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ORANGE COUNTY

KAZ’S FEARLESS FOOTBALL FORECAST

FISHING Capt. Dickie Colburn Page 4 Section B

See Section B

SPORTS

Commentary Kaz’s Korner Joe Kazmar Page 5 Section B

RELIGION & LOCAL CHURCH GUIDE Page 6B

County Record TheRecordLive.com

Vol. 58 No. 74

The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas

Week of Wednesday, October 11, 2017

County OK’s small business recovery grants Dave Rogers

For The Record

Orange County’s Economic Development Corporation has released online the application forms for Harvey Small Business Disaster Recovery Grants. Qualifying Orange County businesses will be eligible to receive a $5,000 grant to assist with recovery efforts after the record flooding damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. “Economic development is more than recruiting new businesses, and it is important to provide the same resources for success to the

businesses that have already chosen Orange County,” Jessica Hill, executive director for the EDC, said. Carlton Orange County Commissioners’ Court approved the grant criteria and application at its weekly meeting Tuesday. Applications may be turned in between Oct. 23 and Nov. 3 in the Orange County EDC office in the County Administration Building at 123 S. 6th Street. Applications must be sub-

mitted in person on a firstcome, first-served basis. The first 40 applications will be reviewed for eligibility. Additional applications will be

placed on a waiting list pending the availability of subsequent funding. The application can be downloaded at www.orange-

countyedc.com/harvey-disaster-recovery/ Applicant businesses may also pick up applications in person at their local Cham-

ber of Commerce, local City Hall, Lamar University Small Business Development CenCOUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A

Following the ‘Stars and Stripes’

Longtime J.P. Claude Wimberley remembered Dave Rogers

For The Record

Claude Edward Wimberley is being remembered as “a friend to the public as well as a friend to law enforcement.” Wimberley, 82, and an Orange County Justice of the Peace for nearly three decades, died Oct. 9, 2017, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Rev. David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church and Chaplain Greg Edwards will officiate. Burial of cremated remains will follow at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede the service at 10 a.m. Born in Oil City, Louisiana, on Oct. 23, 1934, Claude was the son of Charles and Wilma Finley Wimberley. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Madi-

Leading Orangefield onto the field on Friday night was former Bobcat football great Sgt. First Class Dane Savoy representing the U.S. Army carrying in the stars and stripes. Savoy was back home on leave before being deployed to Afghanistan to watch his brother Luke Padilla, a senior lineman, play football as a Bobcat. Savoy will be deployed Dec. 3. This week the Bobcats take on Liberty for homecoming and their district opener. Kick-off is 7:30. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland Claude Wimberley

son Masonic Lodge 126, Scottish Rite Lodge Galveston, Pipefitter Local 195, El Mina Shrine Temple and the Galveston and Orange Shrine Clubs. “In this day and time, it may not be proper to say,” former District Court Judge Pat Clark said, “but he was a damn good Democrat. He always stood behind the labor unions.” Wimberley had a passion CLAUDE WIMBERLEY Page 3A

Cowboy Church lights 10 candles Dave Rogers

For The Record

Dale Lee says he never had an itch to be a pastor, so you bet he never thought he’d be in charge of a church celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Cowboy Church of Orange is doing just that with a day-long event Sunday that begins with its 10:30 a.m. service. Or show. “The show is the service,” Lee says of what he and his nearly 500 members also call “Church in the Dirt.” The Sunday services often take place in the openair rodeo arena at 673 FM 1078 in Orange. Sunday’s will. The church’s countrywestern band, Cowboy Cross Band, plays at 10 a.m. Cowboy mounted shooter T.J. Prewitt, a church member, will perform es-

pecially for the occasion. “He will be one of the first things in the service, shortly after the grand entry, which will be at 10:30,” Lee said. “Cowboy mounted shooting” is an actual competition, the pastor said, a timed competition in which the shooter rides his horse through a pattern of balloon targets and shoots them with blanks. Prewitt is leaving after Sunday’s service for a championship event in Amarillo, Lee said. “He does a good job with it,” the pastor said. Judging from a weekly attendance of nearly 400, Lee has found his calling. “I had never been a pastor before,” he said “I really didn’t want to be a pastor, or start a church. But I felt like this is what the Lord wanted us to do, my wife, COWBOY CHURCH Page 3A

Motel mix up kicks council member to curb Dave Rogers

For The Record

She owns a number of houses in Orange but city council member Terrie Salter hasn’t had one to live in since Tropical Storm Harvey flooded her family home in August. “I own other properties, but people are living there. I can’t put people out,” she said. Comfort Inn of Orange apparently has no such problem. Salter said her family of four was among 10 rooms of guests who were staying at the motel under FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance program that received notice Monday morning that they had 24 hours to vacate. “Everybody that’s in there that’s under FEMA, their homes are destroyed,” Salter said. “What are you going to do, just put them out? “You can’t make somebody take FEMA, but if they signed up to take FEMA, they can provide so many

Orange city council member Terrie Salter holds the notice she received Monday that Comfort Inn of Orange was evicting her family from its FEMA-paid room. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers

rooms to be used for that. As long as FEMA is covering, they should not be kicking people out.” Salter said she was told by

Alex Swati, Comfort Inn manager, that the rooms were already booked for Oct. 10 and beyond, by people who made reservations over

the Internet. “They should not be posting rooms on websites, if MOTEL MIX UP Page 3A

Reward for fugitive, suspect in Sherman murder Staff Report

For The Record

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Reginald “Reggie” Vernard Campbell, 24, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward of up to $5,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture. Campbell is wanted for capital murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. All tips are guaranteed to be

anonymous. Campbell has ties to Columbia, South Carolina; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and New Campbell York (including Yonkers and New York City). He also resided in the Corpus Christi area for a period of time in 2016. On Aug. 11, 2017, Camp-

bell was allegedly involved in a robbery at the Quality Suites hotel in Sherman that resulted in the front desk clerk being fatally shot. An investigation led authorities to arrest two female accomplices and identify Campbell as the masked suspect in the robbery and murder. On Aug. 23, 2017, law enforcement authorities encountered Campbell near Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County); however,

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Campbell assaulted the officers and escaped. Campbell is 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds. He has tattoos covering both arms, his fingers, and left hand. Campbell has also been known to go by the name “Johnny.” For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, see his wanted bulletin at: http:// www.dps.texas.gov/texas10mostwanted/MostWanted/fugitiveDetails?id=383.


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