heart of Jesus:

In the past I have asked

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one(mention favor).

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heart,where your Father

sees it.Then in your mer-ciful eyes, it will

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CARPENTER WORKTHE SMALL JOBS THE BIG BOYS WON’T TOUCH. Carpenter work, vinyl siding, minor plumbing & more, call for free estimates, Call Larry English @ (409) 882-1471 or 882-4288.

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NEEDED: Dependable drug-free, non-smoker, Christian to keep twin girls, 3 yrs. old in my

Orangefield home. Daytime hrs. M-F. Call

670-3218 or after 3 p.m.call 779-4542.

Field Workers5 temp positions; approx 8 months; Duties: to operate tractors during the preparation, planting and maintenance of the crop before, during and after the harvesting season. $8.97; Job to begin on 5/16/11 through 1/15/12. 3 months experience re-quired in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing will be provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their perma-nent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work contract or earlier if appropri-ate; • guaranteed of contract. Employment offered by Triple K & M Farms, Inc. located in Thibodaux, LA . Qualified ap-plicants may call employer for in-terview at 985-466-3270 or call their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 using job #LA379852.

Field Workers5 temp positions; 7 months; job to begin 7/1/11 and end on 1/31/12; Duties: to operate trac-tors during the preparation and maintenance of the fields for the harvesting season and during the harvesting season. $8.97 per hour; 3 months experience in job offered required. All work tools provided. Housing and transpor-tation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work contract or earlier if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by K & M Cane located in Bunkie, LA Qualified ap-plicants may call employer for interview at 337-945-9120 or call their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 using job #LA383865.

Field Workers5 temp positions; approx 8 months; Duties: to operate tractors during the preparation, planting and maintenance of the crop before, during and after the harvesting season. $8.97; Job to begin on 7/1/11 through 2/28/12. 3 months experience required in job offered. All work tools pro-vided. Housing will be provided to workers who can not reason-ably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsis-tence expenses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work con-tract or earlier if appropriate; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employ-ment offered by Huey Dugas & Sons, Inc. located in St. Martin-ville, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 337-201-6015 or call their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 using job #382395.

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APARTMENTS

THE VILLA’S AT COW BAYOU, located at 3650 Fish Hook in Bridge City, now has 1 & 2 bedroom opening! Enjoy comfortable living in a quiet, secluded surrounding. Located in Bridge City School District with convenient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County, we are close to all area refineries! Covered parking, washer/dryer con-nections are provided. We supply your city of Bridge City water, thrash & sewer. Please call today for your personal tour! 409-988-5754.

DOUGLAS OAKS, located at 604 Douglas Street in Bridge City, now has a 1 &2 bed-room opening! Enjoy living in a quiet, secluded surround-ing. Located in Bridge City School District with conve-nient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas. We are close to the refiner-ies! Garage/covered parking, washer/dryer connection are provided. We supply your water, trash & sewer! Please call today for your personal tour! 409-988-5754.

1/1 FURNISHED W/ CARPORT, all utilities paid, smoke and drug free, pet free, $600 monthly + dep., 2619 Briggs Dr., Victory Gardens area, 3 Blocks from BC, (409) 735-4569. (5/25)

2/1 EXTRA LG APT in Orange. CH/A. All appli-ances included. Hardwood floors & carpet. Small pets OK for $150 deposit. $645 month. $650 deposit. FIRST MONTH’S RENT FREE! Call Christine at 883-2187, 779-6580, or 886-7776.

1/1 IN ORANGE w/car-port, storage, all appliances included. Fireplace, ceil-ing fans, CH/A. Small pets OK with $150 deposit. $550 month. $550 deposit. FIRST MONTH’S RENT FREE! Call Christine at 883-2187, 779-6580 or 886-7776.

ROOMS FOR RENT. Perfect for short term lease options. Fully furnished including lin-ens and towels. All bills paid. Cleaned twice a month. No pets. Call Christine at 883-2187, 779-6580 or 886-7776.

1 BEDROOM, BC, 2240 Granger Dr., $450 monthly; small 2 bedroom house in W. O., $500 monthly (409) 735-4255.

QUIET APARTMENTS, BC, 2094 Texas Ave., 1 bedroom (downstairs 500 sq. ft.), $400 monthly; 1 bedroom (upstairs 800 sq. ft.), $500 monthly; 2 bedroom (upstairs 900 sq. ft.), $600 monthly. Refrigerator / range (dishwasher upstairs only) and microwave provid-ed, water and garbage paid, $400 dep., Call (409) 988-3003 for an application. (6/1)

COMMERCIALCOMMERCIAL SPACES on Texas Ave. & Roundbunch Rd., BC, Call for an appoint-ment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

FORMER LAWYER’S OFFICE, just off Texas Ave., $1,200 monthly, Call for an appointment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

MINI STORAGE SPACES, $40 monthly & up, Call for an appointment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

HOME RENTALS1/1 IN MAURICEVILLE, Log Cabin, in the woods, $550 monthly, Call for an appoint-ment to see @ (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

NICE 3/2/2, w/ granite counter tops, ceramic floors, $1,000 monthly + $1,000 dep., (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

3/1/1 W/ CP IN BC, clean, deck in backyard, quiet neigh-borhood, local to bank and Wal-Mart, stove, refrig., wash-er and dryer, $795 monthly + &795 dep., (409) 720-7865 or 313-0390, 360 Quincy, avail-able now!

SPACIOUS 1/1 1000 sf. Includes dishwasher, refrig-erator w/ice maker, oven, smooth surface stove, w/d connections, central A/C & heat, ceiling fans. Water included in price. $675 month-ly + Special move in price $300 deposit. No HUD. Non-smokers only. LCMCISD. Call 883-5556.

SMALL 2/1 IN BRIDGE CITY, 140 schoolview, No Pets, ref-erences req., $525 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 719-8636 or 540-2205.

3 BEDROOM/2 BATH in Orange. 509 3rd in Orange. Appliances. 409-767-9095. $800. HUD.

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 IN SHADY ESTATES, BC, #107 Hazel St., roomy, nice yard, deck, new stove & refrig., water & garbage paid, $500 Monthly + dep., refer-ences req., Call (409) 474-2260 to see.

3/1 FURNISHED, CA/H, all elec., BCISD, water and garb. paid, $585 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 670-3381 or 313-0642.

BC 2/2, CA/H, all elec., nice & clean, stove & refrig., mini blinds, garbage paid, $425 monthly + dep., (409) 735-5230.

HOME SALES3/2/2 IN OCISD, West orange, 403 Newton, $45,000, No Owner Finance, (409) 735-4255.

HOME TO BE MOVED, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood floors, on piers to be moved by purchaser. 3274 Little Cypress Drive. Call 409-883-8905.

VIDOR - OWNER FINANCE. 735 East Rail Road. $75,000. 3/1 with commercial building central heat and air. 409-466-0529.

3.9 ACRES W/ 2/2/1 BRICK home, completely furnished, 2 barns, tractor & equipment, boat/ motor & trailer. Hwy 63, 6 miles from Burkville, $125,000, (409) 565-4957.

ORANGE - OWNER FINANCE. 809 Texas. 3/1 carport. $36,900; Orange - 1603 Bowie. 4/1. $28,900. Call 409-504-5945 for details.

FREE! FREE! FREE! wood and tin building, 24’ x 24’, to be demolished and moves off, yours if interested, 5700 Highlander, Victory Gardens, (409) 735-5651 or 553-1887.

4/2/1CP ON 3 ACRES, OFISD or WOCISD, for more info call Tina @ (409) 256-0713 or 284-2899.

ORANGE, FOR SALE BY OWNER finance, 809 Texas. 3/1 Carport. $36,900. 409-504-5945.

TOTALLY REMODELED 3/2/2, open floor plan, gran-ite, tile, custom cabinets, cus-tom blinds, S.S. appliances, screened porch, 12’ x 16’ stor-age building, BCISD, great location, call for an appoint-ment at (409) 313-6085. (6/1)

5/3/5 IN BCISD, DID NOT FLOOD, acreage, RV cover, $165,000, 409-735-7447.

OWNER FINANCE. 2211 Travis. 3/1/1. $36,900. $3000 down, $364 a month. Call 409-504-5945.

OFISD ON 3.4 CLEARED acres, 2 story home, 2 bed-room w/ study (could be 3rd. bdrm.), 2 Lg. baths and dress-ing rooms, Lg. den w/ FP & 28’ stone wall, lots of fruit & Olive trees, never flooded, 2,300 sq. ft. of living area, com-pletely fenced yard, $240,000, (409) 735-3271. (6/15)

LAND & LOTSQUAIL TRAILS, OFISD, two new 2.5 acre partially cleared lots, Livestock and Mobiles OK, financing is available, WOODRIDGE LAND CO., (409) 745-1115.

10 ACRE TRACTS, partially cleared, , LCMISD, MMUD water & sewer available, pri-vate roadway, Seller Fiance, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

MOBILES OK, 1.282 acres on 2 wooded lots in Mauriceville, LCMISD, MMUD water & sewer available, financing

available, .WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

PERFECT FOR MOBILE HOME IN BCISD, just outside city limits, concrete mobile home runners and patio slab already on property, nice loca-tion, first $9,000, (409) 882-8073. (4/20) (6/1)

MOBILE HOME SALES2/1 IN SHADY ESTATES, BC, #107 Hazel St., roomy, sell for $4,500, possible owner finance w/ $2,000 down, (409) 474-1518.

‘07 REDMAN MANUF. HOME, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, 15’ x 54’, 2/1, roll in shower, custom built handicap accessible, skirting,

2 porches w/ ramps, Must Sell Soon, asking $24,000 OBO, (409) 351-9260.

AUTOMOBILES‘02 VW PASSAT, V-8, P/S/W, auto, 4 dr., cold A/C, runs & drives excellent, excellent ste-reo system, 69K miles, $6,900 OBO, see at “All In One Tire”, Texas Ave., BC, call (409) 474-2260 to see and drive.

BOATS

40 H.P. MERCURY MOTOR,, tilt & trim, low hours, $3,500 neg., (409) 883-7342.

MOTORCYCLES ETC.49CC MADAMI DIRT DOBBER Motorcycle. Only 330 actual miles, new bat-tery, very well kept, good run-ning condition, 2004. $495.00. 409-735-2075.

SUZUKI 50 4 WHEELER, KAZUMA 110 4 wheeler, 110 Pocket Rocket, (409) 745-3254.

‘07 POLARIS SPORTSMAN 500 HO, snorkeled w/ radia-tor kit, freshly over hauled w/ Wiseco parts, 28” Outlaw tires on 12” rims, $3,000, (409) 745-4685 after 4.

‘07 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Touring ROAD KING CLASSIC, for sale by owner asking $4500 contact me at bendnn7@msn.com / 214-937-4710.

TR AV E L T R A I L E R S & T R A I L E R S

‘09 GULFSTREAM KING SPORT, 3 slides, 2 bed-rooms, 1.5 baths, setup for stackable W/D, full size refrig., sleeps 10, lots of storage, bumper pull, (409) 284-2251, ask for Art.

‘01 COACHMAN T.T., bumper pull, slide, full size bed, sleeps 8, all self con-tained, shower & bath, all applainces inc. microwave & awning, A/C, $6,450 OBO, call any time at (409) 498-0339.

‘03 OPEN ROAD, bumper pull, 30’, all fiberglass, super 8’ slide-out, sleeps 6 comfortable, fully loaded, must see to appreciate, $9,500 OBO, call anytime for more info at (409) 498-0339.

30’ LIKE NEW CAMPER. 2001 - 30 Ft. Trail-lite Camper; Bumper pull; in excellent condition;sleeps

nine; many extras - sway bar---stabil izer. $7,900 firm. Good for home away from home or Hurricane evacuation.. Must see to appreciate quality. Call 409-745-0537 evenings for appointment to see, or leave message and will return call. IF YOU SEE IT, YOU’LL BUY IT. Also, e-mail at straydawg-7763244yahoo.com.

T R U C K S & VA N S‘98 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, PS/B, new tires, good work truck, $3,450, (409) 746-2421 or 313-7732.

‘88 CHEVROLET P.U., runs good, $1,200, 543-8089 or 886-7329.

MAXI-VAN, 97 CHEV. EXPRESS, white w/blue inte-rior, 2 bucket seats, 3 bench seats, runs great. $2,950. Also, BOX-VAN, GMC camp-er, loaded, $5,900. Also, red Hydrostream pleasure BOAT/trailer, $750; motor for sale

separately. 409-679-7036.‘'85 CHEVY C-10, V-8, LWB, A/C, C. player, auto trans., PS/B, good motor, no oil leak-age, real workhorse, $3,000 OBO, ask for Ruth @ (409) 735-7353

‘02 FORD F-150 4 DR., 4 new Michelin tires, bed cover, run-ning boards, 6 CD changer, recently tuned up, UV Ray window tints, window rain shields, new brakes, 170K miles, can be seen at 510 Austin, BC, (409) 735-9449 or 670-3415. (5/25)

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MOVING SALE. 4604 OAK VALLEY DR. ORANGE. Tools, garden equipment, household items, sheets, dog crates, something for everyone, all must go.

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SAT. (June 4th.), 2404 POST OAK DR., ORANGE, 9 till 3. Neighborhood / moving sale, everything will be sold! We are looking for children from Community Christian Church, or the neighborhood to have a Lemonade stand selling Drinks / Cookies / Hotdogs / Cookies etc. Profit will belong to The Church or the Children and their parents. Eileen Romero is moving and all will be sold. Neighbors are invited to join us. Must bring table(s), money bag or box, price your own items, set up your own tables, bring chairs.

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The David FamilyOur 83rd Anniversary

883-3567Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30 - 5:00

1008 W Green • FAX 883-5724

The Record • Week of Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12B

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davidselforange.com

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1601 GreenOrange 409-883-3581

David Self,owner

Billy Deitz Bill Self Jerry Blalock Brandy Slaughter Tisha Self Lisa LeDoux April Kilpatrick K.J. Staudt

If Anyone Can,David Self Can.

D E P E N D A B L E , C L E A N P R E - O W N E D V E H I C L E S

If Anyone Can, David Self Can.Everybody Wins With A Hometown Deal.

New 2011 FordFiesta SE

2012 Ford Focus 2010 Ford F-150Lariat

$10,000

2007 Toyota Camry2010 LincolnTowncar

Sale $27,888LOW MILES / + TT&L

2008 Hyundai Sonata

2010 Ford Taurus2008 Ford Taurus X

2008 Lincoln MKX 2010 Ford Focus SES

$24900 Month

$20,490 + TTLSale $21,535

New 2010Ford Mustang

New 2011Ford Expedition XLT

New 2011Ford Escape

2010 Transit Connect

$1599 down/72 months/7.5%

2004 Expedition

0% WAC+1000.00 Fmc

$255.00 mth. 3.14% /72/Wac

$328 per month

+ $10000%

$350.00 mth.60 mth Fmc

1.9% Fmc 72 mths

409-883-35811601 Green, Orange

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$275.00 mth. Sale $17,652.653.14% /72/TTL

2011 Fusion

Sale $21,040.0072/3.14%/TTL

$330.00 mth. OffMSRP. Sale $21,828.99

$345.00 mth. 3.14% /72/TTL

$25,988+TTLSale$21,888Sale

+TTL$23,988Sale

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$15,988Sale+TTL $14,988Sale

+TTL $12,988Sale+TTL