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Vol. 52 No. 10 The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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“I just happened to be the one to answer the phone about a month ago,” said Orangefield HS Librarian Mona Bradford. She was refer-ring to a phone call from across the Atlantic Ocean. On the other end of the phone was De-niece Ostenda, an editor for the German TV-Production company Endemol Deutschland GmbH.

“The show we are producing is called “Missing” and we are looking for long lost people on behalf of their family members all over the world,” wrote Os-tenda in a subsequent e-mail. “In this case a woman named Melanie has written to us who is looking for her father,” she continued.

Apparently he was in the military in Germany around 1968. He married her mother, but they broke up when she was about two, and he came back to the states. Melanie re-ally never had much contact with her father.

The production company had determined the father was a 1968 graduate of Orangefield High School by the name of Lonnie Roy Stephenson.

Ostenda asked Bradford if she could help them locate Stephenson or find some of his former friends.

Friday morning a film crew will be at the school to inter-view Stephenson’s best friends from high school, Kent Sarver and Johnny Dorman.

“They’re going to come to the high school because we have pictures of him in the an-nual,” said Bradford. One of those pictures is of the 1967 District 25A football champs. “Then they are going to Za-valas because I guess he had a little cabin there.”

“Then they are going to fly to California and meet up with Lonnie Stephenson be-cause that’s where he lives. They’re going to take him to Germany,” said Bradford. “His daughter doesn’t know they found him. They are going to surprise her.”

Wayne Lee Wilkerson, 41, of Vidor, pleaded guilty Mon-day afternoon in the 128th District Court to two counts of intoxication manslaughter. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on each count to be served consecutively for a to-tal of 30 years. He will have to serve a minimum of 15 years before he is first eligible for parole. He could have received a sentence of 25 years to life for the second degree felony which was enhanced. The ve-hicle he was driving was found to be a deadly weapon.

The charges stem from an incident on Dec. 15, 2009 when Wilkerson crossed the center line into oncoming traffic causing the deaths of Ann Lynette Sizemore, 42, of Rye and James McCollough, 45, of Call.

According to reports from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Sizemore was driving a 1996 Dodge Dakota pickup truck east on State

Highway 12 while Wilkerson was driving west in a 2000 GMC Yukon. Upon impact to the front of the pickup,it flipped over onto the roof of the vehicle.

Sizemore and McCollough were pronounced dead at the scene. Wilkerson and his passenger, 39-year-old Mary McDaniel, received non-life threatening injuries.

Witnesses reported to troopers they saw Wilkerson fail to maintain a single lane and suddenly go completely into the opposite lane of travel and strike the pickup head-on. The witness approached the scene following the wreck and Wilkerson who who was lay-ing in the grass on the side of the roadway stated he was not driving when the incident oc-curred. However, Wilkerson would later tell an ambulance driver he was driving the ve-hicle.

Wilkerson reported to troopers he was driving and suffered a “blow-out” on the left front tire. But, at the hos-

pital the following day said he fell asleep at the wheel and it was not a blow-out. He added he had used drugs the morn-ing of the wreck.

According to reports, he tested positive for stimulants.

While the judge was sen-tencing Wilkerson, the daugh-ter of the deceased couple sobbed. She managed to gain control and give a victim im-pact statement.

On Friday, May 25, Little Cypress-Mauriceville held their annual Recognition Cel-ebration. The first part of this workday began with an ad-dress by Superintendent, Dr. Pauline Hargrove, followed by recognition of those who received service awards, retir-ees, and teachers and employ-ees of the year. There were 95 employees who received ser-vice awards for five, up to 30 years of service to the students of LCM CISD.

This year’s retirees include Principal Keith Lindsey - Lit-tle Cypress Junior High, Mary Lou Hude - Little Cypress El-ementary, Elaine Reeh – Mau-riceville Elementary, Gwen Cales – Little Cypress Junior High, Linda Vercher - Little Cypress High School, and Vicki Gore - Little Cypress El-ementary.

The District Elementary Teacher of the Year is Little

Vidor man receives 30 year sentence

LCM names ‘Teachers of the Year’

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Wayne Lee Wilkerson, 41, of Vidor, is led to the courtroom Monday by James Lucia of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office where he will receive a 30 year sentence for two counts of intoxication man-slaughter. RECORD PHOTO: Debby Schamber

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The East Roundbunch swing bridge near Peggy’s on the Bayou restaurant on Cow Bayou is still a busy bridge.

Clark Slacum, Road and Bridge engineer, reported to the Or-ange Coun-ty Com-missioners’ Court the bridge was opened 63 times for the month of May for boats to pass through. Consequently, the com-missioners are looking for ways to either build a span across the bayou or rebuild it.

County Judge Carl Thibodeaux said the county is seeking reno-vation grants from Ike Round 2.2 funding or a Texas Department of Transportation grant.

“It was damaged and it’s old. It was built in the 1940s. We’re constantly repairing the electronics on it. When we had the storm the other day, some lightning knocked it out. We would like to replace it with a span or repair it,” Thibodeaux said.

Several months ago, the commissioners gave approval on the Disas-ter Recovery Round 2.2 application budget con-sisting of $3,780,000 for the swing bridge on East Roundbunch in Bridge City, which was heav-

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This week in Orange County news . . .

Becky Barker, left, and Margo Richards were at the Travel Informa-tion Center on Interstate 10 in Orange on Friday morning for “Or-ange Means Safety Day,” sponsored by TxDOT. The annual event is designed to inform people about the importance of safety.

It was standing room only for the retirement celebration for outgo-ing city of Orange Mayor Brown Claybar, held on May 30 at Lamar State College-Orange. Several spoke of their fondest memories of working with Claybar as mayor. RECORD PHOTOS: David Ball

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field but the employees of Or-ange Villa Nursing and Reha-bilitation can say so.

The nursing home recently received a five star rating from

the Department of Aging and Disabilities Services after they were inspected. The rating is the best in the area.

Administrator Dawn Huck-ins said the nursing home was 100 percent deficiency free. DADS inspects several areas such as life safety, nursing, administration, etc. and they scored 100 in all departments which is very rare, she said.

“I’ve been in administration for 10 years and I’ve never seen a building deficiency free. We have a good team with the same vision and goals. The residents are part of our fam-ily too,” Huckins said.

She explained that DADS does an annual survey of nurs-ing homes. They arrive unan-nounced, at different shifts, and look at all departments and also conduct interviews with staff and residents.

Though it’s not unusual to score 100 in nursing, an over-all 100 is almost unheard of. Orange Villa currently had a four start rating with advanc-ing excellence.

“They’re (DADS) are thor-ough and professional. We treat them like visitors in our home. We’re very proud,” Huckins said.

To celebrate the five star rating, the nursing home is hosting a catered dinner for the staff and a special lunch for the residents on Monday.

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Orange Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation scored a 100 percent deficiency free rating from the Depart-ment of Aging and Disabilities Services after they were surveyed. The five star rating is the best in the area. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

New Officers for Orange Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 and The Ladies Auxil-iary have been elected and in-stalled and will assume their positions on June 17th, follow-ing Department Convention. Post Officers are: Commander John Bagley, Sr. Vice James Seales, Jr. Vice George Sal-vadore, Quartermaster Wil-bert Duhon, Chaplain ‘Hank’ Perkins, Judge Advocate Jim Brewer, Sugeon Johnathan Hickman, 1 Year Trustee Bob Johnson, 2 Year Trustee ‘Bud-dy’ Arnold, 3 Year Trustee Jimmy Porterfield. Appointed Officers are: Adjutant Bob Johnson and Service Officer Brandon Price. Auxiliary Of-ficers are: President Cathie Duhon,

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Appointed Officers are: Secretary Jeanette Clark and Patriotic Instructor Glenda Roach.

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“I lost my best friends, “ said Jennifer Silva, 26, of Cleveland.”My mom and dad were every-thing to me.”

To Wilkerson she added, “ I hope you realize that you took two amazing people.”

After she returned to her seat the sounds of her sobbing filled the once quiet courtroom. Wilkerson was led out of the courtroom in

handcuffs. He gazed at Silva with tears in his eyes as he passed by on his way out.

Silva urges all people to take the time to spend with their family and friends as much as possible.

“Spend time with those you love and don’t assume they are always going to be there,” she said.

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ily damaged by Hurricane Ike; $829,805 for a county-wide planning study to include, but not limited to long term infrastructure devel-opment, economic development and overall strategic planning as it relates to county-wide growth and development; and $5,827,656 for road repairs left over from Hurricane Ike.

The actual budget for the road repairs is $2.5 million, but was reduced to the S1.2 million to accommodate the available funding. They will finish what they can with the available fund-ing.

The total for the round 2.2 application bud-get is $5,827,656.

Precinct 3 Commissioner John Dubose said current estimates for the project are from $5 million to $8 million.

“A span there is needed dearly. We need it opened for emergency evacuations from Chemical Row. Commissioner Dubose has been working on this for years,” Thibodeaux said.

He added though the court is planning for the project, building or repairing the bridge will not happen anytime in the near future.

Dubose said by maritime law if the bridge is inoperable, it must remain open for boats to pass through.

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Cypress Elementary’s Sommer Reynolds and the Secondary Teacher of the Year is Ronda Sunderland of Mauriceville Middle School. Teachers of the year from other campuses include Dawn Moore of Mau-riceville Elementary, Cory Parsons of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, Susan Eby of Little Cypress Ju-nior High, and Melanie Clay-bar of Little Cypress Elemen-tary.

Shirley Colvin, assigned to Little Cypress Elementary, is the Maintenance Employee of the Year, and Child Nutrition’s selected Gwen Cales of LCJH as their Employee of the Year.Ronda Sunderland Dawn Moore

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The shower starts early with a pre-event drive in Sabine FCU’s lobby at 1939 Strickland Drive. The donation box will be placed in the front foyer. New or gently used baby items may be brought.

Suggested items include non-perishable baby food and formula, baby medical kits, bottles, clothes, furniture, shoes, blankets, diapers, infant carriers, car seats, toys, cribs, stroll-ers, high chairs, car seats, cash donations and safety accessories. The most needed item is diapers.

Items collected will be given to needy moms and babies enrolled in prenatal education classes through the following March of Dimes partnerships: UTMB Beaumont and Orange, Hope Women’s Resource Clinic and Beaumont ISD Teenage Alternative Pregnancy and Par-enting Program.

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From the Creaux’s NestWHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY TODAYOn Tuesday every Republican senator voted against wom-

en getting equal pay for equal work. Example: A male anes-thesiologist makes 20 percent more than a female of the same trade. They both do exactly the same thing. Time and again women’s rights are trampled on. I have a hard time understanding why. No one who voted against Monday’s equal pay bill said why they objected. Do you know?*****Over 200,000 women have breast cancer but it looks like a breakthrough might be on the way by identifying tumor cells.*****FACEBOOK stock dropped down to $26 on Tues-day. A lot of people bought into the hype. It opened way too high and will probably level off at $23. Those who bought in at $38 will lose a bundle.*****In England, the Diamond Ju-bilee celebration came to an end. Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years as Queen of England.*****Gas prices are coming down. That helps working people more than anything.*****Unemployment in Texas and several other states is down to nearly seven percent.*****Rain, a lot of rain, is on the way or so they say. We certainly need it. Pres-ton loves it because it makes the grass grow.*****Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

FINANCIAL FIREPOWER, RICH, BUY CONTROLBuying elections is now a way of life. Mitt Romney

used his financial advantage to run off every challenger in the primaries. He bought the nomination and his goal is to buy the presidency. Money wins elections, always has, but since the Supreme Court ruling on Super Pacs, it re-ally has gotten out of hand and will get much worse. Qual-ifications will have little to do with who is elected. Think about this, how much power will 46 individuals who have funded a $200 million Super Pac have? The Koch broth-ers, Charles and David, who are estimated to be worth $50 billion, have already committed to bank roll $151 million, and will spend another $100 million if it takes it. How much influence will they have if their candidate is elected? Do you believe those few rich people are buying the presidency so they can help me or you? Whose good are they looking after. On the other hand, they will pub-licly focus on the economy not recovering fast enough, when their goal when they helped elect the 89 Tea Party members of Congress was to do nothing that would ad-vance jobs and the economy. President Obama has pro-posed several ideas designed to spur job growth and se-cure the housing industry. One proposal, on the jobs bill, was the infrastructure, 150,000 bridges in this country are 50 years or older and in need of repair or replace-ment. Up front, one million jobs would have been in-stant, with two million more satellite jobs created. The Congress sat on their hands but they didn‘t make a secret of it. They said up front they wouldn‘t cooperate and their main goal was to defeat Obama. They were very public about that. They have taken a step-by-step assault on any plan to help the poor and middle class because moving the country forwards would mean another Obama term. Congress has a responsibility which they have ignored. So rightfully place the blame on Congress and the rich guys who are holding the country hostage. Who loses? We regular folks do.

REMEMBERING BAX AND DOC WATSON

DOC Watson, 89, died May 29, at his home in Deep Gap, North Carolina, after a fall. Blind from infancy, he grew up playing the harmonica and a homemade banjo. He learned to play the guitar on a #12 Stella acoustic when he was 13. Born Arthel Lane Watson, he became one of the country’s best guitar pickers, along with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. Doc is single-handedly responsible for the extraordinary increase in acoustic flat picking and finger picking performances. I had never heard of Doc Watson music until Bax introduced his unique style on his radio show, every day Bax featured a Doc Watson song. Bob Dylan, a Watson fan, compared his picking to “water running.” I got turned on to Doc’s singing and picking by Bax and owned most of his albums, unfortu-nately washed away by Ike. His son Merle Watson was featured in almost every song. Merle died in a tractor ac-cident in 1985. President Clinton presented Doc the “National Medal of the Arts” in 1997. Doc also won sev-en Grammys. I believe Doc Watson music, like Bob Dylan’s, will always be collectors and will grow in stature as the years go by. If you run across Doc Watson music at a fair, garage sale, etc, buy it. Albums like Doc Watson, 1964; Doc Watson and Son, 1965; Strictly Instrumental, with Flatt and Scruggs, 1967; Then and Now, with Merle, 1973; Two Days in November, 1974; Reflections, with Chet Atkins, 1980; Riding the Midnight Train, 1986; On Praying Ground, 1990; Legacy, with David Holt, 2002. Two songs that stand out all these years later is “Tennes-see Stud” and Jimmie Rogers’ “My Rough and Rowdy Ways.” All of us who were raised on Gordon Baxter radio time miss what he brought to radio. Bax would find unique music of an unknown and introduce it to his audi-ence. Bax had much to do with the Gulf Coast Sound, Swamp Pop and singers like the Big Bopper, Jivin’ Gene, Johnny Preston and the rest. We will never hear his type of radio again.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME10 Years Ago-2002

Nolton Brown keeps up his record of attending all Tex-as Democratic conventions over the past 32 years. He and wife, Jessie, will be driven to El Paso by Judge Flo and Gene Edgerly, who are also delegates to the conven-tion. (Editor’s note: Nolton and Ms. Jessie have both died in the last 10 years. A great couple I will never forget.)*****War Emblem was the favorite but a 70 to 1 long shot won the Belmont Stakes. (Editor’s note: The same could happen this Saturday. Triple Crowns are hard to come by)*****Chris Menard, U.S. Army, sta-tioned in Korea heads home to Bridge City for a few days. A buddy asked him for the phone number of the coolest girl in Texas. Chris gave him a number that turns out to be Chris’ mom Sharon’s phone number. She and the young soldier who called got a big laugh out of it.*****Orange County youth Derrick Buford, 11, wins the National Silver Glove boxing title in the 100 lb. class. (Editor’ s note; I wonder what became of that young man? He would be 21 or 22 today.)*****Area Navy man, John L. Jacks, age 20, dies June 6 of cancer, He was diagnosed when he was 18 while in boot camp. His father, John, Sr., died a week ago. Ruby Pickard, who has helped many through her “My Wish” program, even though she has stepped down from that work, will help raise funds for the family facing two funerals in a week.*****Brady Rag-gio, turns 2-year-old June 9. Also Edward “Skipper” Al-exander turns 40 on June 9.*****Grover Lee, 73, died June 6.*****Mildred Easley, 78, of West Orange, died June 5.

40 Years Ago-2002

The biggest upset of the election was Pete Runnels’ win over Jim Morris for Democratic chairman - 9,137 to 7,652. Morris had been a popular D.A. elected twice, this was Runnels’ first race for public office. Sheriff “Buck” Patillo was re-elected over Max Boatman, 9,190 to 8,041. Louvenia Hryhorchuk came from behind to beat Juani-ta Jordon, 9,204 to 7,870. Jordan was supported by Bob Montagne and the labor movement and also Bob Axel-son and the Orange Leader. Hryhorchuk was endorsed by former Tax Collector Ida Faye Arnold and office em-ployees, as well as the Dunn-owned Opportunity Valley News and Luker-owned Vidorian. Casey Peveto was re-elected over Travis Hudson, who ran a good race for Pre-cinct 1 commissioner. Peveto won over Hudson, 2, 156 to 1,913. Dolph Briscoe won for governor over Mrs. Frances “Sissy” Farenthold. Ralph Yarbrough, U.S. Senator, won over Barefoot Sanders. Bill Hobby, Lt. Gov. won over Wayne Connally. Carl Ward was elected constable of Precinct 4 over W.J. “Dub” Davis. Teddy Bear Cox was elected headman for the Boilermakers Union.*****Orangeite Stephen E. Drake, son of Betty and Earl Drake, recently graduated from Allen in Bryan. He lettered two years in football and attained the rank of first lieutenant in the Cadet Corps. He also was a mem-ber of the honor society. Quite a young man with the prettiest sister in Orange, Miss Vickie Drake. (Editor’s note: Stephen unfortunately passed away. A big loss for everyone who knew him.)*****Charlie Wickersham is in Bangkok. He sent a wire to J.K. Conn and Dub Hust-myre to join him and “bring money.”*****By a four-to-one vote, Bridge City Police Chief Jim Custer gets the ax from the City Council.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKRyan Gunstream, Lorrie LeBlanc, Ed Worthy Jr., John Ber-

trand, Sherilyn Brister, Lynn Fields, Gail Griffith, Kelsey Miller, Linda Sims, Sarah Williams, Richard Granger, Ashley LaRose, Billy Frank Bradberry, Billy Killman, Logan Smith, Penny Robards, Shon Jones, Tana Hightower, Walter Riedel, Aubrey Reynolds, Billie Wood, Shirley Zimmerman, Carolyn Sexton, Crystal Wells, Elizabeth Barfield, Debbie Vidrine, Gavin Birmingham, Deane Moran, Alston Reynolds, Dixie Armstrong, Charlie Blalack, Jessica Hilliard, Karli Choate, Paige Olive, Kevin Ernst, Donna Riley, Chrisleigh Longlois, Rayford Jimerson, Tyler Derouen, Caroline Hennigan, Chris Riedel, Harold Adkins, Christy Khoury, Lacey Wallace, Dorothy Breaux, Jacqueline Bourdier, Jane Minor, Candice Steele, Magdalene Bryant, Jeanette Hubert, Frances Rags-dale, Jesse Walles, Pam Williams, Brook Doss, Caitlyn Vil-lanoueva, Elizabeth Tran and Karen Kline.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

A fund raiser/link and bake sale for Todd Edgerly will be held Sat. June 9, at Luv Lingerie, 2215 Texas Ave., in Bridge City, 9 am to 11 pm. All proceeds will go to defray expenses Todd is accruing while fighting his battle. Come by, everyone will be glad to see you. Our prayers go out to Todd, Judge Flo, Gene and family.*****Bobby Taylor, who has been battling cancer, eight months at MD. An-derson, stopped by for a visit last week. He’s much im-proved but still nor well. However, outside of looking like a longtime jail inmate he looks pretty good. The Dupont retiree was a longtime deputy constable. For eight months he and Barbara lived out of a suitcase. It’s nice to be home he says. We wish him the best. Good guys are hard to come by now days. It’s his Democratic roots.***** I just learned that Liz Hogan, that long-legged beauty, is the daughter of the former Sandra Peveto, of West Orange. I should have known that with her olive skin and mom’s good looks, that she had to be Cajun. Liz is your friendly insurance agent. Kin to the Pevetos That’s a pretty good base to work from.*****A few folks celebrating their special day. First a couple of things about June 6. D-Day occurred on that day in 1944. Today, June 6 would have been Lan-nie Claybar’s 100 birthday. He was born on the 6th day of June, 1912. He died Sept. 6, 1969.***John Bertrand, Gail Griffith and Linda Sims all share Lannie’s birthday.***A very special lady that’s a dear friend to many, Shirley Zimmerman, notches another year on June 7.***A good guy, community minded Walter Riedel is a year old-er on June 8.***Dixie Armstrong and Paige Olive cele-brate June 9.***Everyone’s friend, Rayford “Too-Tall” Ji-merson climbs one more step up the ladder on June 10.***Former State Rep. Ron Lewis turns 59 on June 10. We first met him when he was 24 and on his first run for office against Wayne Peveto. He lost but won the open seat the following term. I Can’t believe 35 years have gone by. Happy birthday Ron.***Also, happy birthday to Chris Reidel on June 10.***Our good buddy Donna Riley cele-brates June 11.***Corey’s mom, Christy Khoury, cele-brates June 12. Our longtime friend Lyle Overman cele-brates this week also. He can still belt out a great song. Happy birthday to everyone who celebrates this week. Please see complete birthday list.*****In this month’s Tex-as Monthly, writer Joe Nick Patoski tours 2,623 miles of Texas and reviews all sections of the state. His favorite drive begins 23 miles west of Ozona, dipping south from IH-10 on Hwy. 290 to Sheffield and down Hwy. 2400 to Sanderson. He describes the drive and calls it the most

scenic parts of the state. There’s an Orange High profile guy, one of the greatest guys I know, that was raised in the Tran-Pecos hill country, Edwards Plateau, the Chil-huahuan desert country. Do you know our longtime, lo-cal fellow that Sanderson produced, now an Orange County treasure and great friend? Answer in C’EST TOUT.*****Jim Goodman started a false rumor that went all the way to Austin and back, right out of the Capital. I owe Goodman one.*****If the school teachers, firemen, policemen and other unions recall Scott Walker in Wis-consin in Tuesday’s election, it will be a major upset. Walker spent 15 times more than Mayor Tom Barrett. Walker got $40 million, 70 percent from out of state, rich guys, like Bob Perry and the Koch brothers. Bar-rett raised only $4 million. Walker dismantled all public unions in Wisconsin.*****I understand the Bridge City Class of 1972 had a great class reunion over the weekend.*****Judge Thibodeaux, our highest profile Ca-jun, had a root canal last Wednesday. He’s a lot more pleasant now.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week. Roy has a surprise for everyone who attends.*****All the votes cast in the Orange County Primaries last week were only one-third of the votes that will be cast in the November General Election.*****Gov. Rick Perry is in a box going against the Tea Party, trying to get Dewhurst a win in the runoff against Ted Cruz. If Cruz wins he will face Paul Sadler, who visited the Lunch Bunch a couple weeks ago and is in a runoff against a black man, who is 76 years old and has never held public office and with only the name recognition of Yarborough. The race between the two runoff winners will be a very in-teresting race. *****”I’ll Have Another” is the 4-5 favorite to win Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. If he wins it will make him the 12th horse to sweep the Triple Crown and the first in 34 years. I wouldn’t bet the farm, in fact your best bet is that he won’t win.*****Congrats to Dr. Stephen Pat-terson, who will become the new superintendent of Or-angefield ISD. Stephen is the son of Doug and Cheryl and brother of John Patterson. He’s the grandson of the late Judge Malcolm and Jane Dorman.*****Our friend Darrell Segura and the Bridge City Historical Society invites you to “Remember Bridge City Day” Sunday, June 10, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at First Baptist Family Life Center. Bring family photos, recipes, etc. For more information call 409-720-9999

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

On June 6, Sandra Bernhard will be 57 and Vincent Young, 48.***Liam Neeson will be 60 on June 7; Prince, 54 and William Forsythe, 57.***Joan Rivers will be 79 on June 8; Kanya West, 35; Julianna Margulies, 46 and Keenen Ivory Wayans, 54.***Johnny Depp will be 49 on June 9; Michael J. Fox, 51 and Natalie Portman, 31.***Faith Evans will be 39 on June 10; Shane West, 34; and Leelee Sobieski, 30.***Hugh Laurie will be 59 on June 11; Shia LaBeouf, 26 and Joshua Jackson, 34.***George Bush will be 88 on June 12; Jim Nabors, 82 and Meredith Brooks, 54.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

(Editor’s note: Over the past months we have had two request for us to repeat a Cajun story we told five or six years ago. We usually don’t repeat Cajun stories. May-be some of you missed it. The story handed down, is said to be a true tale. I’m sure it’s modified.)

Clovis and his wife were talking bout going to see Bertrand and dems new baby.

Clotele said, “I don’t want to go wit you no, Clovis.”Clovis ax, “Why, Babe?”Clotele answer, “Because you say someting bout dat

baby have no ears.”“Oh, Babe,” said Clovis, “me and Bertrand been

friends for 14, 13 years, I don’t say nuttin’ bot dat baby have no ears.”

Clotele say, “Okay, I go wit you, but I know how you are wen you drink dat beer. You can’t keep you mouth shut. I swear, Clovis, if you say someting bout dat baby have no ears, I’m gonna quit you, yea.”

Clovis consoles her, “Don’t worry bout dat.”Dey got in dere old pickup truck and Clovis knocks

out tree cans of Bud on da way. Bertrand’s wife meet dem at da door. She’s so proud of dat baby. “Come in, come see my baby, Clovis, feel his little leg, see how strong he is.”

Clovis say, “Oh, sha, he sure got a strong leg him.”“Feel his little arm, how strong it is,” said da proud

mother.“He sure got a strong arm,” Clovis answer.Da Mom say, “Clovis, boy can my baby see, got da

best eyes I ever saw.”Clovis say, “Ma, sha, It’s a good ting, because it’s for

sure he can’t wear no glasses.”

C’EST TOUTMemories of Baxter’s Brigade came to life this week

with the death of Frank Gerrietts. A very talented, unique guy. A true artist and sculptor, for years Frank practiced his lost art method deep in Mexico. At home, in Beaumont, he was a teacher and in that he took the most pride. He was one of the interesting people who made up Gordon Baxter’s group of friends. Referred to as “Baxter Brigadiers.” Louise Wood, Dan Green, Don Jacobs, Harold Beeson, Buddy Moore, Bernard and Betty Em, Roy, Frank Skipper and a few more who loaded a room down with talent. Frank died June 2, he would have been 75 on Oct. 2. He wrote his own obit which appears in this issue. Interesting reading. Like most of Gordon’s friends he was one of a kind.*****The girl from Bronner Addi-tion, Skipper Thrailkilie Free, is coming back home and will soon be a resident of the Heritage House. That will liven the place up.***** There is no one I have more re-spect for than our longtime friend from Sanderson, Tex-as, Dist. Judge Buddie Hahn. He’ll do to ride the range with.****Another week down. Thanks for your time and please read us cover to cover and check us out on our website therecordlive.com. Take care and God bless.


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Secure roof trusses by in-stalling hurricane clips if they aren’t already installed.

Be sure the roof, gutters and downspouts are clear of all de-bris.

ShuttersIf your residence has perma-

nent shutters, evaluate their ef-fectiveness. Manufacturers are responsible for testing their shutters up to the standards necessary to resist wind forces and wind-borne debris. Some shutters are very flexible, espe-cially those that roll up.

If struck by a rigid piece of debris, shutters may bend and break the window. To deter-mine whether your shutter can resist this impact, gen-tly lean against it and see if it yields. Also inspect your shut-

ters to see if they are properly attached to the house and will not fly off during a storm by inspecting the shutter con-nectors for obvious excessive wear or missing connectors. Ask the shutter manufacturer for proper installation criteria.

Another way to protect your home from damage in windstorms is through the in-stallation of impact-resistant windows and doors. Although these products look no differ-ent than standard windows and doors, they offer signifi-cantly more protection from wind-borne debris.

DoorsYour home has either dou-

ble or single entry doors. If they are solid wood or hollow metal they probably can resist wind pressures and hurricane debris. However, if you are not sure whether they are strong enough, take these precau-tions:

Install head and foot bolts

on the inactive door of double-entry doors.

Make sure doors have at least three hinges and a dead bolt security lock which has a minimum one inch bolt throw length.

Since double entry doors fail when their surface bolts break at the header trim or thresh-old, check the connections at both places. Be sure the surface bolt extends into the door header and through the threshold into the subfloor.

Garage doorsCheck with a local govern-

ment building official to see if there are code requirements for garage doors in your area.

Check with a local building supplier or garage door re-tailer to see if a retrofit kit is available for your garage door.

Reinforce your double-wide

garage door at its weakest points. This involves install-ing horizontal and/or verti-cal bracing onto each panel, using wood or light gauge metal girds bolted to the door mullions. You may also need heavier hinges and stronger end and vertical supports for your door.

InsuranceWe all know the devasta-

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Hurricane Evacuation Routes

• Home preparation tips•

• Pack emergency supplies for two to three days. Bring one gallon of water per person, per day, food that won’t spoil, prescription medications, clothing, and a blanket or two for each person.

• Prepare the car. If you are driving, fill up the gas tank as soon as possible. Check your car’s emergency gear, such as a flashlight, spare tire, and jumper cables.

• Plan your route. Check the Internet or listen to the news to find out about road closures and the storm’s pre-dicted path.

• Stay in touch. Grab your cell phone charger, a por-table radio, and extra batteries. If you have access to a na-tional weather radio (NWR), bring it along, too.

• Make an A.T.M. stop. Get some cash to take care of expenses along the way, as stores may be unable to accept checks or credit cards after the storm.

• Collect insurance information and important pa-pers. Collect your auto and homeowners or renters insur-ance policies. Bring your household inventory, if you have one, in case you have to file a claim. Don’t forget health in-surance cards, and bring copies of your bank and investment account numbers, since you may not be able to access these accounts online and may need to call instead.

• Seek refuge. Call organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, or FEMA to find out where official shelters are located and how to get there.

• Inform your extended family. If possible, let a fam-ily member in another city or state know about your planned destination and route.

• Contact your employer. • Grab or create a first-aid kit. If you don’t have one

on hand, fill a small bag with basic medical supplies, such as bandages, pain relievers, and antiseptics.

• Pack your pets. If your pets cannot travel with you, call local animal shelters to see if they provide emergency shelter for pets. Most evacuation shelters won’t allow pets due to state and federal health and safety regulations, but they may be able to stay in certain hotel or motel chains for an additional fee.

Hurricane Evacuation Tips

Discuss the type of hazards that could affect your family. Know your home’s vulnera-bility to storm surge, flooding and wind.

Locate a safe room or the safest areas in your home for each hurricane hazard. In certain circumstances the safest areas may not be your home but within your com-munity.

Determine escape routes from your home and places to meet. These should be mea-sured in tens of miles rather than hundreds of miles.

Have an out-of-state friend as a family contact, so all your family members have a single point of contact.

Make a plan now for what to do with your pets if you need to evacuate.

Post emergency telephone numbers by your phones and make sure your children know how and when to call 911.

Check your insurance cov-erage - flood damage is not usually covered by homeown-ers insurance.

Stock non-perishable emer-gency supplies and a Disaster Supply Kit.

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Take First Aid, CPR and di-saster preparedness classes.

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Orange County Farmer’s Market open Wednesday, Saturday

The Orange County Farmers’ Market is open for the season on Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m. and Saturday from 7-10 a.m. The market ends when the produce is sold out, which is often earlier than the times shown.

The following items are now available: Tomatoes, corn, green beans, cucumbers (including heirloom), potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, purple hull peas, onions, a variety of peppers, boudain, jerky, sausage (jalapeno, green onion, smoked, and Italian), jams and jellies, salsa, blueberries, local honey, fresh eggs, raw milk, fresh butter, baked goods, flowering plants, herb plants, blueber-ry bushes, and more. The vendors really appreciate small bills if you have them.

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

Hootenanny fundraiser to be held FridayThe 2nd annual Orangefield Hootenanny is scheduled 7-9

p.m., Friday, June 8 at the Orangefield High School Gym benefit-ting the Cormier Museum.

Featured at the Hootenanny will be “Rudicelli,” -Linda Grang-er Crawford, Wanda Rudeseal Lester and Bob Lester.

Joining “Rudicelli” will be Bonita Granger Eaves, Glenn Granger, Lyndsay Longron, Jaz Ray, Larry Granger, Debbie An-derson, Betty and Harry Lee Meaux, and the Carroll Benoit Band. Admission is adults $5 and students $3.

Links & hot dogs will be sold. The museum houses the extensive collection of the late local

oil man Paul Cormier. Housed in two huge metal buildings lo-cated off FM 105, the collection consists of toys, tools, items from the oil industry, bits of Orangefield history, cars, coins, stamps, replicas of Orangefield buildings and more.

The museum will be open June 9, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Admission is free. The ACES from the American Car Enthusiasts’ Society will be at the museum Saturday morning with their collection of vintage 1950’s and 1960’s cars.

Join the Orangefield community Friday night, June 8 at the

Hootenanny and Saturday, June 9, at the Cormier Museum.

Orangefield annual homecoming this SaturdayThe 64th annual Orangefield Homecoming will be held Satur-

day, June 9, at the Orangefield Elementary cafeteria 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Barbecue, drinks and serving pieces are provided by the committee. Bring your favorite side dish, salad or dessert.

The Orangefield Cormier Museum will be open and the ACES car club will be on display there Saturday

A hootenanny fundraiser will be held Friday night.There are three motels at Interstate 10 and Texas 62: Comfort

Inn at 409-745-0400; Sleep Inn at 409-745-9393; and LaQuinta Inn at 409-883-0011.

For more information contact: Mary Nixon at 409-735-3019; Robert Montagne at 409-697-2836; Kay Bilbo at 409-735-3360; or Jimmie Lea Simmons at 409-768-1554.

OC Retired Senior Citizens to meet June 11The Orange County Retired Senior Citizens will have their

monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, June 11 at The Salva-tion Army building on MLK and Strickland. Those attending the noon meal are asked to bring a covered dish if. Also, remem-ber to bring Bingo prize gifts. All seniors are welcome to attend. For more information, please call 883-6161.

KOCB searching for community projectsKeep Orange County Beautiful has access to limited funding

to assist the cities of Orange County, or the county itself, in dis-posing of abandoned tires dumped on the side of the roads.

Such a project provides a discernible environmental benefit of providing proper disposal of these tires and reduces health threats associated with illegally dumped tires. These dumpsites can become breeding grounds for mosquitos and rodents that carry diseases, plus tire fires can result in the contamination of surface water, ground water and soils.

Funds may also be available to clean up trash dumps on public property.

If you or your community affiliations have potential projects that fit this description, please bring them to the attention of the KOCB board at 330-9373.

Hunter Education Safety Class set for June 7The Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Home Study

Safety Class Field part will be taught Thursday, June 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. in Orange. You must complete the online home study computer sections, print completed tests and bring them to class. Call Odom to register at 409-883-8118.

Zombie Voodoo Fest set for June 9The Zombie Voodoo Fest 2012 will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10 on Pleasure Island in Port Arthur.

There will be a battle of the bands, a “Thriller” dance party, a zombie run and tag, food and beverage, horror film festival, kids entertainment, hot zombie beauty contest and cash and prizes.

For more information, go to www.zombievoodoofest.com.The event is sponsored by the International Children’s Art

Network, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to young creativity and talent.

Safe Sitter® course now being offered The Orange County Texas Agrilife Extension will offer Safe

Sitter® courses for young teens 11 and up on July 23 and 24 at Vi-dor Community Center. Registration deadline is June 29.

Over 500,000 adolescent babysitters have graduated from the medically-accurate program which instills students with confi-dence as they learn how, why and where injuries can happen so they can be prevented. The cost of the course is $40. Call 409-882-7010 to register your son or daughter or your child’s babysit-ter.

The up-to-date curriculum provides hands-on practice in life-saving techniques designed to prepare babysitters to act in an emergency. Babysitters also receive instruction on how a child’s age affects how to care for them, how to prevent problem behav-ior and how to run their own babysitting business. They also learn basic first aid as well as how to perform infant and child choking rescue. They even learn CPR. To graduate from the Safe Sitter® course and receive a completion card, students must pass a rigorous practical and written test that indicates their mastery of key concepts and life and safety skills. For more information about the Safe Sitter® organization, contact National Headquar-ters at 800-255-4089 or visit www.safesitter.org.

Luther Stark class of 1954 to host reunionThe former Lutcher Stark High School class of 1954 will be

having their 58th class reunion on September 28 and 29. The

two-day event will be held at the Sunset Grove Country Club. Letters have been mailed and notice via e-mail have been sent to those on file. The reservation deadline is August 15. If you have not received notice, please contact Joette Evans Webb at 883-9432, 920-8683 or e-mail at [email protected].

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

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

Fibromyaligia support group to meet at Second Baptist Church

The fibromyaligia support group meets from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. every first, third and fifth Thursday of every month at Second Baptist Church, 340 Bland Drive in Bridge City.

The group is for patients, families and friends. The contact person is Joseph Henry at 886-0075.

Orange Community Band to meet every Thursday

The Orange Community Band rehearses every Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, located at 4103 Meeks Drive in Orange. They are in need of players for the following sections; f lute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, and percussion, but ALL are welcome! The band performs Christmas, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran’s Day concerts. At least one traditional band concert is per-formed annually. Please visit us on Facebook at Orange Com-munity Band.

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

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

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offersupport group meetings

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

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

Our W eddingA happy couple planned their Wedding Day

Loved ones helping would pave their way,Parties, showers, they were having fun

While families worked to get things done.

Bridesmaid dresses, a beautiful wedding gownLooking for items, they searched the town,

Finding right ones, and some they would makeTaking time to order the tiered Wedding cake.

The Day arrives, what a beautiful sightChurch is decorated, everything just right,

Guests are seated, the Church bells ringThe music is ready, a special song to sing.

Wedding March starts, guests rise to their feetTo honor the Bride is such a heartfelt treat,The radiant Bride escorted down the aisleGroom at the altar is waiting with a smile.

The Preacher standing with Bible in handPraying for blessings on this woman and man,Pledging love to each other with words, “I do”

As they go through life, they vow to be true.

Now holding hands to start their new lifeHopes are high for this husband and wife,

A beautiful day, the sky is so blueFaith in God will carry them through.

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Held:Barbara Alfrieda Addison Hale Toledo Bend

Barbara Alfrieda Addison Hale, 82, died Tuesday, May 29, in the Woodville Health & Rehab Center after an illness.

A funeral service were held on Friday, June 1, in the Fairdale Baptist Church in Hemphill. Buri-al followed in the Beech Grove Cemetery, Anacoco, La.

She was born in Anacoco, La., to Alfred and Sybil McDon-ald Ferguson. Mrs. Hale moved to the Fairmount Community on Toledo Bend from Bridge City twenty years ago. She was a member of the Fairdale Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ashby Addison and her parents Sybil and Alfred Fer-guson. Her survivors include her husband Tom Hale; her sisters, Carmel Malmay of Port Neches and Sandra Porter of Nederland. She will be greatly missed by her children and grandchildren which are her daughters Georgia Segura and her husband James of Pasadena, Vickie McRight and her husband Gary of Town Bluff and Dena Sampsell and her husband Scott of Magnolia, TX, her son Ricky Addison and his wife Jackie of Gonzales, La., nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions to the Fairdale Baptist Church, 4820 Fairdale Rd., Hemphill, TX 75948, would be greatly appreci-ated by the family.

Death Announcements:Wanda “Kim” JonesOrange

Wanda “Kim” Jones, 75, of Orange, died Thursday, May 31, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beau-mont.

Cremation was performed un-der the direction of Claybar Ha-ven of Rest Crematory in Bridge City. A Memorial Gathering to honor her life will be held at a fu-ture date.

Born in West Monroe, La., on April 23, 1937, Kim was the daughter of Talmadge Adam and Ela (Leonard) Jones. She worked as a former teacher and assistant principal at West Or-ange High School before going to work for the Calcasieu Par-ish School District, where she retired as the assistant principal of Starks High School in Starks, Louisiana. She enjoyed the arts and teaching her many students throughout the years. She will be truly missed by her coworkers and all who knew and loved her.

Kim is survived by her brother, John Gibson of West Monroe, La.

Death Announcements:Spencer Edwin PevetoOld Salem Community

Spencer Edwin Peveto, 66, of the Old Salem Community of Newton County, passed away Sunday, June 3, at his residence.

Spencer was born on July 8, 1945 in Orange, to his parents, Evelyn and Clifford Peveto. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, He worked for Alpha Portland Cement in Or-ange and he later retired from the Deweyville ISD as a mainte-nance worker.

Spencer is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Clifford

Lloyd Peveto and son, Jeffery Allen Peveto.

Those who will cherish his memory are sons, Edwin Peve-to and wife, Nicki of Deweyville and Allen Peveto of the Old Sa-lem Community; brother, Roger Peveto of Call; sisters, Glenda Dyson of Lake Charles, Neeta Williamson, Donna Hoffman and Kay King all of Old Salem. Spen-cer is also survived by his six grandchildren, Kolton Peveto, Kali Peveto, Curstin Peveto, Ty-ler Sarver, Zack Smith and Sierra Sarver-Freeman.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange.

Death Announcements:Frank W. Gerrietts

After some 40 years of teach-ing I still got a thrill and my heart pounded quietly proud every time one of my students won an award, or when they came back to see me and tell me what they were doing and where they had used some of the knowledge I passed on to them. That is what I want to be remembered for even more than my painting…helping people see the beauty around them in even the littlest things.

I want to say thank you to those ladies that crossed by path, even the brief encounters. Each one meant a lot to me, and I hope to you. A few of you know-ingly or unknowingly became a muse that led to some of my better paintings, you know who you are.

I want to thank all of my friends and family that stuck with me over the years, putting up with some of my weird idio-syncrasies. Tolerating my more obnoxious traits and not point-ing fingers. Thank you…you all are what made me the way I was and were responsible, at least in part, for both the good and bad. There were a lot of good times with very few bad experiences. I hope that you will take some of those happier moments and fill the space that I once was with good memories, and be happy.

To those to whom I was a thorn in their side…that’s tough, get a life. I am gone.

I am off to the spirit world to see if I can chase down that red head, Myrtle Kerr, the lady that pushed me into art and changed my life forever, and my Mom and Dad who gave me the slack to grow in wisdom from the school of ‘hard knocks’ and a lot of “I told you so”.

A special thanks to my daughter, Lisa, my sister, Mar-garet, and Saints Jane and Jessica, who helped me get through the end and made it an easier trip.

I am survived by my daughter, Lisa Sudela, and her husband, Timmy; grandchildren, Michael and Casey; sister, Margaret and her husband, David; two neph-ews, David Charles and Mat-thew and his wife, Kiki and their daughter, Keller.

To those who desire, a memo-rial donation may be made to The Beaumont Art League, Humane Society of Southeast Texas, or the charity of your choice.

In the lyrics of Terry Allen’s song, “I Just Left Myself Today” I say goodbye. fg

“Well, I just left myself today. Hell, I couldn’t wait to get away. There’s still a smear across the mirror that I have been, but it won’t reflect on me again, cause I just left myself today. Yeah, I just packed me up and went away, I didn’t float, I didn’t fly, I did not transcend, no I just walked out on me, again, again.”

Cremation arrangements were handled under the direc-tion of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.

To Be held:Laura Virginia Harmon RobinsOrange

Laura Virginia Harmon Robins went home to be with the Lord Thursday, March 31.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church Orange, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

She was born Dec. 22, 1921, in Muskogee, Okla. to Benjamin Harmon and Ellen Johnson Har-mon and resided in Porum, Okla. There she met her husband to be, Lester R. Robins. They were married May 29, 1939, in Musk-ogee, Okla. They were lifelong sweethearts and were married for 73 years. They moved to Or-ange in 1946, where they raised their family.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Les-

ter R. Robins of Orange; broth-ers, Robert Harmon of Bakers-field, Calif., Kenneth Harmon of Kiota, Okla.; sons, Donald R. Robins and fiancé, Shirley Col-vin of Bridge City, Joel H. Robins and wife, Sue of Friendswood; daughter, Becky Robins Smith and husband, Mason of Orange; grandchildren, Janie Harris and husband, Joel, Austin Taylor (Ty) Robins and wife, Sarah, Angela Delk and husband, Joe; great-grandchildren, John and Katie Harris, Jay Mason Delk; and cat, Sunday.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Bill Harmon, Mac Harmon, Frank Harmon, Jimmy Harmon; sister, Cynthia Nickel and husband, Herbert; and granddaughter and namesake, Laura Robins.

The family wishes to thank her special caretaker, Britney LeB-lanc, for her loving care the last year of her life. They also want to thank Jean McBride and the staff of Milestones for their care and support.

To Be held:Flora Elizabeth ArnoldBridge City

Flora Elizabeth Arnold, 93, a beloved wife, mother, sister, g randmother and friend, went to be with our Lord Sun-day, June 3.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 6, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with Pastor Brad Morgan officiating. Inter-ment will follow at Hillcrest Me-morial Gardens near Bridge City.

Flora was born on May 1, 1919, in Crossville, Tenn. to William Daniel and Minerva K. (Ander-son) Lake. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and maintained a life-long commitment to serving our Lord and her Savior.

Flora is survived by her hus-band of 71 years, Thomas Alfred Arnold and sister, Ann Hackney. She will be missed by all who knew her, but especially by her three sons, William T. Arnold, Robert G. Arnold, Ronald J. Ar-nold and her only daughter, San-dra Sue Schiller. Flora had eight grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the angels that devoted loving care to our mother. We are grate-ful our mother taught us how to live everyday with more aware-ness of love, faith, hope and charity.

To Be held:Donald Wayne CoonVidor

Donald Wayne Coon, 58, of Vidor and long-time resident of Huxley, Texas passed away Monday, June 4, at his resi-dence.

Graveside Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at Old Center Cemetery in Center, Tex-as with Brother Gordon Vaughn officiating.

Donald was born in Orange, on June 24, 1953. He was a kind and loving person that loved his family.

He is survived by his mother, Dixie Lou Coon; and brother and sister-in-law, Ricky and Kelly Coon. Donald is also survived by his nieces, Melissa Russell, Kim-berly Dohmann, Kloe Kristene; great-nephew, Shane Russell; great-nieces, Destiny Russell, Alyssa Coon; and mother-in-law, Deborah Clements.

To Be held:Ruth Granger HurstCottonwood Shores, Texas

Ruth Granger Hurst, 86, of C o t to nwo o d Shores, Texas and former resident of Or-ange passed away Sun-day, June 3, at Scott White Hospital in Round Rock, Texas.

Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, June 7, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with the Rev. Jay Thomas, pas-tor of MacArthur Heights Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Nibletts Bluff Cemetery in Louisiana.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home in Orange.

Born on Sept. 23, 1925, in Nibletts Bluff, La., Ruth was the daughter of Alvin and Ver-dia (Pinder) Granger. She taught Sunday school at MacArthur Heights Baptist Church and nev-er missed a Sunday for 38 years. Ruth worked at Sabine Supply and was an assistant adminis-trator at O.C.A.R.C. for 20 years.

Preceded in death by her hus-band, Arthur “Bubba” Hurst and brother, Wendall Granger, Ruth is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Robert Broer of Marble Falls; son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Don-na Hurst of Vidor; grandchildren, Jerry Mills Jr., Collin Carter; and great-grandchild, Devin Carter.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Robert Broer, Jerry Mills Jr., Col-lin Carter, Al Granger, Tom Hare and Jerry Mills Sr.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to MacArthur Heights Baptist Church, 3502 Nightingale Street, Orange, Tex-as 77630.

Held:Gerald Cladius GuillauminBridge City

Gerald Cladius Guillaumin, 82, of Bridge City, died Friday night, June 1, at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur.

Funeral ser-vices were held Tuesday at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie, La., with burial in Ever-green, La.

Born in Lone Pine, La., on Dec. 6, 1929, Gerald was the son of Martha and Odin Guillaumin. He served in the US Army during the Korean conflict for two years. He retired from Gulf Oil in Port Arthur, and was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Martha and Odin Guillaumin; and sister, Belva Guillory.

Gerald is survived by his wife, Gloria Guillaumin.

Held:Katie Perry DerocheBrentwood, N.H.

Katie Perry Deroche, 80, a for-mer longtime resident of Or-ange, died Sat-urday, May 26, 2012, in Brent-wood, N.H.

Funeral ser-vices were held Friday, June 1, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with burial following at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park.

Born in Orange on Aug. 22, 1931, she was the daughter of Wilbur M. and Vera B. (Crowell) Phillips. She was a homemaker and member of the West Orange Church of Christ.

Mrs. Deroche’s life centered around her family and the Church. She taught Sunday school for many years, participated in Bible study and ministered to those in need.

Preceded in death by her hus-band, Bill Perry, she is survived by her daughter, Linda Hawk and her husband, Paul Pouliot of Fre-mont, N.H.; sons, Don Perry and his wife, Carol of Highlands, Wil-liam B. Perry and his wife, Eliza-beth of Buna; sister, Alice Teague of Evadale; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.


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In January 2012, First Lady Michelle Obama and Agricul-ture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation. The new meal requirements will raise standards for the first time in more than 15 years and are expected to improve the health and nutrition of near-ly 32 million kids that par-ticipate in school meal pro-grams every school day. The

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These changes are not per-fect, but many believe they are a step in the right direc-tion. Some parents, however, feel the new stipulations are not stringent enough, partic-ularly when it comes to work-arounds for some of the new policies. For example, syrupy canned fruit cocktails that are high in sugar count to-ward the fruit requirement in

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Canadians may learn from the trials in the United States should they develop their own school lunch programs. Canada remains the only westernized nation without a federally funded school food program. The reason Canada has not developed a national school food strategy (or even a coordinated provincial and territorial program) is that no single ministry takes re-sponsibility for food. Students can bring their own lunches or choose among fast food in cafeterias or snacks from

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OC players lead ‘East’ in All-Star weekend

Eleven former Orange County football players will suit-up for the East Team in the third annual East verses West Southeast Texas Ford Dealers All-Star Classic on Saturday. Pictured are Kneeling left to right: Malachi Busby, Sterling Deslatte, Jordan Harmon, Coach Jeff Matthews, Derek Ledet and Ty Johnson. Standing Left to right: David Bollinger, Britton Lindsey; Ian Jenkins, Cameron Coulter, David Smallwood and Jimmy Wright. SEE STORY NEXT PAGE. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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Eleven former Orange County football stars will strap on pads Saturday for the East Team in the Southeast Texas Ford Dealers All-Star Classic. Bridge City native and Vidor head football coach Jeff Matthews will lead the East Team. Across the field coach-ing for the West Team will be Bryan Barbay, the son of the late Newton coach Curtis Bar-bay.

The game features senior football players from area high schools, nominated by their coaches and selected by the Southeast Texas Coaches As-sociation the host of the event.

This year’s game, the third annual, is June 9 at Lamar University’s Provost Umphrey Stadium. Kick-off time is 7 p.m.

Orange County players for the East Team will feature West Orange-Stark Mustang running back Britton Lindsey. Lindsey was named The Re-cord’s All-Orange County Most Valuable Player for his performance during the 2011 football season. Often ham-pered by injury, he powered the Mustang offensive as they rolled all the way to the re-gional finals in the state play-offs. Like a cannon ball in the Mustang arsenal Lyndsey churned out 1,724 yards rush-ing and 21 touchdowns.

Joining Lindsey will be Mustang teammates, Derek Ledet and Ian Jenkins.

Bridge City Cardinals play-ing for East Team are Malachi Busby and Cameron Colton. From the Orangefield Bobcats are all-stars Sterling Deslatte and Ty Johnson. Also on the roster are former Little Cy-press-Mauriceville Bears Fer-rin Lawrence and Jordan Har-mon.

Three of Coach Matthews former Vidor Pirates will suit up for the East Team. Jimmy Wright, David Bollinger and

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athletes will be given special recognition by the Southeast Texas Coaches Association during halftime of the All-Star football game. Bridge City Cardinal pitcher Jacob Lem-oine has been named 2012 Baseball Player of the Year. Bridge City cross country and track star, Bree Fontenot, has been named 2012 Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year.

Assistant coaches for Mat-thews on the East Team in-clude: Dwayne Dubois (Vidor), Dickie Robinson (Vidor), Dwight Bickham (LC-M), Hi-awatha Hickman (Silsbee), Greg Neece (Kirbyville), Mike Arnaud (PN-G) and Daryl Hobbs (Legacy).

Assistant coaches for Bar-bay on the West Team include: Blake Morrison (Coldspring), Kevin Barbay (Warren), Dar-rell Barbay (Anahuac), Mike McEachern (Huffman), Mike Stewart (Lumberton), Ray Metoyer (Ozen), Brett McPhatter (East Chambers).

Mark Foreman, a retired coach from West Orange-Stark High School and the vice president of the Southeast Texas Coaches Association, said the All-Star game drew between 5,000 and 5,500 fans in 2011. Their goal for this year is to draw 10,000 fans.

The All-Star game raises funds to provide scholarships to local athletes and other charitable enterprises.

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Britton Lyndsey takes the handoff in playoff action during the 2011 football season. Lyndsey will suit-up for the East Team on Saturday. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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When the Philadelphia Phillies made former Houston Astros’ ace pitcher Roy Oswalt a free agent at the end of the 2011 season, the Mississip-pi native didn’t jump at the first offer just to get back into the game.

He borrowed the idea of his former Astros’ mound teammates Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte and waited until the 2012 season was well under way and se-lected the team he wished to play for next.

Several teams like the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees were itching to get Oswalt’s name on their contract, but The Wizard patiently pondered the situation and then remembered his days back in the Astros’ minor league system.

The owner of the Class AA Round Rock franchise went to bat for him back in 2000 and gave Oswalt a chance to stay there rather than shipping him back to Class A.

That person was none other than Nolan Ryan, who gave Os-walt a chance to remain at the Class AA level and The Wizard responded with an 11-4 record with a 1.94 Earned Run Average.

Roy remembered that and had no trouble deciding to sign a guaranteed one-year contract last weekend with Ryan’s Texas Rangers for $4 million and another $1 million in incentives.

Oswalt made his major league debut with the Houston Astros the following year on May 6, 2001 and posted a 14-3 record and went on to become the ace of the staff. He was with Houston for nine more years, posting a 142-82 record, and never had a losing season until 2010 when he was 6-12 halfway through the season.

At that time the sale of the team was pretty well completed on paper and Oswalt knew that owner Drayton McLane, Jr. was go-ing to start dumping the big-salaried players for new owner Jim Crane and requested a trade to a contending team.

The then-General Manage Ed Wade still had plenty of con-nections with his former team—the Philadelphia Phillies—and was able to oblige Oswalt’s request. The Wizard became a Phillie and finished out the season at 7-1, keeping alive his credentials of never having a losing season in the major leagues.

However Oswalt’s injury-plagued 2011 season wasn’t a good one as he finished the season at 9-10 and the Phillies didn’t re-new his contract, making him a free agent. He remained a free agent until last week when he signed with the Texas Rangers.

Now at 34 years old, Oswalt worked out religiously during the winter months and has been throwing regularly throughout the spring, waiting to pick up his brilliant career where he left off a year ago.

Oswalt always enjoyed his stay in the Lone Star State and was leaning toward resuming his career in Texas.

The Rangers’ plan was for Roy to return to the mound at Class AAA Dell Diamond for the first time in 12 years and pitch two innings, which he did Saturday night at Round Rock. Oswalt hadn’t pitched competitively since being out of the game since last October in Game 4 of the National League Division Series in 2011.

The Wizard pitched two scoreless innings for the Round Rock Express in a 3-2 win over Albuquerque before a sellout crowd of

11,532, according to Sunday’s edition of the Austin American-Statesman, threw 34 pitches (21 strikes), he allowed three singles (two were bloopers) with a walk and a strikeout.

The article added that Oswalt’s fastball sat at 91-92 mph, with one hitting 94, and he mixed in several looping 68 mph curves.

“It’s about where I thought I’d be in velocity and stamina, my command was pretty good,” Oswalt told the Austin newspaper.

Oswalt said the Rangers’ plan is for him to make three more starts for the Express, increasing his workload from about 60 to 80 to 100 pitches, and then join the Rangers in late June.

Oswalt admitted he chose the Rangers over the other teams persuing him because of club president Nolan Ryan and Roy’s affinity for the state of Texas.

“Nolan gave me a chance to stay here (Round Rock) in 2000. He went to bat for me,” Oswalt revealed. “I could have gone to two or three different places for a lot more money.

“I love Texas. I got to play 9½ years for the Astros, and Hous-ton was a great place,” The Wizard continued. “So now I’m with the Rangers, and they’ve obviously been close to winning it all the last two years. Maybe they need one person to put them over the edge, and I hope I’m that person.”

Now this Korner has a problem. I’ve ALWAYS been a Roy Os-walt fan but have NEVER been a Texas Rangers fan.

KWICKIES…A follow-up on our recent article about Orange native Bruce Aven winning the Class 5A state baseball champi-onship in Florida last month, Aven also was named the All-Bro-ward County Coach of the Year for Classes 2A through 5A. Aven also was selected as a coach for the South Florida All-Star game.

Former pitcher Don Larsen is selling the New York Yankees uniform he wore when he became the only man to pitch a per-fect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. According to this week’s issue of USA Today Sports Weekly, the New York Times reports Larsen is hoping to raise money for his grandchildren’s college education. The uniform catcher Yogi Berra wore in the game went for $565,000. The auction starts Oct. 8 (the day he threw the perfect game) and ends Dec. 2 at steinersports.com.

It was almost like old times again when Tiger Woods rallied from four strokes down in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament at Dublin, Ohio to fire a 67 and win the event by two strokes over Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini. Ironically, the tourney was played on the Muirfield Village golf course Jack Nicklaus built, and was Tiger’s 73rd tour victory, ty-ing him with Nicklaus for second place for career PGA Tour vic-tories. The immortal Sam Snead posted 82 tourney wins.

The Houston Astros finally halted their eight-game losing streak Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park with a 5-3 victory over the red-hot Cincinnati Reds. The Astros had gotten to with-in one game of the .500 mark before losing eight straight games and stand at 23-31 going into Tuesday night’s game against the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, who are currently riding a five-game losing streak of their own.

If the home team continues to win in the NBA conference championships, the two teams playing for the World champion-ship will be the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. Going into Monday night’s action in the Western Conference, both San Antonio and Oklahoma City are tied at 2-2, while Miami and Boston also stand at 2-2 in the Eastern Conference playoff.

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“I didn’t drive over here to fish with no danged cork,” barked Matt Lenz as he watched both his Father and brother arch their Kwik Cork rigs over several rows of modest white caps. “I don’t care if y’all catch the biggest trout we ever saw, I ain’t fishing with no cork!”

Two hours later, fishing a slow bite at best, Dad had still put four solid trout in the box and Matt’s more compliant older sibling had nine. In spite of their hard earned success, Matt would not waver on his declaration and had added only a croaker to the catch just to save face.

Convinced that the wind was not going to give us a break, I cranked up and turned southward in hopes of finding a few birds working over schooling trout or reds. Three gulls sitting on the water were reason enough to shut down the big engine and make a few exploratory casts. I was tying on a Hoginar on the chance that we might have found some redfish when both Kwik Corks immediately dipped below the surface.

Before I could net their fish, shrimp started dancing across the surface in a futile attempt to make it back to the safety of the mud covered bottom. Even Matt was in the hunt with his Skitterwalk this time and he quickly boxed three very nice trout. While he felt a little better about having caught fish as he put it, “like a real man” he wasn’t all smiles when the bite finally ended.

Before running more lake, I counted 28 trout and Matt’s croaker in the box. All but three of the fish on ice had fallen victim to a tail fished under a cork and that fact wasn’t lost on Matt. “I thought they’d have to take those corks off if we ever found school fish, but they didn’t miss a lick,” he be-grudgingly pointed out to the rest of the family.

I worked the Daley’s Hunt N Fish annual fishing show for two days last week and aside from continuous teasing about my yellow ZEKO shoes, the lion’s share of my one on one

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Tanner and Phillip with a pair of nice trout taken with the Kwik Cork rig!

conversations were in regards to scraping the wall with a maniac mullet in the winter and fishing a Kwik Cork rig.

The ultimate value of fishing plastic or even live bait under a cork is that it keeps your bait in the strike zone 100 percent of the time. Add to that the fact that the chugging or clicking noise the rig makes attracts fish and you have significantly upgraded your chances of at least getting a strike.

Both of those qualities also make it an ex-cellent choice for hunting fish when there are no signs of them even being in the area. That recent trip was a perfect example as the first bunch of trout we boxed were the result of sim-ply drifting over a shallow flat that held fish the day before.

The ultimate bonus lies in the fact that you do not have to cut the rig off and tie on another lure should you encounter schooling fish or fish driving bait to the surface. Surprisingly enough, more often than not, the color of the plastic is not as critical a factor when fished under a cork in schooling fish. That is not the case when making random casts and trying to establish a pattern, but there is seldom any need to swap colors when dealing with schooling fish.

There are those rare occasions when a three to four foot leader produces far more strikes, but for the most part we stick with something in the 24 to 30 inch range. The shorter leader is also much easier to cast longer distances. I

personally prefer the sound of the cup shaped cork, but the oval style is much easier to fish as there is less resistance when setting the hook and fighting the fish.

I fish only corks with a titanium wire as it will not permanently bend or crimp and ruin the entire rig. The first change I make is to melt a short piece of electrical connection tub-ing over all but the top eye on the swivel on top of the cork so that it doesn’t flop around and allow my line to wrap around the cork when it is at rest. That improvement alone eliminates wasted casts.

Secondly, I add a split ring and ¼ ounce trolling sinker to the swivel at the bottom end of the cork. That gives you enough weight to throw even the lightest of tails a long way. It also gives you the ability to fish a Texas rigged tail with no weight at all and that can make a big difference when targeting big trout!

Spinning rods work much better for me than casting rods and I prefer 20-pound braid over mono for its sensitivity and lack of stretch. My leader material below the cork is usually 20-pound mono.

I will catch more fish from now through De-cember with this rig than anything else I will fish and I will fish everything from topwaters to Swim Baits. This technique is not the end all-be all, but it will keep you in the hunt on the toughest of days and that is good enough for me!

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When Burt Stigen bought the old Shady Rest Motel on the closed Highway 90 section west of Vinton, he wanted to provide a home for home-less veterans. Stigen has done that and more. Over the years he has used his calling and training as a minister of the Gospel to reach the souls of the men that have stayed at the shelter as well as providing a roof over their heads. He has had success in both areas.

When he bought the old motel it had been closed for years. With the building of I-10 and the closing of the section of Highway 90 the motel was on, there was no need for a motel. It had been closed and was in need of repair when Stigen bought the property. Stigen oper-ates totally on faith. His faith is that the money to run the shelter will be provided in some sort or fashion.

“We do not accept, nor do we solicit any sort of government funds. A lot of veterans have had all they wanted to do with the government and do not have any trust in the government. In ad-dition, if we were to take any funds from the government we would have them telling us how to run our business and have a lot of rules and regulations to comply with,” said Stigen. “As it is, the Lord provides for us. We have rules that the residents have to follow to stay here and over the years we have done well.”

All but one of the old motel cabins have been demolished and replaced with log cabin type shelters for the residents. Each cabin has four bunks and a small air conditioner, TV with rabbit ears, and a handicapped bathroom. The cabins are fine and the residents are cared for. The thing that now needs to be addressed is the

main building that houses the office, kitchen, dining area, and chapel. For about a year there has been a fundraising effort underway for the next step of the multi-stage project; a new main building.

There has been the creation of a board of di-rectors to lead and set guidelines for the new main building. Fundraising has progressed, slowly but steadily. There is currently $33,000 in the building fund. This is about a fourth of the amount needed to construct the new build-ing. The proposed building will be 40X100 feet in size and provide the needed space for the administrative needs, kitchen and dining, and chapel.

At the last board meeting, June 2, 2012, there was discussion of what needs to be done and ideas for fundraising, as well as some funds presented. American Legion member Houston “Bud” Fruge presented Stigen with two $1000 dollar checks. Fruge was able to take advantage of a program of PPG Industries whereby a re-tired employee who is a member of a board of directors of an organization such as the COR can apply for a grant. Fruge was able to get grants for 2011 and 2012 from the PPG pro-gram.

American Legion Post 49 of Orange is hold-ing a raffle for a Brinkman Roadmaster BBQ grill. Tickets are currently being sold for the drawing to be held at the COR this coming July 4.

City of Refuge project continuesMike LouviereFor The Record

Houston Fruge (R) presents checks from the PPG grant program to Burt Stigen (L) of the City of Ref-uge.

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Anywhere you go along the gulf coast there is an unwritten stan-dard by which all fish are judged, the magic mark that each angler strives to attain. For inshore fish-ermen the glory fish that causes anglers to stop and take a second look has got to be a tro-phy speckled trout.

A bona fide 30” class or 10 pound trout is the fish of a lifetime for the coastal plugger. Fish in this class take on almost a mythical ex-istence, just ask any serious trout angler about a fish of this magnitude and they will speak in almost a reverent tone that is punctuated with heavy doses of respect.

For many years I personally have dreamt of that “trout of a lifetime”, each time I could see myself wading into the fabled Laguna Madre or Baffin Bay and wrestling with one of their famous giant specks. I still have this dream, but now the scenery has changed to our own Sabine lake.

Several years ago Capt. Dickie Colburn and I were fishing on Sabine Lake and our conversa-tion turned to the topic of trophy trout. Each of us grudgingly admitted that we may have to indeed take a trip down south to land the kind of trout we had been in search of for many years. That conversation has now been long forgotten since some of these “super trout” have made their presence felt here at home.

In years past it was nearly inconceivable that Sabine Lake would ever be capable of growing trout worthy of trophy status. Over the past decade there has been an amazing surge in the amount of big trout caught in our lake thanks

to a couple of factors, how we fish and where we fish. Since that time Sabine has more than established itself as one of the best bays along the Texas coast to chase truly big trout.

For many years anglers up and down the Texas coast have been wadefishing, this trend took off on our lake and totally revolutionized how we fish. Wadefishing is per-

haps the best way to consistently put yourself in range of big fish. The silent approach and thorough manner in which the area is fished helps put some odds in the anglers favor. Some anglers go to serious extremes to keep noise to a minimum, special boats and other gear are part of their arsenals. Since wadefishing became an accepted practice here on Sabi-ne Lake there have been more and more big fish being caught in places that nobody ever thought to fish.

Areas that once were basically ruled out as not able to hold fish are now looked at as prime spots for big fish. Ultra shallow waters that appear to be muddy or off color were once shunned by most fishermen , not anymore. Dirty water is a great place to fish for big trout at certain times, the spring and late winter are two perfect examples. During colder months this water is generally warmer so it will have the most activity. This revolutionary thinking has many anglers running to instead of away from off colored water.

Chasing big fish is not for everybody, some folks don’t have the patience or desire to go out and fish all day for maybe one or two bites. For those folks who do have the desire to get out there, the future looks better than ever. Heres hoping you get out and catch that fish of a lifetime right here in your own backyard, Sabine Lake.

A stealthy approach like wade fishing is a must for anglers looking to score a true trophy speckled trout.

Super trout call for super tactics

Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center announces upcoming programs for the Summer Wild Wednesdays series, which will begin on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 and con-tinue into August. Many of these programs are hands-on activities and explore the natu-ral world through informative natural history lessons from Shangri La educators. Below, you will find upcoming programs for the month of June. Program participants will meet at the ad-missions window at the scheduled event time, 9:30 a.m., with sessions lasting about an hour. All programs are free of charge, but an RSVP is required as space is limited. Call 409-670-9799 to make a reservation.

June 13: Bee Gardening - During this fam-ily-friendly program, attendees will learn how to attract native bees to yards and gardens

through the addition of flowering plants. Dis-cover the roles of bees as pollinators in local ecosystems.

June 20: Paper Making - Attendees of all ages will enjoy this hands-on program allow-ing participants to make and take home their own paper.

June 27: Owl Puke - Explore the food chain by dissecting owl pellets, and learn about Shan-gri La’s rehabilitated Barred Owl, Maxine. Dur-ing this family program, meet Maxine, hear her story and learn more about Barred Owl adapta-tions.

The Wild Wednesdays series has programs for the young and young-at-heart. For those interested in attending, please RSVP by calling 409-670-9799. Located at 2111 West Park Ave-nue in Orange, Texas, Shangri La is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday noon until 5:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.shangrilagardens.org.

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There are some new advocates and resources out there and the mission is clear - help Entergy customers save money.

Meet “Tom” and explore other helpful resources at entergy.com/savemoney. The website provides easy access to several innovative online tools Entergy Texas, Inc. is offering.

“Our customers told us clearly through interviews and focus groups that they needed our help in saving money on their month-ly utility bills,” said Vernon Pierce, customer service director, En-tergy Texas, Inc. “A team of Entergy employees listened, under-stood the need and began to think creatively from an ‘outside-in’ perspective about how to meet that need.”

Hosted by Tom, Entergy’s myAdvisor, this site provides an inter-active virtual experience through which customers are invited to explore topics such as:

· Understanding their bill. Tom helps customers get easy-to-understand answers to common questions as simple as “What’s a kilowatt-hour?” to more complex inquiries such as “Help me un-derstand what a fuel adjustment is.”

· Finding suitable payment options. Tom asks questions that help customers decide what pay option best fits their specific needs.

Tom offers options in a new and unique way that will be very use-ful to the customer and easy to understand.

· Saving money. Tom walks the customer through a quick de-scription of the type of home they live in and checks for the cus-tomer’s relative skill level in working around the home. Based on that information, Tom makes money-saving suggestions. For more detailed questions, Tom directs them to myHome, the virtual house designed to help customers save money.

“By providing this level of assistance to customers who are seek-ing ways to save money, Entergy is ensuring that customers feel understood and cared for,” Pierce said. “The customer makes the decisions, which puts them in control. That’s what customers told us they want, and that’s what Tom and myAdvisor provide.”

The employee team developing the new services knew that En-tergy already provides a number of resources, such as ENsight and Simple Steps, to help customers manage energy use. But what the team heard customers say is that they need even more self-service, easy-to-use tools to help them save money and they looked to En-tergy as the energy-saving experts.

The result is a unique experience for Entergy customers offered

through myHome, which combines online virtual graphic technol-ogy with video technology.

“There’s really no other tool available in the industry that pro-vides this level of detail and support when it comes to helping cus-tomers save money,” Pierce said.

Hosted by the Anderson family, myHome is a virtual money-saving experience. The tool makes it easy and entertaining for cus-tomers to find a variety of money-saving tips using video media.

Customers can virtually visit different rooms in myHome, view an introductory video featuring the Anderson family members or their neighbors and select a particular savings topic designated by a “leaking dollar sign” icon. Customers can view a do-it-yourself video segment on that topic, including step-by-step instructions on ways customers can reduce energy usage. By doing so, custom-ers are not only helping save money, they are also helping save the environment. Using less energy has a positive impact on the natu-ral resources of our communities.

All these new tools and services are breaking ground toward a new level of customer service. To showcase them, Entergy’s Save Money Web page has a fresh, more user-friendly look that serves as a host site and resource center. An additional page called myRe-sources is a library for customers to research and find specific ac-tions they can take to lower their utility bill.

“These customer-inspired, employee-driven tools are the result of a lot of listening and learning on the part of Entergy to deter-mine customers’ needs today and in the future,” Pierce said. “We want customers to know this is just the beginning of enhanced offerings we believe provide a very positive experience for our cus-tomers.”

Entergy Texas, Inc. provides electricity to more than 400,000 customers in 27 counties. It is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. Entergy is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. En-tergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Entergy provides money-saving online resources

Members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association were in attendance and explained that the COR is the “adopted” charity for the CVMA of this region, Bravo Detachment. The motto of the CVMA is “Veterans helping Veterans” and the COR fits into the goals of the association. They are planning a rally and a drawing for a Model 1911 .45 caliber piston in the near future.

Retired Air Force veteran Gerritt Lawrence, owner of Webt-ronics in Westlake, La, near Lake Charles, reported that he is wanting to hire some of the residents of the COR to work with his recycling program. Lawrence is recycling used electronic equipment and can train the residents to run his recycling pro-gram as well as give them training in other phases of the com-puter business. “I would like to give the residents the opportu-nity to reenter the work force. Maybe in addition to giving them a place to live we can also work on rebuilding their self esteem as well, “said Lawrence?

The need to replace the old building gets greater as time goes by. Anyone that is able to make any donation of any type to the COR is asked to do so. In addition to money, the greatest need, there is also the need for heavy equipment to ready the work site, building materials that could either be donated or sold at a reduced cost, skilled labor from carpenters to plumbers and all crafts in between.

Stigen is a man who has dedicated his life to helping veterans in need. He purchased the property with his own funds and has spent thousands of hours, along with his wife, Denise, caring for those less fortunate than himself. He provides food and shelter for the homeless veterans, and also provides for their spiritual needs by functioning as a minister to them on a daily basis.

For information on how you can help the COR you may call: Gary Alford, 409-626-2525 or Stigen at: 337-598-3603 0r 337-589-6404.

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First Baptist Church Orangefield

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

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

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

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

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

www.fbcof.com

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

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

Boots & hats welcome!

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

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

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

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

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

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

Me) Club

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange

(409) 745-3973Sun. Morning at

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

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

409-779-4703•409-779-4702

First United Methodist Church Orange

502 Sixth Street886-7466

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

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

all ages 11 a.m. - Worship in

Sanctuary 5 p.m. - UMYF & Methodist

Kids Pastor: Rev. John Warren Director of Music & Fine

Arts: Doug Rogers Organist: Justin Sanders

Director of Youth and Christian Education: Allisha

Bonneaux Web site:

www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

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

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

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

comes you!”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

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

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Trinity Baptist Church

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

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

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

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding Pastor

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

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn

BallSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

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

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

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

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

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

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

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

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

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

Worship “Living Stone”

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving Street, Orange409-882-0862

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

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

of the each month.

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

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

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

Maranatha Christian Center

7879 Hwy. 87 NMusic: Sherry Dartez

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

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

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First Baptist Church of BC to host VBSThe First Baptist Church of Bridge City has set its VBS for

June 4-8, with their theme being “Sonrise National Park.”VBS participants will hike through God’s word, sing by the

campfire, create crafts and more. Children from the ages of Kin-dergarten through Grade 5 (for the 2012-2013 school year) are invited. Hours are from 9 a.m. to noon.

They will be collecting can goods each day for the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. Take advantage of early regis-tration on Saturday, June 2 in the church’s west parking lot from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information 735-8709.

Faith UMC to host Kidz Adventure CampFaith United Methodist Church, located at 8608 MLK, Jr.

Drive, Orange, announces their annualKidz Adventure Camp. Creative adventures in a Christian

setting that will leave a lasting impact on children, ages five through entering fifth grade.

Dates are: July 10 - Power in Science, led by Mel Moreau and Joyce Kennedy.

July 12 - Power of Art, classes to be taught by Delle Bates, Audrey Frenzel, Nancy Rendell and Sue Harris.

July 24 - Power of Cooking, taught by Judie Wilson.July 26 - Water Power, fun time with games and water activi-

ties. Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pre-Registration Due Date is June 15, with fees discounted for

pre-registration.Registration forms may be picked up at the church during of-

fice hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by calling the office at 886-1291 for a form to be mailed to you.

Online registration is available at: www.faithumc-orange.orgEach camp session provides lunch, snacks and a 2012 Adven-

ture Camp t-shirt.For more information call the church office at 409-886-1291,

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church to host VBSThe First Presbyterian Church, located at 902 Green Ave. in

Orange, will be hosting a Vacation Bible School for children in

preschool thru fifth grade. VBS will be held June 11-15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

At Sky, kids discover that everything is possible with God! Sky is filled with incredible Bible-learning experiences kids see, hear, touch, and even taste! Sciency-Fun Gizmos™, team-build-ing games, cool Bible songs, and tasty treats are just a few of the Sky activities that help faith flow into real life. (Since everything is hands-on, kids might get a little messy. Be sure to send them in play clothes and safe shoes.) Plus, kids will discover how to see evidence of God in everyday life. Parents, grandparents, and friends are invited to join each day at 11:30, because that’s when they will be having Fly Away Finale—a daily celebration of God’s love.

Pre-registration is required and can be done so by calling 883-2097.

First Baptist Orange to host fine arts campThe First Baptist Church of Orange will be hosting GROW

Camp (a fine arts camp) from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on June 11-14 at the church, 602 Green Avenue. The camp is for children who have completed kindergarten through the sixth grade. The registration fee is $25 for the first child in the family, $20 for the second child and $10 for the third. There is a maximum of $55 per family.

The registration fee includes a T-shirt, supplies and snacks. Registration may be completed at the church’s office. Classes in-clude painting, dance, drama, culinary arts, choir, guitar, piano, button art and woodworking.

A performance will be held the evening of June 14. For more information, contact John Bickham at 886-7461 or [email protected].

Wells of Agape to hold women’s conferenceWells of Agape of Orange will hold a women’s conference,

“Love Songs from Heaven,” June 22-23, at Journey Community Church in Lumberton. Featured Speakers will be Charmaine James, Deanna Airey and Donna Wells. Worship will be led by Billy Lawson.

The conference will include, food, door prizes, specialties, si-lent auction, food and fellowship.

For more information, contact Donna Wells at 745-4609. For registration forms visit www.wellsofagape.org.

St. Paul UMC to sell cookbooksSt. Paul United Methodist Church is selling homegrown, local

cookbooks. All of the recipes come from members. The cook-book has tried and true recipes. The cost is $20 and all pro-ceeds go to our mission funds. Please call the church 735-5546 or come by from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and pick up a copy.

CHURCH BRIEFS

A total of 207 students earned their places on the Dean’s and President’s Lists for the spring 2012 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s list, a student must carry a full course load of at least 12 hours, have completed at least 12 hours of credit and maintain at least a 3.4 grade point average. To qualify for the President’s list, a student must also carry a full course load of at least 12 hours, have completed at least 12 hours of credit and maintain a 4.0 grade point average.

Orange County students are listed alphabetically below, accord-ing to hometown and award earned.

Dean’s List:Bridge City: Monglinh Bass, Micah Blain, Emily Anne Blanchard,

Megan Elizabeth Croaker, Christopher Frank King, Amber Nicole Meeks, Lisa Marie Pickering, Cristina Maribel Sanchez, Monica Nicole Sharp, Krystal Sunderland, Wendi Lee Welch, Stetson Lee Woods, Justin Reid Worthy.

Deweyville: Jacob Gorton, Marissa Lynn Powell, Martha Lynette Woodall.

Orange: Rebecca Ann Allen, Tami Marie Allen, Vonti Barhene Allen, Keely Nicole Benefield, Nacona Darlene Bloom, Megan Ei-leen Borel, Kelcie Elizabeth Breshears, Jordan Chase Briley, Lena Marie Brooks, Kandis Renee Browne, Clarise Isabel Cardiff, Tara Dyanne Casey, Courtney Raevonne Chatman, John Robert Cheek, Kristin Elizabeth Clark, Abigail Leanne Cole, Emily Faith Collins, Ashley Danielle Dyer, Jorge Escobedo, Elena Anne Fontenot, Rachel Erin Ford, Michael Wayne Foreman, Chelsea Brooke Gentz, Rome-ka Ashley Godfrey, Chelsea Renee Graham, Karel Anne Green, Amanda Micheal Guidry, Collin Thomas Gunter, Joseph Leonard Hargrave, Dawn Renee Harvey, Megan Frances Hatfield, Olivia Ella Hubbard, Laurin Nicole Jackson, Jerica Skylar Johnson, April Dawn LaCombe, Beulah Ethel Lancaster, Amy Michelle Landry,

Billy Ray Lawson, Alacia Monique Levias, Jennifer Lea Ann Lomas, Timothy Shane Marburger, Elizabeth Ann Martin, Leah Elizabeth-Rosa Matlock, Melissa Kay Menard, Rebecca Marie Morgan, Davin Durward Myers, Melodi Jean Nugent, Bridget Leann Pattillo, Kaley Marie Pennington, Tanya Marie Picard, Desiree Michelle Reiley, Amanda Ruth Reynolds, Loren Michael Roberts, Jennifer Leigh Ryan, Abbie Lee Snell, Danean Lee Sonnier, Erin Marie Swiney, Patrick Stephen Taylor, Ryan Wesley Tinsley, Jennifer Lynn Wat-son, Ashley Taylor Will, Bailey Magen Williams, Jenny Rebecca Wolfford, Daniel Patrick Wyatt, Billie Daune Young.

Rose City: Dustie Renee Gallier.Vidor: Loretta Elaine Baker, Jacquelyn Sue Baumgardner, Alicia

Marie Copeland, Christina Diane Correia, Jo Lonie Jackson, Chel-sea Elena Legate.

President’s List:Bridge City: Sheila Ailene Harper, Adam Wilmot Prosperie, Ra-

chel Marie Vaughn, Jerry Michael Winfrey.Deweyville: Brittany Lauren McClain, Autumn Blair Hardin.Orange: David Dwaine Abshire, Christina Renee Brown, Mi-

chael Wayne Coleman, Christina Kay Crutcher, Rachel Dartez, Justin Chase Dillon, Vickie Droll, Devan Renee Ficken, Shatonya Marie Freeman, Robbie Denise Gilmore, Ashley Michelle Greiner, Sabrina Kathlene Hardy, Danielle Leigh Hindel, Noelle Elizabeth Jackson, Kimberly Ann Kelley, Marcus Antoine Lalonde, Keith Ed-ward Lester, Aimee Michelle Martin, Debbie Jacks McHenry, Carl Clark Miles, Adam Grant Mott, Tuyet Thi Nguyen, Monisha Ami-rali Patel, Stacey Meece Seago, Payven Jacory Simien, Brandon Paul Stacey, Debranique Michelle Tims, Taylor Leigh Williams, Marissa Faith Wyatt.

Vidor: Jefffree Lynn Hoke, Keaton Moore, Carla Louise Parks, Sheila Renee Rizzato.

LSCO names 207 students to Dean’s, President’s lists

Keep Orange county Beautiful held its second Electronic Waste Collection Day last weekend in front of the Sears Home-town Store in Orange.

Once again, it was a giant success. The collection effort filled a 50-foot semi-trailer with televisions, computers and other elec-tronic waste as well as a 30-foot dumpster with electric appli-ances.

Thanks go out to the community for bringing their old elec-tronic (and electric) toys, computers and appliances for recy-cling. KOCB contracted with Waste Management Inc. to not only collect the materials but also to separate and recycle it. Nothing collected will go into a landfill or pollute the ground water. Everything is recycled.

Thanks go to the KOCB Board members who took time on a sunny Saturday to work the event. Mike Trahan from West Orange, TW Permenter and Harry Vine from Pinehurst, Donna Scales from Bridge City and Noelle Jordan from Orange. And special thanks to Sheldon from Waste Management who helped

the public unload the materials from their cars and trucks, and worked the fork lift to load it into boxes, the container and the semi-trailer.

J David Derosier, Chairman of KOCB, said, “The costs in-volved in removing Freon from refers and A/C units, let alone finding someone to do it, often make it prohibitive for people to dispose of these units properly. KOCB pays for Freon removal making it much easier to dispose for recycling.

“In many cases it can be almost impossible to dispose of broken TVs and computer monitors properly. With funding from Southeast Texas Resource Conservation & Development (STRC&D), our E-Waste collection and recycling is done at no cost to the public.”

Donna Scales, a Director of STRC&D and also on KOCB’s Board said, “It was wonderful to see the community response to this project and to hear the good words from the public. RC&D is so pleased to be able to fund these environmental efforts and to Keep Orange County Beautiful.”

KOCB’s e-waste collection considered successful

EMPLOYMENTADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, INC. “A CASA Program” is accepting volunteer applica-

tions at this time. Apply by calling 1-877-586-6548 [toll free] or going on-line to www.advocates-4-children-inc.org.

30 hours of training is required. Record numbers of children are being abused. Your volunteer help is needed! The program serves Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler and Sabine coun-ties.

NEW CAREER FIELD! Home audit internships, $8 per hour with possible advancement to $10 hour. Home weatherization, attic work, (409) 658-6276.

APPLIANCESUSED APPLIANCES, start-ing at $99.95 & up, Harry’s Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 886-4111.

MISCELLANEOUSJUGG’S PITCHING MACHINE, like new, auto feeder, throws 90 MPH, fast & curve balls etc.,

paid $3,000, used very little, will sell for $1,500, (409) 474-1518.

SCOOTER LIFT TRUCK MOUNT, lift up to 300 lbs., $500; Lawn and hunting trailer, 4’x30”x24”, pull by lawn mower or 4 wheeler, 14” tires, $60; 4 tires, 17”, good to fair trade, $35, (409) 745-3895.

‘94 2/2 Mobile Home, $10,000; Whirlpool Elec. range, $175; Whirlpool Refrig., $175, (409) 499-2128.

100 GALLON PROPANE TANK, $100; bed liner for Z71, $50; antique Singer sewing machine, $250, (409) 738-2883, leave message.

RABBIT HUTCH, THREE BINS w/one nest box. Built sturdy w/tin roof & rabbit wire, very good condition - $75. Johnston-Murphy black dress shoes, 11 medium. Paid $165, will sell for $95. Lavatory shell-shaped sink, beige - $65. Call 883-4646. Leave message.

2 4’ X 8’ FOAM BOARD SHEETS, used for flotation in boats, cost $40 sheet, sell for $30 sheet, (409) 745-1420.

SONY DSC-W50 Cyber Shot camera, from Conn’s, never used, 6.0 megapixels, high Sensitivity, $50; brass and white coffee table, $40; storage shelf w/ clothes hangers, make offer; clothes hanger rack, $25; plain clothes rack, $10; white wed-ding dress, $30. Call 670-9272.

BOAT RAMP OPEN AT BAILEY’S Fish Camp, $2 launch, (409) 313-1282.

FURNITURETABLE W/6CHAIRS very heavy all wood, 2 leaves - $50; large coffee table w/stained glass top - $75; 6 drawer dresser very large w/mirror - $50. Call 883-8443 for location.

PETS & LIVESTOCKCHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, $150, (409) 499-2128.

FREE KITTENS TO GOOD HOMES, 1M & 3F, blk. & wht., (409) 735-2826. Leave mes-sage, will call back.

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

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

PUPPIES! I have 7, mixed breeds (some Lab looking), can’t afford to keep feeding them, free to good homes, (409) 988-9472.

FREE KITTENS TO GOOD HOMES, 3-8 weeks old, black & white female, 2 white & black males and females, litter box trained, (409) 735-1288 after 2pm, leave message.

2 TABBY KITTENS, very play-

ful, free to good home(s), (409) 735-2350.

CUTEST LITTLE KITTENS EVER SEEN! 4 orange, 1 blk. & white, free to good homes, (409) 238-5119.

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

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

AT. ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST you can experi-ence the warmth of friendly peo-ple, beautiful music, and inspir-ing sermons. Join us at 1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., BC each Sunday at 8:15 AM or 10:45 AM for worship experience at 9:30 AM for Sunday School.

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

CRISIS CENTER. Rape and cri-sis center of S.E. Texas needs volunteer advocares to provide direct services to survivors of sexual assault in a medical set-ting. Comprehensive training is provided, Anyone interested should contact the Crisis Center at (409) 832-6530.

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All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

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CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF LORETTA

JANE JOHNSON, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of LORETTA JANE JOHNSON, Deceased, were issued on May 14, 2012 in Cause No. P16164 pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: MARY JANE VASEK. The mailing address is:MARY JANE VASEK2834 Valley Creek RoadCulleoka, Tennessee 38451

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11 temporary positions; approx 10 ½ months; Duties: to operate farm equipment in sugar cane fields; to prepare the field and give maintenance to the crop during and after the harvesting season. Planting of sugarcane by hand, farm, field and shed sanitation duties; operation and performing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bending or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take random drug test at no cost to the workers. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immedi-ate termination. $9.30 per hour; Job to begin on 8/1/12 through 06/15/2013. Must have 3 months experienced required in job offered. All work tools, supplies and equip-ment provided. Housing expenses provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided upon completion of 50% of contract; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employment of-fered by Charles Guidry located in Erath, LA. Worksite located in Erath, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at (337) 654-2403 or may apply for this posi-tion at their nearest State Workforce Agency located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

FIELD WORKERS15 temporary positions; approx 5 ½ months; Duties: to operate farm equipment in sugar cane fields; Planting of sugarcane by hand, farm, field and shed sanitation duties; opera-tion and performing minor repairs and mainte-nance of farm vehicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bending or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take random drug test at no cost to the workers. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $9.30 per hour; Job to begin on 8/1/12 through 1/15/13. Must have 3 months experienced required in job offered. All work tools, supplies and equipment provided. Hous-ing expenses provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided upon completion of 50% of contract; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employment of-fered by Charles Guidry located in Erath, LA. Worksite located in Erath, LA. Qualified appli-cants may call employer for interview at (337) 654-2403 or may apply for this position at their nearest State Workforce Agency located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

FIELD WORKERS12 temp positions; 2 months; job to begin 8/1/12 and end on 10/5/12; Duties: plant-ing of sugarcane by hand, farm and field duties; able to work in hot, humid weather, bending or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $9.30 per hour; 1 months experience in job offered required. All work tools provided. Housing and trans-portation 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 guaran-teed in a work day during contract. Em-ployment offered by K & M Cane located in Bunkie, LA. Worksite located in Bunkie, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 337-945-9120 or may ap-ply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

FIELD WORKERS20 temporary positions; approx 3 months; Duties: to plant cane by hand, to clean ditches with shovel, to pull grass in the sugar cane fields during the planting season. $9.30 per hour; Job to begin on 7/25/12 through 10/25/12. 1 month exp required in job offered. All work tools, supplies and equipment provided. Housing expens-es provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; transportation and subsistence ex-penses to the worksite will be provided upon completion of 50% of contract; ¾ guaranteed of contract. Employ-ment offered by Welcome North, L.L.C. located in St. James, LA. Worksite is located in St. James, LA and Lakeland, LA. Applicants may call employer for interview (225) 473-9548 or may apply for this position at their nearest State Workforce Agency located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

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APARTMENTS

NICE BC 1 BEDROOM, in nice neighborhood. Cathedral ceil-ings w/ track lighting & ceiling fan, all S.S. appliances, gran-ite counter tops, self cleaning oven, dish washer. Bathroom has linen closet and built-in van-ity, all ceramic tile floors. Living area downstairs, black spiral staircase leads to loft bedroom, new CA/H, nice patio & yard, concrete parking, yard mainte-nance included, $500 monthly + $300 dep. + elec. & water, call for an appointment @ (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (ss)

THE VILLAS AT COW Bayou located at 3650 Fish Hook in Bridge City, now has 1&2 bed-room openings! Enjoy comfort-able living in a quiet, secluded surrounding. Located in the Bridge City School District with

convenient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas, we are close to all area refineries! Covered parking, washer/dryer connections are provided. We supply your City of Bridge City water, trash & sewer! Please call today and ask about our move-in special! Call to make an appointment for your personal tour! 409-735-8803. MAGNOLIA TRACE APTS. in Bridge City. Locally owned and well maintained, 2/1 with laundry room in Apt., $650 upstairs, $675 downstairs. We are located in a quiet neighbor-hood, but walking distance to major grocery stores, fast food and pharmacy. We take pride in our complex, $500 dep. Call (409) 886-1737, and leave mes-sage. (6/20)

HOME RENTALS

BRIDGE CITY 3/2,115 Dupuis, No Pets, references req., $750 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 719-8636.

BRIDGE CITY 3/1/2 in very good neighborhood, clean and neat inside, new cabinets, all new appliances are being installed, available July 1, $925 monthly + $925 dep., (409) 735-3369, leave a detailed mes-sage. (6/27)

BRIDGE CITY 3/1, 205 Champagne, No Pets, referenc-es req., $700 monthly + $450 dep., (409) 719-8636.

ORANGE 1/1, nice and small, A/C, stove and refrig., W/D hook ups, all bills paid except elec., $495 monthly + $300 dep., (409) 735-6691. (6/13)

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)

2/2 AND 3/2 IN OFISD, 1 block from schools, Large lot, W./D hookups, No Pets, $400 and $650 monthly + dep., (409) 720-8699 or 735-6701. (6/27)

2/1 IN SHADY ESTATES, BC, new stove and refrig., $500 monthly + dep., includes water & garbage, references req., (409) 474-1518.

3/2 IN SHADY ESTATES, BC, CA/H, appliances, excellent cond., $700 monthly (includes water and garbage) + Dep., (409) 474-1518.

HOME SALES

3/2 PORT ARTHUR HOME, 2,200 sq. ft., formal living & dining rooms, utility rm., kitchen has 10’ breakfast bar, bonus room off kitchen, lots of stor-age, security system, home sits on a 100’ x 300’ lot, fenced

back yard, No Owner Finance, $75,000, call (409) 720-9463 for more info.

1421 ELIZABETH STONE DRIVE. Tile and neutral col-ors throughout, with carpeted bedrooms. Brushed nickel contemporary fixtures, fenced backyard, front landscaping. Lot is 60x120. Great cul de sac neighborhood. No owner finance or rental. $155,000 Call 409-779-8170.

BRIDGE CITY 3/2/2, brick home w/ new vinyl trim, all brand new interior floors, new appliances, fenced back yard, next to BC junior high & sports complex, #15 Parkland, $139,000 neg., shown by appointment only, (409) 466-0466 or 221-9431 or 332-9666. (6/20)

LAND & LOTS

1.6 ACRE REPO, prop-erty has water and sewer and padsite, Mobile homes and live stock OK, owner financing, COUNTRYLAND PROPERTIES, LLC, (409) 745-1115.

40 ACRES FOR SALE. 20 acres of it pastured land w/rice canal, fenced, end of Gilbert Rd. Motivated Seller! Located in Mauriceville School District. 8 acres plus 3 bdrm/2ba house. 409-745-1936.

10 ACRE TRACTS, LCMISD, MMUD water and sewer available, private road-way owner financing avail-able, COUNTRYLAND PROPERTIES, LLC, (409) 745-1115.

430 HOLLY ST., BC, lots 28 - 29 - 25’ of 27 and 15’ of 30, $30,000, water and sewer

tap paid; 450 Holly, 1 bedrm. house, zone B, buy ALL for $50,000, No Owner Finance, (409)735-5041.325 BLUEBERRY, BC, city water and sewer, $10,000 or make cash offer, (409) 549-2610.

MOBILE HOME SALES

2/1 IN SHADY ESTATES, BC, $4,000, (409) 474-1518 or 474-2252.

AUTOMOBILES

‘08 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, 44K miles, great gas mileage (21 City and 30 Highway), sunroof, CD, gold color,we are selling Mom’s gently used car, in beautiful condi-tion, for $13,400, (512) 633-9997 or (409) 332-9383.

‘06 SUBARU LEGACY (OUTBACK), silver, al l wheel drive, , trailer hitch, 61K miles, 4 dr., excellent cond. 1 owner, always kept in garage, heated front seats, elec. w/seats, $12,900 OBO, (614) 483-8075.

M A R I N E

BOAT RAMP OPEN AT BAILEY’S Fish Camp, $2 launch, (409) 313-1282. (6/13)

M O T O R S P O R T S

HONDA CT110, CMX 250, CL 70, C 70, smal l 110 4 wheeler, and much more! Sel l or t rade, (409) 221-7126. (6/6)

‘T R U C K S & VA N S‘'85 CHEVY C-10, V-8, LWB, A/C, C. player, auto trans., PS/B, good motor, no oil leakage, real workhorse, $3,000 OBO, ask for Ruth @ (409) 735-7353

‘02 CHEVY BLAZER 4X4 FUL-LY LOADED! Power steering, power brakes, power windows. Call 409-779-3354.

‘90 CHEVY Ext. cab, good work truck, $1,000 OBO, (409) 697-5506 or 550-8565.

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Allow your light to shine unto the lives of our patients and their families by becoming a Hospice Volunteer! To inquire about our "Shiners" Youth Volunteer pro-gram (ages 12-17), or our Adult Volunteer Program. Please con-tact our Volunteer Coordinator at 832-4582. Hospice of Texas, 2900 North Street suite 100, Beaumont, Texas 77702.

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Call Erin (409) 779-4542

Very large rooms, 1/1, kitchen, washer and dryer hook-ups inside, stove, window units, fenced in back yard, carport. All bills paid includes water, elec., sewer. $700 Monthly + $350 deposit. Move in ready, serious inquiries only. 2877 Ollia Rd.

GARAGE SALESFRI. & SAT., 419 43RD. ST., ORG., 7:30 till 12:30. Fur-niture, boat & trailer, adult and children’s clothes, power ride on toys, lots of misc.

FRI. AND SAT., 210 CLOVER. BC, 8 till 5. Clothes (men’s women’s boy’s and teen sizes 5 to 7), toys, household items, ceiling fans, Much More!

SAT., 180 SCHOOLVIEW, BC, Moving Sale, 7 till ? Fur-niture, clothes (men, women and children’s), tolls, lots of misc.

SAT., 6610 LANCASTER, ORANGE (LC), across from LCM High School off Hwy 87N., 2 family sale, 8 till 2. Women’s clothes and purses, baby items, some furni-ture, glassware, decor, misc.

SAT., 945 W. ROUNDBUNCH RD., BC, St. Mark Lu-theran Church, another big sale from 8 till 11. Some fur-niture, almost new clothes for men and women, a little bit of everything! New items added! come and check us out!

SAT., 2215 TEXAS AVE., BC, LUV LINGERIE, Link and Bake sale for Todd Edgerly, 9 till 1. If you would like to donate cake, pies, buns, links or money please call (409) 735-2930 or 728-4691 or E-Mail [email protected]. 100 percent of all proceeds go to help Todd with expenses.

FRI. & SAT., 4300 MEEKS DR., ORANGE. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church INDOOR Rummage Sale (in San Damiano Center). 8 am to 3 pm Friday, 8 am to noon Saturday. LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

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‘06 Dodge Dakota

‘04 Chevy Cavalier

‘05 Kia Sedona LX

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‘04 Buick Century

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$5,500115,000 miles, auto-

matic and air4-wheel drive

‘02 Chevy S10 Blazer

Eddie Bauer, Auto-matic - Air, 97k

s ‘04 Volkswagen GLS

$8,000

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$6,500Automatic - Air, 97k, 4 door

Automatic - Air, Clean, 101k

‘03 Chevy Malibu

$9,9004 door, Automatic - Air, 63k, Window Locks

‘04 Pontiac GrandAM

$7,95057k, Automatic - Air

‘05 Buick Lesabre

‘04 Chevy Ext. Cab

‘03 Chevy S10 Pickup

‘04 Ford Expedition

‘05 Saturn Ion

‘98 Dodge Ram ‘05 Lincoln TC Sig.

‘06 Chevy Monte C.

‘06 Chevy Impala LS

$7,000

‘04 Saturn Ion

Automatic - Air, Clean, 110k

We Buy Clean Used Cars and Trucks

100k, Quadcab, Automatic - Air

$9,85085k, Convertible, Automatic - Air

56k, Automatic - Air, VERY Clean, Custom $10,950

Automatic - Air, 32k

$6,500Automatic - Air, Clean, 100k

white

$11,800Automatic - Air, 4 door, 69k

white

‘05 Chry. Convertible ‘04 Ford 5-Pass. Van ‘03 Cadillac Deville ‘04 Chevy Crew Cab

silver, 4 door

‘08 Chevy Cobalt 4D

Extended cab, Auto-matic - Air, 103k $11,995

$9,850Sebrin Convertible Touring, Auto. Air 54K $6,500135K, LXT Club Wagon $13,850LT, Automatic - Air,

96k, half ton$7,995

$6,950

blue

Automatic - Air, 150k $4,950

tan 4d

blue

$9,850

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2 door, 79k, Automatic - Air $6,500

4 door, maroon, blue

white

white

gold 4 doorwhite

Quadcab, Work truck - needs some attention

red

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 6, 2012 • 9B

Local residents graduate from McNeeseThe second largest graduating class in Mc-

Neese State University history - 771 students - received degrees at the university’s spring com-mencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 19, at Burton Coliseum. This is just five students short of the largest class of 776 students back in fall 2008.

The Class of 2012 includes graduates from 35 parishes, 21 states and 19 countries.

The Orange County graduates are:Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice: An-

gela Christina Shepherd (Magna Cum Laude) of Bridge City.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing: Brittany Khoury Lemoine of Bridge City

Master of Science in Nursing: Kristin Paige Dohmann of Orange.

Bachelor of Science: Ronald Joseph Hebert lll andKrysta B. Gould, both of Orange.

Associate of General Studies: Marcieau A. Matthews of Orange.

Angela Christina Shepherd, of Bridge City, graduat-ed Magna Cum Laude from McNeese State Univer-ity with a 3.84 GPA in Criminal Justice.


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We pulled out of Galveston on our maiden cruise at 4:30 p.m. on a Thurs-day. The liner, Carnival Triumph, a venue we were later to discover was akin to a small city, one neighborhood stacked on another twelve stories high.

That first day out, Gayle and I were like the proverbial mice in a maze. The only problem was, we had no scent of cheese to fol-low, only our instinct, and when we passed the same spot three times in thirty minutes, we realized even our instincts were numbed by such a vastly different environment.

Let me insert the observation here that everyone we encoun-tered was very friendly. Why wouldn’t they be? We were all lost or turned around, searching for a destination that invariably would turn out to be at the other end of the ship.

On our third effort to get somewhere we hadn’t been, we ended up at the entrance to Club Monaco, Glory be! Finally we found something familiar. We could relax. In fact, we relaxed there until midnight before venturing into twelve decks of hos-tile territory once again to seek out our stateroom.

Eventually we found it despite getting turned around three times and passing the Vienna Café twice.

The second day, things started to look up. We found our breakfast dining room on the first try.

Later that morning, we learned the Ninth Deck was the Lido Deck. Lido is Italian for beach, a logical expression for according to my count, it housed four swimming pools, about five or six food areas, three bars, a hundred-yard twistee water-slide that only covered around a hundred linear feet, and seating for about five hundred people. The other twenty-five hundred passengers were elsewhere on the mammoth cruiser attending an eclectic assortment of activities including a dignified hairy chest con-test, which I would have won except at my age, my chest has sunk too low.

Since we were in a sight-seeing mode, we made our way to the Tenth Deck where the elevators stopped. The remaining two decks were accessed by stairs of which I’d had my fill the day before when we were stumbling around like lost sheep. My left knee is slightly arthritic, but from the previous day’s climbing, it had swollen somewhat

The top deck held a kids’ playground, a basketball court, a mini-golf course, a jogging track, all of which were surround-ed with chaise lounges for sunning. I have no idea how anyone managed any kind of game up there for the wind was ferocious.

And yes, there were actually people exercising. Can you be-lieve that? All that money for a five-day cruise, and all they want to do is exercise? I don’t know, maybe my priorities are out of whack. I didn’t spend any money for the cruise, and I still wasn’t about to waste it jogging. If they wanted to jog, they could job to the Club Monaco.

But, looking out over the sea, I couldn’t help thinking of Coleridge’s words from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.”

Now, there wasn’t really much to see up there except a heap of sea, but never having been out like that, we were both struck by the beauty of the blue water. I’ve seen clear water at the Florida beaches, but I had never personally seen water so blue as that surrounding us. “Almost black,” my physician commented dur-ing my last visit. And he was right, a deep blue-black.

And the foamy white wake trailing out behind us provided a

sharp contrast with the deep colors.The next morning, we docked at Cozumel, upon first glance

a sleepy little village, but once you entered town, the one-time sleepy folks morphed into persistent pursuers of your money, and I mean persistent.

Our first introduction to their enduring determination to sep-arate us from as much of our funds as possible came before we even reached shore.

You see, the concrete pier extended west of the island about three hundred yards, then cut northwest for another three or four hundred. This last dogleg is where we tied up, and hiked to shore.

Connecting the pier to the shore was a hundred yard long Customs Building packed with alcohol, perfume, jewelry, cloth-ing, and at least a hundred hawking salespeople. Our own per-sonal gauntlet, every last one of us had to pass through it.

Anyway, we made town, which was three steps beyond the Customs Building. We shopped; we took pictures; we oohed and ahhed at white garbed guitarists who serenaded us; we laughed at the lady who deftly twisted balloons into hats and animals; and – well you get the idea.

And then the rain fell, and fell, and fell.Our last resort was refuge in Fat Tuesday’s, a thatched roof

harbor from the weather. Now, observing that ages-old caution in Mexico, “don’t drink the water,” we were forced to resort to Bud Light beer. It was unfortunate that our favorite beverage, coffee, was made out of water. And although we spotted a dozen corked water jugs in racks behind the bar, we opted to take no chances on the source of that water. Just be on the safe side, you know.

So there we were, eight hundred miles from home, sitting in a thatched-roof beer joint with three sides open, some rain spray gusting in; forced to guzzle Bud Light to quench our thirst; and unable to continue shopping to spend money.

I tell you folks. Life doesn’t get much better than that.The weather lasted a couple hours. I felt sorta, kinda sorry

for those who’d spent a chunk of change for a six-hour tour of Mayan ruins. One of the explorers was a new friend who insisted they made the best of the trek that was partially rained out by huddling under the flimsy top of a golf cart and fortifying them-selves with the old standby, Bud Light.

By four-thirty, everyone had poured themselves back on board and we eased away from the pier, heading home.

The next day and half was much like the first. Relax, enjoy uninterrupted time with each other, meet new folks, discover a new dead end.

Looking back, some of my major concerns were without merit. Case in point. I couldn’t figure how they would unload–whoops, I mean, “disembark” three thousand people without mass con-fusion.

They managed. As long as you followed their system, things moved quickly. Their methods worked so well, we walked down the gangway twenty minutes ahead of schedule. And thank the good Lord we got our passports, you know the ones I fussed over last week about the expense.

Those with only birth certificates and driver’s license were in one line, passports in another. We zipped through customs, grabbed a shuttle, hopped in the car, and waved at some new friends still in the big line as we swept past the pier.

Would we go again? Yeah. Now that we know the ropes.And as long as the cruise line had an ample supply of Bud

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Part II: A Cruise to Remember MVE students wrap up school with in class museum

Kaylee Richardson proudly displays her creative works during the museum tour.

Meg Whittaker’s fourth grade class at Mauriceville El-ementary was given the opportunity for a special treat this year when Whittaker won a grant from Donorschoose.org. Students not only read “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes,” they learned of the history and culture of Japan, including the tragic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Funds from the grant provided materials for the students to accompany a section of the novel with a confidence-building, artistic project.

The first week students used balsa foam to carve the im-plied feelings and changes of the main character, Sadako, as she learned that she had Leukemia. During week two, the stu-dents created a painted collage to represent and speak out for peace in the world. Then, on the last week, they designed and sculpted a new Sadako memorial statue based on the life and legacy of the character.

The last week of school, students made art information tags and set up stations for a museum tour. Parents and other teachers (including Ms. Whittaker’s mom and aunt) visited the museums and students presented descriptions of their work and tidbits about their experiences. According to Meg, “This project inspired artistic, creative, and social confidence in my students and ended the year on a high note!”


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