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Vol. 60 No. 3

Week of Wednesday, June 19, 2019

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Leaky roof water tortures clerk, county Dave Rogers

For The Record

Orange County District Clerk Vickie Edgerly was not a happy camper.

Neither was County Judge Carl Thibodeaux.

Nor Maintenance Director Kurt Guidry. Nor Nancy Beward, the lady tasked with obtaining government grants from FEMA and other agencies.

It rained all over the Orange County Commissioners’ Court meeting Tuesday afternoon near the end of a deep 90-minute agenda as

Edgerly pleaded for someone to fix a leaky roof.

“Just put a tarp up on there and get some bricks to weigh it down,” Thibodeaux said, presumably to Guidry.

The maintenance chief is nearly two years into trying to repair county buildings damaged by Tropical Storm Harvey as fast as possible with as little county money as possible.

Beward explained Tuesday that under the terms required by FEMA, not only is the main county courthouse considered a historical building, but also the attached county and district clerk of-

fices at each end.

Beward said commissioners had two options: “We can call TDEM [the state’s FEMA outlet] and have an immediate confer-

ence call and if they declare it an emergency, we’ll get it all in writing so you can proceed,” she said.

“If they say, ‘No, you’ve got to follow the normal proce-

dure, it’ll probably be eight months down the road before we get an answer.”

Beward said in that case, she’d recommend removing the district clerk add-on

from the county’s mitigation application.

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Famed Buffalo Soldiers Come To Orange

BC author’s first book tackles tough subject of rape’s aftermath Penny Leleux

For The Record

“Finding the Face of Evil” is more about freedom than justice. There is no true justice in this tale of a woman’s struggle dealing with a rape of which she has no memory, because she was drugged.

She didn’t even know for sure if she had been raped, since she had no memories, except it resulted in a pregnancy.

This is a true story of Megan Baker written by Bernice Snell. I tell you that now, because there is some confusion reading the book, whose story it is. Written in first person, but never really stating her name, it is unclear until the end if it was Baker’s story or Snell’s story. Nevertheless, the story tells of the internal struggle women feel when this happens to them.

It is a story that could be told over and over again through the ages.

This couldn’t even be con-

Bernice Snell

sidered date rape, because Baker had no idea who did it.

She was waiting for a friend at a bar, shooting pool. The next thing she knew, she woke up in front of her workplace with no recollection of even finishing her drink or pool game.

Since she didn’t really know what happened, she didn’t do a rape kit; go to the police or take any other measures. Many women don’t.

Troopers from the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston joined the Juneteenth Parade in Orange on Saturday. The Buffalo Soldier representatives gave a presentation about the museum at the Orange Riverfront Pavilion and posed for photos. Pictured left to right: Trooper Clyde Brady, Payton Stout of Orange and Trooper Robert Coleman.

RECORD PHOTO:Penny LeLeux

NEW BOOK: FACE Page 3A

World War II veteran Ed Hyatt recalls ‘Dash for Rhine’ Dave Rogers

For The Record

Orange’s Ed Hyatt worked side-by-side with legendary Gen. George S. Patton in one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. They were side-by-side for about a second.

“Our division was attached to [Patton’s] Third Army in the ‘Dash for the Rhine,’” Hyatt, 97, recalled a time early in 1945 as Allied Forces fought their way into Germany.

“We were lined up on the road, stopped at an intersection, and here comes a jeep as close to me as you. Someone said, ‘There goes Patton,’ and sure enough, it was him.”

Like Patton, Hyatt commanded tanks.

But the First Baptist Church member, a native of DeQuincy, Louisiana, normally had only three – and, occasionally six – tanks under his control, while Patton had upwards of 300,000 men and hundreds of tanks.

Hyatt, a 1943 graduate of LSU who had prepped in the ROTC before joining the Army, was a lieutenant in an artillery company when he shipped out to England late in 1944.

“I went from Southampton [England] across the channel to France in January of 1945 and went through a replacement depot,” Hyatt said.

“I ended up in the 43rd Tank Battalion. There are no artillery officers in a tank battalion. I was the only artillery officer in the battalion.”

Of the 42 Sherman tanks in a World War II tank battalion, Hyatt was in charge of a battery of three, the ones from each of the three companies outfitted with 105-millimeter howitzers.

They could fire shells as far as nine miles.

“These tanks were held back, to guard the tank company headquarters,” Hyatt DASH FOR RHINE Page 3A

Ed Hyatt, a native of Louisiana now living in Orange, recalls his World War II service during a recent interview at home.

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Stark Museum to exhibit Federal Duck Stamps and prints Staff Report For The Record The Stark Museum of Art is bringing the great outdoors inside with Conservation Art: Federal Duck Stamps & Prints.

The exhibition opens July 13, 2019 and continues through January 4, 2020. This exhibition celebrates the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the Duck Stamp. A set of stamps and prints, from the beginning in 1934-1935 through 2000-2001, is on view. In addition to viewing the stamps and prints, visitors can go on a virtual Duck Hunt and enjoy other activities.

Started in 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp program links hunting with conservation.

Sales of stamps support wildlife habitat. Choosing artists to design the stamps added visual drama. Artists’ prints

classic Duck Hunt.

Adjacent to the main exhibition will be Waterfowl Art with the flourishing images of ducks and geese as seen in Steuben glass, Limoges plates, Boehm porcelain, and other forms.

An Opening Reception and Insights Lecture will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Stark Museum of Art.

The Record Newspapers of Orange County, Texas the decline. Hunters and conservationists sought remedies. To raise funds for waterfowl habitat, the government required hunters to

Started in 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp program links hunting with conservation. Sales of stamps support wildlife habitat. increased the impact of the program. With this exhibition, the Stark Museum of Art traces the history of the Federal Duck Stamp. The United States government created the stamp to address a problem. In the 1930s, the numbers of ducks and geese had fallen to dangerously low levels. Loss of habitat and over hunting contributed to

Celeste Rickert, a 2018 Federal Duck Stamp Finalist from Katy, TX, will speak on her experience as an artist participating in the Federal Duck Stamp competition.

Light refreshments will be served following the talk. The Opening Reception and Insights Lecture are open to the public. Free admission.

buy a Migratory Bird stamp.

The U.S. uses the revenue to purchase and maintain wildlife refuges.

Every year the government selects an artist to create the image and issues a new stamp. They depict ducks, geese, and swans. The beauty of the stamps has inspired collecting. It has also

prompted the artists to make prints from their stamp art.

The exhibition begins with the 1934-35 Stamp and its accompanying print by Jay N. “Ding” Darling. Darling was a Pulitzer prize winning political cartoonist, a hunter, and a conservationist. Franklin Roosevelt appointed him as Chief of the Biological Survey. Darling drew two mallards flying onto water for the first stamp, and then made an etching based on his design.

The exhibition includes etchings, lithographs, and photolithographs by fiftytwo artists, including Frank W. Benson, Maynard Reece, and the Hautman brothers.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to view a digital exhibit of the 2018-19 Federal Junior Duck Stamp in Texas winners. The Federal Ju-

nior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design program began in 1993. Each state holds a contest. A best of show for the state is selected. These works advance to the national contest.

The digital exhibit features the top twelve Texas artists in Kindergarten through twelfth grades in the 2018-19 contest. It is presented in cooperation with the Federal Junior Duck Stamp in Texas program.

The exhibition includes a number of hands-on learning opportunities. The interactives include viewing recent years’ duck stamps up closely using magnifying tools, drawing and displaying a duck stamp, and playing the Nintendo Entertainment SystemTMpop culture

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LCM Board swears in two new trustees . . .

During the regular June meeting of the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Board of Trustees, two new members were sworn in. They are Derry Dunn, position 7, which was vacated by Ray Rogers this year. Position 6 was won by Dr. Chris Riedel and was previously held by Rex Peveto. The LCM Board’s lawyer, Jerry Pennington, administered the oath of office to both men at the meeting on June 10.

New Book: Face of Evil

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They fear the ridicule, humiliation and blame that would be put upon them. She couldn’t even give any kind of description of who could have done this. She had no idea who it was. If it had not resulted in a pregnancy, she wouldn’t have known for sure she was raped.

She kept silent for almost 19 years, tortured with the secret. It wasn’t until her son wanted to find out if he had any brothers that his step-father and great-aunt (Snell) started searching using DNA results and ancestry.com that the answer was found.

The entire search was done with them never knowing of the rape, because Baker kept

“It was very hard to stay true to the true story” said Snell. “Megan did a lot more cussing than I put in.”

Not surprising with the anger that builds up over time.

“She opened herself up to ridicule by doing this,” said Snell. “She’s very courageous.”

They know there are probably more victims of this man out there. “If he drugged her, he could have drugged others,” said Snell. “Other girls may have rape kits.”

They offered to place Baker’s son’s DNA in the police system to help with future investigations, but the South Carolina authorities have de-

clined the offer.

Snell and Baker hope the book helps other victims know they are not alone. To Baker it feels like it is her way of getting justice. In reality it is more about healing. This was like a cancer of the soul that needed to be extracted.

Snell said Baker is like a new person since they finished the book. It is not about the rape or rapist, but about the aftermath.

It is a short read of only 61 pages. Though Snell’s inexperience as an author is evident in her first book, it doesn’t lessen the message of the emotional issues this type of situation causes women for years. In this case, 19.

Depending on which statistic you look up, one out of

volved in her repairs. She had been told it was being fixed with money from insurance payments.

“You feel like you’re being deceived whenever you’re not told the full thing,” she said.

“You just feel like you don’t get anything but the runaround.”

In other action regarding the courthouse Tuesday, commissioners OK’d spending an extra $10,000 of an original $220,000 budget agreed to by former County Judge Dean Crooks to repair windows on the building’s front.

Architect Dohn Labiche said that pushed the total cost of the project to

$189,000.

He said the work to repair and preserve the courthouse marble front was 80 percent complete.

The meeting began with a deposit of $560,000 from the state to account for April 2019 sales tax proceeds.

The next item was outgoing checks approved for a total of $707,000. Those included $258,000 to pay for auto liability ($125,000) and law enforcement liability ($133,000). Tina Barrow, county elections administrator, asked for and received a $41,570 check from contingencies to purchase poll books [laptop computers] for the November election.

silent…until they found him.

The dam finally burst.

Baker couldn’t keep her secret any longer and blurt it out. It was too late as far as the law was concerned. She now knows who he is, but he will never be brought to justice through the court system without a confession, so this is justice in her eyes… getting the story out there.

“The hardest part was getting her (Baker) to open up with her emotions,” said Snell. “The more she opened up, the angrier she was.”

Very understandable from years of pent up emotions.

Baker had kept them shoved down for too long and the volcano finally erupted.

County business Harvey’s record flooding in August 2017. Many of those who officed there, moved back in after a few months, agreeing to put up with workers painting and doing final repairs at nights and weekends.

Edgerly wanted all repairs completed before her office moved from its temporary quarters in the County Probation building on Border Street.

They moved a year ago.

But she says it has been leaking rainwater steadily.

“It was leaking when we moved back in there,” she said. “It’s leaking on the work stations, it’s ruined the floor, it’s leaking all over the place.”

The leaks she said were coming in from the roof.

“Sometimes it’ll be the windows, but predominantly

it’s the ceiling,” she said. “My thing is I have been told they were going to replace the roof. I just continued to roll, but nothing is happening.”

Thibodeaux is the third county judge to head up the court’s responsibility for Harvey repairs.

Guidry said just to repair the clerk’s roof would cost $90,000, according to early estimates.

“I’m not getting involved in it,” he said after court Tuesday. “All I know is they have a leak and money is tied up.

“The way FEMA is now if you repair something before they give approval, then you don’t get reimbursed. The frustrating thing is having to wait on FEMA. It’s a pain.”

Edgerly said Tuesday was the first time she’d heard that FEMA money was in-

Dash For Rhine said. “But we reorganized.

They gave me custody of six Sherman tanks with 105 howitzers.

“We became ‘Dog’ [D] Company. We responded to forward observers, either in airplanes or in tanks. They gave us fire missions and told us where the target was.”

As a souvenir, Hyatt has in his Orange home plenty of mementos of his time in the service during World War II and the Korean War. Prominent is a diagram charting the progress of the U.S. 12th Armored Division through France and Germany.

Not long after crossing paths – literally – with “Old Blood and Guts” Patton, Hyatt saw the end of World War II in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany.

“I wasn’t in any fighting other than fire missions,” he said of his time overseas.

“We had to jump in a ditch several times when we’d be traveling in a column and a German Messerschmitt [plane] would start strafing the column.

“Once, we had been firing [the howitzers] all afternoon, and I knew the Germans would be retaliating,” Hyatt said. “A round landed close to the halftrack I was in. We skedaddled.”

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every five or six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Over 60 percent of rape cases are never reported. If you are a victim of sexual assault, contact the Rape and Suicide Crisis Center at (409) 8353355.

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His battalion was stationed in Dinkelsbuhl through the summer of 1945. When not pulling guard duty, the men kept busy playing sports.

In late 1945, he was transferred to the Second Armored Division headquarters in Bad Orb, Germany – near Frankfurt – and made it home in January 1946.

Hyatt was in the Army Reserve after returning to the states and was recalled to duty during the Korean War, which ran from 1950-53. He didn’t go overseas this time; instead, he served as a communications instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Hyatt married his wife Marie before going overseas in 1944 and they were married 69 years, before she passed away in 2013.

The couple lived in Houston and Biloxi for the 25-plus years Ed worked for the Borden Milk Company, ultimately advancing to assistant controller for the Houston division.

Ed and Marie moved to Magnolia, Arkansas, to live near their daughter Susan and her husband, Ron Jones.

Five years ago, Ed joined Susan and Ron in moving to Orange, where his granddaughter Melissa lives with her husband Larry Locke.

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Snell will be having her first book signing 9:30 a.m.1:30 p.m., June 29 at the Bridge City Senior Citizens Center, 105 Parkside Dr., behind the Community Center.

Books can be purchased online at FindingtheFaceofEvil. com

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Obituries 10 Years Ago-2009

From The Creaux’s Nest WHY TRUMP SHOULD OBEY CONGRESS’ SUBPOENAS Most Americans say the White House should comply with subpoenas for witnesses and documents issued by congressional committees investigating President Donald Trump and his administration. By nearly 2-1, they want to hear former special counsel Robert Muller testify publicly about his inquiry into the 2016 elections. A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds these views are not simply partisan. Four in 10 Republicans say it’s important to them that Muller testifies and three in 10 Republicans say the White House should stop arguing that some officials and former officials should defy the congressional subpoenas. Democrats and Independents overwhelmingly agree. Everyone should be equal, you should testify, you should have to, no one should be able to choose who testifies and who doesn’t. Last week, a house panel voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for defying subpoenas about why a citizenship question was added to the 2020 census. It’s a fair question. A majority says Trump is at odds with public opinion. The White House should comply with congressional subpoenas. Trump’s response to everything seems to be deny, distract or fight. A clear majority of voters insist that Bob Muller should testify publicly before congress about his 2016 investigation into Russia’s involvement in the election. If the Trump Administration didn’t do anything wrong why then is he fighting it. *****I’d best get going. Please come along; I promise it won’t do you no harm.

REMEMBERING DOROTHY BREAUX Dorothy Breaux passed away June 16. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 19, 10:30 at St. Henry Catholic Church. For many years I had watched her and her late husband of 65 years, Leroy Breaux attend the activities of their grandchildren. They raised a large family and took special pride in all of them. It was easy to see how much Dorothy and Leroy cared for each other. Those two good Christian people will again be reunited. They lived a good, long life together here on earth and brought many great youngsters to carry on. Our sincere condolences. Please see obituary.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2009 Neighbor Cox and Ms. Ginny ventured to Borderville, Okla., for a visit with daughter Karen, husband Keith and son Kegan. The Duplechins moved to Oklahoma after Keith accepted a job there.*****Ed McMahon, 86, died June 23. He was Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the Tonight Show for many years. Back when I could stay up past 10 p.m. I watched them every weeknight.***** Consumer confidence in the United States will go up. Home sales are increasing and the recession will end before the end of the year. The last quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 were the worst economic performance in 50 years.

Things are looking up. In fact, the Federal Reserve is unlikely to make any major changes, just sit pat and let the Obama’s stimulus package continue to do its work. (Editor’s note: The great economic recovery that Trump enjoys today was passed on from this stimulus.)*****Lennie Paul Dauphine, 69, passed away June 18. A Port Arthur boy, he attended Bishop Byrne High School. His first teaching job was at that Catholic school. For the next 33 years, however, his devotion and love was for West Orange-Cove as a history and government teacher before being assistant principle. His students and fellow teachers always held him in high esteem but I knew Lennie in a different way. Not many realized that Lennie had a side agenda. He was politically savvy. He served as a behind the scenes advisor and advertising manager for some of his political friends. I first met him when he helped his friend, Judge Marlin Shelton, in his campaigns. Judge Carl Thibodeaux relied on Lennie for all of his political advertisement. Lennie was very good at designing ads to combat the opposition’s negativity in ads.***** Last week marked the 47th anniversary for Langston and Margaret Frederick. I remember when they tied the knot. Now in 2019 it’s been 57 years.*****Robert Carpenter, who is recording a new album, celebrated a birthday last week.*****Sen. Tommy Williams makes Texas Monthly’s “Worst Legislator” list..*****Congrats to Sheriff Merritt and the jail staff for receiving a perfect score for the 11th year in a row. The chain started in the second year of Sheriff White’s three terms.***** BIRTHDAYS: Special happy birthday this week to our loyal, smart, pretty, dedicated coworker Amanda Adams. She is the mom of twins Mason and Lucas, who are great 4-year-old boys. Have a nice June 26 “Mandy.” *****Also celebrating is Dwayne’s love Kathy Marsh. The best-selling he ever did was when he closed the deal for her to become his wife. *****Pct. 1 constable Chris Humble celebrates this week, also Kelly Kimbrough. *****Special best wishes to Doris Norwood.

A good woman and longtime bride of Eual. *****Last but not least, our special friends Lester “Buckshot” Winfree celebrated June 24, Wilson “King” Dunn was 91 on June 16.***** Congrats to Brian Huckabay, the new AD and head football coach at Orangefield. Huckabay, a Bridge City native and high school grad is a great choice for the Bobcats.

We were sorry to learn of the death of Jeannette Griffin, age 83, on June 16. Services were Friday. We had known Ms. Griffin for many years. She was married to Alva, a longtime law enforcement officer during the times Orange County was a tough place. Alva, a native of Johnson Bayou, once told us about Lake Sabine being so low that the family walked across. Ms. Jeannette for many years worked at the Bridge City Wal-Mart store. She was a great lady. To her daughter Edna, granddaughter Robyn, family and friends, we send our sincere condolences.*****Also our deepest sympathy to Sleepy Smith and his entire family on the death of his sister Patricia Taggart, 63, who died June 19. Service was Tuesday.*****Our deepest sadness to A.J. and Gloria Lemoine and their family on the death of their grandson Aaron “Bird” Lesmeister, 22.*****Condolences also to longtime friend Barbara Gillis and her family on the death of her sister Christine Berwick Merrell, 79. Christine was an Orange native and the granddaughter of Bab Berwick, a famous Orange County lawman and nightclub operator in the 1930s.

40 Years Ago-1979 The new Bridge City State Bank on Roundbunch Road is near completion. (Editor’s note: In the last few years the building has undergone total redoing twice due to Hurricane Rita and flooding by Hurricane Ike.*****C.R. Nash is installed as new Bridge City Rotary president replacing Albert Gore.*****Dupuis Gulf is now a distributor for Michelin tires.****Betty and Corky Harmon hosted the “Monthly Supper Club” at their beautiful home in Orange, and then escorted the group to Beaumont. Leon Smith gave the girls disco lessons. Beth Dugas, Marty Conway, Phyllis Dunn, Martha Hughes, Virginia Gilbeaux and Betty all participated. Bill Hughes, who was due to serve at 6:30 mass, was trying to recruit churchgoers so he wouldn’t be the only one suffering early the next morning.

(Editor’s note: Leon later married Virginia.)*****Three young Bridge City people loose their lives in an auto-train crash in Port Arthur. They are Allen “Bull” Middlebrook, Roland Smith and Nolan Wayne Gaspard. A young lady was also killed, name unknown.*****Cecil Williams showed up at his store on Roundbunch and all the gas tanks were empty. The contents were stolen during the night.*****Gas prices have gone up 65 percent in the last nine months, regular gasoline is now 80.9 cents per gallon. Two years ago, gas, per gallon was 27.9 cents. (Editor’s note: That was the last of the Jimmy Carter years when inflation went out of site.

Interest even climbed to 21 percent.)*****Capt. Doug Harrington has gone to sailing. He and mate John Brooks are getting a crew together and claim they will be the No. 1 racing crew by summer’s end. *****On June 30, one of Orange County’s loveliest women, Barbara Mulhollan, will celebrate a birthday. (Editor’s note: We remember her then and several years before. Barbara passed away a couple of years ago.)

45 Years Ago-1974 Laverne Ridley owns Ridley Realty. *****Harvey Prince gives piano lesion. *****Ron and Jean Moreau own Ron’s House of Elegance. *****Harris Poultry Market is at 521 Dupont Drive. Speckled trout, red fish and red snapper is available. *****Charlie Lemoine owns “Charlie’s Furniture” on Dupont Drive.*****Wingate’s Market, 2204 MacArthur Drive, processes deer, elk, moose and bear. *****Mrs. Joe Molley grooms poodles and boards small animals at 883-2753. *****Steve Henderson owns Steve’s Dozer and Backhoe Service. *****Tom Addison is owner of High Pressure Spray Cleaning. Company motto, “We spray anything.”*****Rebecca Duhon is bride-elect of Stephen Wolfe. *****Jerry Wilson, wife of Congressman Charlie Wilson, writes a column for the Dunn familyowned Opportunity Valley News. The column is titled, “Petticoat Potpourri.”*****Elaine Townes owns Elaine’s Flowers on Texas Avenue in Bridge City. *****LaPlace, New Orleans French Market Café, Au Lait and Beignet, is now opened at 105 Sixth St. The café is owned by Ernest and Ann McCollum.

60 Years Ago-1959 Rotary installs officers. Woodrow “Woody” Wilson is president, Capt. Norman Shipley, vice president and Ken Davis, secretary. Dr. Robert Rasmussen, Ray Ward, Morgan Jones and Judge Homer Stephenson are directors.*****Sheriff Chester Holts announced that E.G. Sparks, former Orange police officer, has been hired as a temporary deputy sheriff assigned to the Vidor area. He replaces Red Bland, who is critically ill in a Beaumont hospital.*****State Rep. Louis Dugas opposes a bill which would permit the Beaumont Port District to purchase land within the confines of the Orange County Navigation and Port District. Local port officers went on the warpath against the bill. Dugas said he would do all he could to defeat it. Apparently he was not successful. I believe the Beaumont port owns land on the Orange County side of the Neches River.

70 YEARS AGO-1949 Pete Carter opens the Tower Café and Drive Inn on MacArthur Circle. *****Joe Runnels is county clerk, Bill Lea is county attorney. *****Joe DiMaggio hits three home runs in two days. He batted in six runs with a batting average is 500. DiMaggio’s salary is $90,000. The Yanks lead the American League by nine games; Brooklyn leads the National League by 26 games. *****New Rotary Club officers installed are Jimmy Conn, president, E.M. Childers, secretary / treasurer. Board members are Clark Barrett, C.O. Chandier, Howard Peterson, J.J. Arledge, John W. Simmons and Fores Clough.*****Gov. Beauford H. Jester names John W. Simmons to the Sabine River Authority.

A FEW HAPPENINGS I had a chance to visit with longtime friend, Kenny Pigg, Drainage Dist. Board member. He and I knew all the old characters, many gone now. Kenny, a former business agent, has always been involved in politics. The conversation turned to a long ago friend Junior Clark. I first met Junior, Pat’s dad, in the 1950’s race for Orange Mayor between Joe Runnels and Sid Cailivet. The mayoral office paid $900 a month, county judge only paid $700. Sid, the incumbent lost, but before leaving office he installed the city manager form of government. Joe won, but the may-

or’s pay was cut to $100 a month. Sid than ran for county judge. Kenny said when he joined the Carpenter’s Union as a youngster his first job as an apprentice was to work as helper to Junior Clark. What could follow are a thousand stories. Kenny is one of our favorite folks. His mom was raised with the East Texas Clarks. *****We hear Ron Siglar is looking to relocate back in Orange. He’s commuting a lot between Baton Rouge and his new job. *****Last week Sheriff Keith Merritt and his bride Marlene took a short trip to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. I wonder what has changed since that honeymoon 50 years ago. For one, they were just kids. Congratulations. *****Were have all the old country singers gone? The USA Airplay charts list the following top five country artist. At #1: Kelsea Ballerini, with “Miss Me More.” Kelsea’s last name sounds more like an opera singer than a Grand Ole Opry singer. #2: Morgan Wallen, “Whiskey Glasses. #3: Lee Brice, “Rumor.” #4: Brett Eldredge, “Love Someone.” #5: Kane Brown, “Good as You.” Listed as #6: Blake Shelton, “God’s Country.” That’s a familiar name but no George, Alan, Tracy, Chesnutt, Willie, Kenny or Randy. *****If you want to get your place in shape, now is the time to call Pete at Coastal Landscaping. They do great work.

Call 409-738-2070. *****This week The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Guadalajara and next week at Robert’s. Last week at JB’s we had a great discussion about health insurance and how expensive it has become. Something needs to be done about that and the cost of medication. It’s hard to see how some poor people survive. Everyone always welcome. Y’all come. *****Friday, Mark will have long overdue surgery on his shoulder. This past week, he was doing all the chores that he won’t get to do while wearing a sling. Hopefully this will take care of the pain and he can lift his arm over his head once repaired. Good luck Mark.*****This morning I had a visit from Mayor Pete Runnels and a call from our friend Phillip Welch, who will be going on a cruise soon with his pretty wife and son.*****Bo Henley, “the Bee Man,” stopped by Tuesday morning and said he’s out of honey right now. Roy has a real problem in one of his buildings with bees that Bo will try to solve as soon as he gets back from Forth Worth, where he is attending a school board yearly conference.

He’s on the Orangefield School Board.*****Also stopping

by Tuesday was Attorney Rex Peveto who just got off the LCM School Board to run for district judge. He really has a sincere desire to serve on the bench. I guess every lawyer at some time thinks about wanting to be a judge.

BREAUX BIRTHDAYS Friends celebrating birthdays in the following week.

June 19: Betty Norwood, Shelby Permenter, Marianne Choate and Christie Kasko celebrate. Joining them are Pop singer and dancer Paula Abdul, 56 and actor Hugh Dancy, 43.*****June 20: Celebrating on this date are Cindy Overman, Keith Kay, Debbie Johansson and Lynda Phillips. Celebrities having birthdays are actors Nicole Kidman, 51, John Goodman, 66, R&B singer Lionel Richie, 69, Rock singer Brian Wilson, 78.*****June 21: Dr. Clay Greeson, Dustin Hartsfield, Sarah Claybar, Wesley Darbonne, Shelly Arceneaux and Wade Phillips, who turns 72, all celebrate. Also celebrating are UK royalty Prince William, 38, actors Chris Pratt, 39 and Juliette Lewis, 45.*****June 22: Don Finley, Paul Richardson, Gean Hammett, Charlene Braus, Phyllis Nimitz, Kaitlin Pelacz and former commissioner David Dubose all celebrate. Joining them are actress Meryl Streep, 69, TV show host Carson Daly, 45 and former football player Kurt Warner, 47.*****June 23: Having birthdays on this date are Ken Johnson, Sissy Brous, Kim Turbeville and Jaden Trahan. Also having birthdays are singers Jason Mraz, 41 and Duffy, 34 and music producer Randy Jackson, 62.*****June 24: Ronnie Broussard, Amanda Adams, Blake Amy and Kathy Marsh celebrate. They are joined by actirs Tommy Lister, 60, Ariana Madix, 33 and R&B singer Solange Knowles, 32.*****June 25: Celebrating on this day are Elise Becker, Cher Becker, Chris Humble, Linda Taylor and Gary Stelly. Joining them are Pop singer Carly Simon, 73 actors Sheridan Smith, 37, and Karisma Kapoor, 44.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK While counting the Sunday offering, Rev. Gaspard, the pastor of a small church, found a pink envelope containing $500. The following Sunday it happened again. Da nexk Sunday, Brother Gaspard, him, watch closely and saw Eunice, an elderly woman, put da pink envelope on da plate.

Overcome by curiosity Brother Gaspard approached her, “Miss Eunice,” he said, “I couldn’t help but notice dat you have been putting $500 a week in da collection plate.”

“Dats right,” Eunice replied, “Every week my boy “PoolDo” sends me money him and me, I give some of it to da church.”

Brother Gaspard say, “Mais Cher, dats very generous and I tank you on behalf of da congregation but $500 every week is quite a lot, or you sure you can afford it?” “How much does you son send you, Hanh?”

Miss Eunice say, “My boy, him, send me $5,000 a week.”

“Keyaw,” da amazed pastor said, “You boy must be very successful him, wat he does for a living him?”

Miss Eunice answer, “He’s a veterinarian him.”

Brother Gaspard say, “Me, I had no idea dey made that much money. Where is his practice?”

Miss Eunice replied proudly, In Abbeville, he has two cat houses, one in Oakdale and anutter in Port Arthur.”

C’EST TOUT Shaq becomes Papa John owner NBA Hall of famer Shaquille O’Neal opens first Papa John’s Pizza in Atlanta. It’s one of nine franchise locations O’Neal is bringing his signature style to featuring his size 22 shoe print. He’s a new investor in the pizza brand that may someday see one near you. “I plan to purchase as many locations as I can,” O’Neal said. “Everyone loves pizza and pizza loves everyone.” O’Neal isn’t new to the franchising world of marketing. He owns a Krispy Kreme Doughnut. He’s the founder and owner of Big Chicken, a casual fried chicken restaurant in Las Vegas and Shaquille’s, a fine dining restaurant in Los Angeles. About his pizza, Shaq says, “Shaq-eroni Pizza” is coming soon; it was developed for the fun house.” “It’s the biggest size, with more pepperoni, more sausage and extra cheese.” He said, “It’s pretty big and it’s tasty.” Papa John is remaking the company’s image after the 2018 scandal in which founder and former chairman John Schnatter used a racial slur during a training session. “I plan to purchase as many locations as I can,” Shaq said. *****Well, I’m out of here. Stay cool. Take care and God bless.

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Golden K Kiwanis to meet Golden K Kiwanas meets on Wednesdays in the Orange Salvation Army Building, 1950 MLK Drive, Orange 77630. e public is invited, and light refreshments are served. On Wednesday, June 19: Newton County Sheriff Billy Rowles will be the guest of Orange Golden K Kiwanis Club on Wednesday, June 19, at 9:30 a.m. in the Salvation Army Building, he will speak about amusing & unusual stories that have happened in his law enforcement career. Light refreshments will be provided by Rosie Hurst.

On Wednesday, June 26: Lt. Col. (Ret., USAF) Glen Dutton, will be the guest speaker at 9:30 a.m., he will speak on his USAF travels to Alaska, Colorado, and his sudden orders to Vietnam in 1965 to fight in a war. Dutton lives in Orange, but is a native of Nebraska. Karen McKinney will supply food. And on Wednesday, July 3: No meeting will take place due to July 4th holiday.

Free! Booster Seat Safety Event e City of Orange - Fire Department is hosting a free Booster Seat Safety Event, Friday, June 21st, 9 am to 12 noon. e fire department is located at 501 7th Street in Orange. Requirements include, child must be 4-8 years of age, must weigh 40 pounds or more and must be in attendance at the event. e event is sponsored by Save a Life Texas Department of Transportation, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Chambers and Orange County, Department of Public Safety. For more details, please contact Sergeant Stephanie Davis 409-924-5453/ stephanie.davis@dps.texas.gov.

Kids Club Funtastic Fridays Please join us at Faith United Methodist Church in Orange for our Kid’s Club Fantastic Fridays. Registration fee is $40 and includes tshirt and lunches for all 4 Fridays. We have two dates left, June 21 and June 28 from 8 am to 1 pm and is for ages K-5th grades. For more information please call the church at 409-886-1291 or email at office@faithorange.org.

Bridge City Library Summer Reading Program Please join us at Bridge City Public Library in Bridge City for our Texas State Library's Reading Club 2019 that started on June 12th. e remaining dates are June 19, June 26, July 3, July 10, July 17 and July 24 from 11am until noon and is for ages Pre K-5th grades. Please register June 3rd -

June 7th and receive a reading log. Record the time you ready each day. We suggest at least 15 minutes daily. Return the reading log by July 17th. Only those who return logs will receive recognition. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the program.

WOCCISD Read and Roll Book Bus The WOCCISD Read and Roll Book Bus will begin visiting local neighborhoods on Monday, June 10. The Mustang Activity Bus will distribute books and serve a hot meal to students through a weekly neighborhood schedule.

Guest readers will read a book to children each day. The bus will serve students at the following locations Navy Park, Orange Church of God, Sabine Park (Oaks) Apartments, and Ridgemont Park Apartments. Mustang Read & Roll Book Bus Stops: Mondays: Navy Park, 415 Morrell Blvd., Tuesdays: Orange Church of God, 1911 North 16th St., Wednesdays: Sabine Park (Oaks) Apt., 111 Pine Ave., and Thursdays: Ridgemont Park Apartments, 3505 Ridgemont Lunch service is from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. and book time is from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. e program will run through August 1 (with the exception of the week of July 4). e program is coordinated through WOCCISD Student Services and WOCCISD Child Nutrition.

Old First Orange Baptist summer events Old First Orange Baptist Church invites you to join us on our next Wednesday event June 26th from 6 to 8 pm we will hold a At the Carnival event, on Wednesday, July 17th it will be Waterpaloza (Be Ready to Get Wet). ere will be a Bible Story, games, snacks and more. en on Sunday – Wednesday, July 7th - 10th from 5 to 8 pm we will hold Time Lab. On these three nights, supper will be served from 5:00—5:30 and the ages include 4 years – 6th grade. e location of Old First Orange is 7925 IH 10 in Orange, TX 77630. For more information please call us at 409-745-1901 or email: anna@oldfirst.com

VBS at First United Methodist Church It is time to Roar, “Life is Wild - God is good” at VBS at First United Methodist Church in the Family Life Center, located at 502 N. Sixth Street in Orange. Our Vacation Bible School will begin

Pictured are Kathryn Knobloch (North Early Learning Center/Head Start) is the WOCCISD Teacher of the Year, Phyllis Thibodeaux (WO-S Elementary/Building & Grounds) is the Auxiliary Staff Member of the Year, and Ella Barlow (North ELC/Classroom Aide) is the WOCCISD Paraprofessional of the Year and Superintendent Dr. Rickie Harris.

West Orange-Cove announces its 2019 Employees of the Year West Orange – Cove CISD recognized outstanding employees during a retirement and recognition dinner at the WOC Educational Service Center at the end of May. Campus Teachers of the Year for the 2018-2019 school year were recognized by principals.

Teacher honorees were Michael Washburn (WOS High School), Shannon Bennett (WOS Elementary), Kathryn Knobloch (North Early Learning Center), and Ulysses Hobbs, Jr. (WOS Middle School).

Campus Paraprofessionals of the Year were recognized by principals, as well. ey were Judy Turner (WOS High School Secretary), Latrisha Morris (WOS Elementary Attendance Clerk), Ella Barlow (North Early Learning Center Classroom Aide), and Enza Joseph (WOS Middle School Front Desk

Clerk).

Additionally, Department Staff Members of the Year were recognized by directors. ey were Aaron Spell (Education Service Center, Technology Network Administrator), Phyllis ibodeaux (Buildings & Grounds, WOS Elementary Head Custodian), Diane Colbert (Child Nutrition, WOS Elementary), and Joyce Perry (Transportation, Bus Driver).

Twelve retirees were recognized by their department director(s) or principal(s). They were Robin Anderson, Irene Ashton, Jack Spears, Marianna Theriot, Wanda Peveto, Shelia Navarre, Gracie Richard, Dianne Winn, Lou Jordan, Beverly Robinson, Karen Ford, and Wilt Alexander. This group or retirees includes staff members from every campus, as well as the departments of Trans-

portation, Child Nutrition, and Buildings & Grounds. Collectively, they represent more than 283 years of service to students.

Additionally, 2019 DISTRICT Employees of the Year were announced (See photo) at the dinner. Kathryn Knobloch (North Early Learning Center/Head Start) is the WOCCISD Teacher of the Year, Phyllis ibodeaux (WO-S Elementary/Building & Grounds) is the Auxiliary Staff Member of the Year, and Ella Barlow (North ELC/Classroom Aide) is the WOCCISD Paraprofessional of the Year.

Mrs. Knobloch will represent the district in the Region V Education Service Center Teacher of the Year Contest.

WOCCISD is pleased to honor ALL of these outstanding individuals!

June 24th and go through June 27th from 9 am till 11:30 am for ages Preschool 4 yrs to 5th grade.

For more information you can call us at 409-8867466.

BCHS Alumni Association meeting e next BCHS Alumni Association meeting will be held on ursday, June 20 from 5 pm to 6 pm in the BC High School’s counselor’s office.

SEW N Saturday During the summer, you are invited to learn how to sew at SEW N Saturday! We will meet July 6 and August 3 at 9:00 am at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 945 W. Roundbunch in Bridge City. ese basic lessons are free, yet we invite you to bring material, a sewing machine (if you are able; there will be a few machines at the church) and a commitment and desire to learn to sew! Everyone from age 10 and up is welcome.

Please call the church office at 409-735-4573 to claim your spot. Come and join us for a fun time!

Dementia Care Givers' Support Group e Dementia Care Givers' Support Group meets at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Canticle Building, 4300 Meeks Drive in Orange on the following days and times: Second Wednesday of every month at 10:00 a.m., and Second ursday of every month at 6:30 p.m..

Seek & Find Resale Store e Seek & Find Resale Shop is open on ursdays from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Fridays from 12 noon to 3:00 pm and Saturdays from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm. We are selling all types of used items clothes, toys, books, household items,etc. Our proceeds help fund our music programs at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Please come and see us at 785 W. Roundbunch Road, next to Happy Donuts.

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Pinnacle Music Academy Pinnacle Academy offers private music lessons for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Drums, Bass Trumpet, Ukulele, and more for all ages. Learn all musical styles including Pop, Rock, Country, Metal, Jazz, Blues, and Hip Hop. Pinnacle Academy is located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. Come and discover this opportunity to learn an instrument in the local area. For more information, call 409-2413920 or visit www.PinnacleMusicAcademy.com.

Orange County Beekeeping Group e Orange County Beekeepers Group is a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. e group also strives to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers, and the general public. For information or assistance with honeybee removals, please contact Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 or Brian Muldrow 713-377-0356.

Orange Al-Anon meetings Al-Anon can help if someone close to another person has a drinking or addiction problem. AlAnon meets Sundays and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., at North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 North 16th Street (Rear), Orange. Call 409-4742171 or 409-988-2311 for more information.

Calls are kept confidential.

Bridge City Al-Anon Meetings Al-Anon meetings are held on ursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Library at St. Henry's Catholic Church Education building, located at 475 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City. For more information, please contact Cindy at 409-7499036 or Mike at 409-718-0333.

LC-M school district names its 2018-19 employees of the year

During the last two weeks of school, Little Cypress-Mauriceville ISD administrators traveled to campuses and departments to recognize retirees, Teachers of the Year, Paraprofessionals of the Year and Departmental Employees of the year. ey also recognized those receiving their service awards for achieving years of service in 5 year increments.

Topping the list of service award recipients were Bobby Telles and Bill Tinsley with 35 years in maintenance and Carolyn LeBlanc with 35 years in Child Nutrition. LeBlanc also retired this year.

Other retirees from the High School were Michael Platt with 10 years and Rhonda Brown with 15 years; from Little Cypress Intermediate Ruth Vinson has twelve years and Melanie Drake with 23 years; Barbara Richard with 32 years from Little Cypress Junior High; Judy Will from Maintenance had 22 years; Tracey Stidham from Mauriceville Middle with 31 years; and Lisa Martin with MVE had 29 years.

Paraprofessionals included Scott Potter, who was selected as the departmental representative; Bill Tinsley was selected by Maintenance, Liz Taylor is the Child Nutrition Employee of

RICKY RYAN, LC-MISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.

VICKY HOLLAND, LC-MISD Elementary Teacher of the Year.

the Year, Donna Hendricks with Mauriceville Elementary, Nelda Burton represented Mauriceville Middle, Ellen Reed with Little Cypress Elementary, Matilda Sonnier with Little Cypress Intermediate, Rebekah Fry with Little Cypress Junior High and Toni Warnell at LCM High School. e District Teachers of the Year are selected from the campus applicants, which are chosen by their peers. is year’s winners are Elementary Teacher of the Year Vicky Holland of LCI and LCMHS’s Ricky

Ryan is Secondary Teacher of the Year. Other Teachers of the Year representing each campus are Tania Jackson – MVE, Kimberly Huckaby – MMS, Jessica Crowell – LCE, and Jennifer Knapp – LCJH. e District Teachers of the Year applications are judged by three educators not connected to LCMCISD in any way. Applications for the District Teachers of the Year are being adjudicated now at Region 5 and the winners for Region 5 will be submitted to the contest for State Teachers of the Year.

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New teachers at LC-M already on the job!

Deaths and Memorials Dorothy Fox Breaux, 93, Bridge City Dorothy Fox Breaux, 93, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 16, 2019, at her daughter’s home in Bridge City, surrounded by all of her family.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Evergreen in West Orange, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, with a Rosary to be recited at 8:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

Born in Lacassine, Louisiana, on June 11, 1926, she was the daughter of Milford G. Fox and Nellie Reagan. Dorothy was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, as well as a member of the third group at St. Helen DOROTHy FOx Catholic Church. She was also a part of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Bridge BREAUx City Fire Department. Dorothy liked to shop, especially from QVC or a good garage sale. She was an awesome seamstress, and sewed many things for the family home, including clothes for her children and baby layette sets for her grandchildren. She enjoyed working in her flower bed, tending to her roses and cacti, attending Bridge City football games, and solving crossword puzzles. Dorothy loved to go camping with her late husband, Leroy Breaux, and son, Steve, at Cow Creek and Rollover Pass. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother. Dorothy will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Leroy Gilbert Breaux; her parents, Milford and Nellie Fox; her siblings, Betty Shaw, George Fox, and Al Fox; her grandson, Donald Wayne Breaux; and her great-grandchildren, Chloe Marie Breaux and Amber Brenee Duke.

She is survived by her children, Yvonne and Charles Bigler of Bridge City, Danny Breaux of Bridge City, Dianne and Caro Del Barto of Cape Coral, Florida, Peggy and Bobby Hammock of Cleveland, Texas, Don and Angie Breaux of Bridge City, Colleen and Glynn Fowler of Bridge City, Sheryl and Mark Davis of Hemphill, and Steve Breaux of Bridge City; her sister, Patsy Conalty of Clute, Texas; and her 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be Darrin Bigler, Steve Breaux, Dianne Del Barto, Nathan Fowler, Danny Wayne Breaux, Dustin Breaux, Dwayne Breaux, and Cody Hammock. Honorary pallbearer is Bubba Fowler.

Mark Stevens Braus, 64, Bridge City

New teachers to the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD have already begun training for the fall semester.

Five were in a technology session on Thursday, June 13, for an introduction to District programs and the Microsoft Office 365 Team Site, which is used to deliver many of the self-paced training materials required by the District. The training software is set up to report the trainees’ completion of each section which can be reported to the campuses. A series of sessions are planned during the summer to accommodate the new hires’ schedules.

(TOP) From left, Melissa Usie – District Technician; Rhonda Williams assigned to the high school, will teach business and coach volleyball; Jasmine Figueroa will teach Spanish and coach soccer at the high school.

(ABOVE) From left, Morgan Milligan is the Life Skills teacher for Little Cypress High School; Sydney Brittain will teach the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD) class and Camille Franklin is the third grade reading language arts (RLA) teacher, both at Little Cypress Elementary. Seated behind the others is Kim Allen, Director of Technology for LCM and Sarah Bishop, Special Education Technician.

Mark Stevens Braus, 64, lifetime resident of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 16, 2019, at his home surrounded by loved ones.

A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a memorial service at 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 21, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating the service will be his brother, James E. Braus.

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 10, 1954, he was the son of Lercy Joseph Braus and Marie Jean (Robinson) Braus. Mark retired as an Operator from Motiva after 33 years with the company and was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He graduated from Bridge City High School in 1973 where he was very involved in the band and could play a wide variety of instruments. He loved to cook for his family and friends and even worked as a Chef for McDermott Drilling, in Morgan City, Louisiana as soon as he graduated from high school. Mark loved to spend time outdoors hunting, MARK STEVENS fishing, camping, and liked riding his lawnmower cutting his and everyone BRAUS else in the neighborhoods grass. He was an avid gun collector. Mark had many friends and was the kind of man who would help anyone with anything. He loved his family dearly and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lercy and Jean Braus; and his brother, Bill Braus.

Mark is survived by his children, Jeff Braus and wife Amanda, Brad Braus and wife Sara, and Laci Becker and husband Brad; grandchildren, Avery Hatton, Marshall Braus, Lane Braus, Riley Picklesimer, Bree Becker, and Brody Becker; brother, James E. Braus and wife Sissy; ex-wife and mother of his children, Leslie Fabriguze; along with many nieces, nephews, and other loving family and friends. “Did I tell you I love you today?”

Taylor Vinson Merritt, 34, Bridge City Taylor Vinson Merritt, 34, of Bridge City passed away on Monday, June 10, 2019.

He was born on July 8, 1984 to his parents, Michael Merritt and Ronda Brightwell Merritt in Port Arthur, Texas. Taylor graduated from Orangefield High School and attended Lamar State College in Orange for two years. He served in U. S. Army and was deployed to Afghanistan, where he received two Purple Hearts. Taylor worked briefly at the Lower Neches River Authority.

He was preceded in death by his great grandparents, Martin and Jesse Merritt, Siva and Ernest LeBlanc, Dewey and Essie Mae Faulkner, grandparents, Woody and Beatrice Merritt, Walter Brightwell, Nell Brightwell along with his step-father, omas Wood.

Taylor is survived by his wife, Ashley Guyote Merritt of Beaumont, his TAyLOR VINSON step-son, Kaegen Morua of Beaumont, his step-daughter, Kaelyn Davis of MERRITT Beaumont, his parents, Mike and Ronda Merritt of Bridge City, his two brothers, Mason Merritt of Atlanta, Georgia and Hunter Merritt of Bridge City, his niece. Maddy Merritt as well as nunerous aunts, uncles and cousins Visitation will be on Saturday, June 22, 2019 from 9:00 AM till 10:00 AM at the Clayton ompson Funeral Home in Groves. A service to honor Taylor’s life will be at 10:00 AM in the ompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton ompson. Arrangements for cremation are entrusted to Clayton ompson.

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APPLE SPICE CAKE is Bundt cake is an allAmerican favorite, made with apple pie filling. Give yourself a break, making this recipe with aspice cake mix. is recipe is modified from the book, “Cathy Mitchell Presents Quick and Easy Dump Cakes and More.”

Equipment needed 12-cup (10-inch) Bundt pan sprayed with Baker’s Choice or flour and grease as usual Large bowl Kitchen scissors Large cooking spoon Whisk (if glazing cake) Small bowl (if glazing cake)

Ingredients for cake 1-21 oz. can apple pie filling 1-15 oz. pkg. spice cake mix 3 eggs 2 tsps. ground cinnamon

Glaze for Cake (optional) 1 cup powdered sugar 1 1/2 tsps. milk 1/4 tsp. vanilla

Combine the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl.

Whisk with spoon. Drizzle over cake which has been cooled.)

Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Pour the can of apple pie filling in a large bowl, cutting the apples into 1/4 inch pieces with kitchen scissors. Yes, it is a messy job. After doing that, add the cake mix, eggs, and cinna-

mon. Stir manually with a large kitchen spoon, such as wooden, for 2 minutes until mixed very well. e batter is too thick to use a mixer due to the apples.

Pour batter into pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Do not overbake.

Cool in pan for 1 hour. en, invert onto cake plate, preferably with cover. If using glaze, at this time drizzle glaze over cooled cake.

MODIFIED SALMON BENEDICT I was recently in New York City, and had a delicious dish at a local diner for a brunch, Salmon Benedict, grilled salmon on an English muffin with Hollandaise sauce.

I put a generous layer of fresh pre-packaged spinach leaves on a dinner plate, spread Marie's BleuCheese salad dressing on the spinach, set a nicely-sized portion of grilled salmon on top of the spinach leaves, spread some more of the salad dressing on top of the salmon, and topped the salmon with one large fried egg, sunny-side up.

Yes, the dish is definitely modified, but tastes very good. My husband loved it, and some carbs are eliminated with not having the English muffin.

Equipment needed

Grill for cooking salmon Small skillet for frying eggs 2 spatulas (for salmon & eggs) Salad dressing spoon 2 dinner plates

Country music star Gary Allan performed for several thousand area music fans this past Friday (June 14, 2019) inside Ford Park Arena in Beaumont. The artist nearly 90-minute set include hit songs “She’s So California,” “Nothing on but the Radio,” “Man to Man,” “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain),” “Watching Airplanes” and many more. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr.

Venues bring in top acts for 2019 Texas/La. swing

By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record The live music is going to be fantastic with something for every musical taste.

Here are some of the concerts coming up during the summer and early fall in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.

Ingredients 2 medium pieces salmon 1/2 bag fresh spinach leaves Jar Marie's BleuCheese Dressing (or salad dressing of choice) 2 extra large eggs Salt, pepper to taste preference

Directions Grill 2 desired portions of

salmon on inside stove-top grill or outside grill, seasoning with salt and pepper, if desired, cooking on both sides while watching closely. When waiting for salmon to cook, place 1/4 package (or more) of fresh spinach leaves on each of 2 plates. Top spinach leaves with normal amount of salad dressing for a salad. When salmon pieces done, place each piece on bed of spinach leaves and dressing.

Again, dribble some salad dressing atop salmon.

Cook the fried eggs in skillet sprayed with PAM to desired consistency. en, immediately place an egg on each piece of salmon. Voila! Salt/pepper and dish is done.

June 21 The Bellamy Brothers, Gene Watson, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. Twenty One Pilots, Toyota Center, Houston Shinedown, Badflower, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Broken Hands, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands June 23 “The Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival” feat. The Used, Thrice, Circa Survive, Sum 41, The Story So Far, Atreyu, Sleeping with Sirens, Andy Black, more, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands June 25 Jennifer Lopez, Toyota Center, Houston June 27 Luis Miguel, Toyota Center, Houston June 28 Cody Johnson, H2O Pool, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. Train, The Goo Goo Dolls, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands July 5 Chicago, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. July 7 Santana, The Doobie Brothers, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands July 10 New Found Glory, Real Friends, The Early November, House of Blues, Houston July 12

Billy Currington, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. July 13 98 Degrees, H2O Pool, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. July 17 Howard Jones, House of Blues, Houston July 20 Korn, Alice in Chains, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands July 24 Queen + Adam Lambert, Toyota Center, Houston July 25 Shawn Mendes, Toyota Center, Houston July 26 Seether, H2O Pool, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. July 28 August Burns Red, Silverstein, Silent Planet, House of Blues, Houston Papa Roach, Asking Alexandria, Bad Wolves, Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land, Houston Aug. 1 Alice Cooper, Halestorm, Motionless in White, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Aug. 3 MC Hammer, Sir Mixalot, Doug E. Fresh, Kid ‘N Play, Rob Base, Tone Loc, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Aug. 6 311, Dirty Heads, White Oak Music Hall, Houston Aug. 14 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land, Houston Aug. 17 Tom Keifer, Warehouse Live, Houston

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Take more than good luck to catch crappie

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DICKIE COLBURN FISHING REPORT FOR THE RECORD

Two recent trips in search of more crappie fish fries confirmed what I suspected to be the case. In order to consistently catch white perch off of your brush piles, you still have to do your homework!

Allen Hogan, a heck of a bass fisherman, has owned a camp on Toledo Bend since 1969 and recently decided hustling crappie was much easier than staying on top of quality bass.

“Actually,” said Allen, “it was more a case of old age catching up than losing my fervor for hunting bass.”

A former guide himself, he hired a couple of crappie guides to see what all of this brush pile fishing was about.

“It appeared pretty simple and I now catch my fair share, but in order to catch fish consistently you have to work at it.”

“I knew where I wanted to build my brush piles so I waited until the grandkids could help me cut willows and we were catching fish off them in less than a week,” said Allen. “I still don’t catch them like the full time guides do and I understand why they get so frustrated

with recreational anglers that just

marking

of their

ride around their piles and taking advantage hard work.”

Last week, I jumped at the chance to fish with Jim Franklin and Stephen Johnston and the trip proved to be possibly even better than expected. An unseasonal cold front roared in the day before dropping surface temps and dirtying up a lot of the water in the southeast part of the lake.

“We couldn’t even get out of the boat ramp yesterday due to the wind,” said Johnston, “but I think we’ll find something this morning. e first two stops proved to be little more than a chilly boat ride, but it was “game on” from that point on!

Four of us shared Johnston’s expertise and we caught crappie up to a pound and a half all morning on both jigs and shiners.

We were cleaning 80-plus fish by 11:15.

I don’t know how Johnston works all of his trips as he and Franklin are good friends, but we have been back at the dock by 11:30 every time I have fished with him and always caught huge numbers of crappie.

His wide open 23-foot Ranger handles four anglers easily, and you are left with little more than having to trip the bale on a spinning reel and dropping your jig where Johnston is pointing. His quality electronics bird dog every brush pile and his spot lock troll motor holds him in perfect position regardless of wind direction.

All you need is a fishing license and enough money to pay the guide and Johnston will take care of everything else. He has no wasted motion in keeping four anglers baited up, boxing fish and making the necessary adjustments. He never keeps more than ten fish off a single pile and the short runs between coveted spots are welcomed as the mornings warm up fast.

Once again, New England Head Coach Bill Belichick got the better of the Houston Texans after Nick Caserio took the general manager job with teh Patriots over the Texans.

NE Patriots continue to dominate the Texans

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when he was promoted to director of player personnel, according to Sunday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle.

“Because Belichick lost several members of his coaching staff to Miami when defensive coordinator Brian Flores was hired as the Dolphins’ coach, he’s being spread thin,” the article points out.

“Belichick is coaching the defense since Flores’ replacement Greg Schiano bailed on him after being on the job less than two months. It seems as if Belichick needs Caserio more than ever,” the article concludes.

Houston’s latest attempt to interview Caserio was turned down flatly by Belichick who claims the Texans talked to Caserio about the job before Gaine was fired and turned them into the NFL for tampering.

Russia. e only difference is that Belichick FOR THE RECORD doesn’t make e Houston Texans have those with failed miserably against the d i ff e r e n t New England Patriots on the philosophies football field and now are hav- as his disaping the same luck off the field pear off the trying to replace fired general face of the earth. e Patriots put the quietus manager Brian Gaine who was on this same attempt two years suddenly fired two weeks ago.

Houston had their eye on ago when Houston had to settle Nick Caserio replacing Gaine for hiring Gaine as their general moments after the firing, but manager because Belichick New England and Bill Belichick, turned down the attempted inwho has the final say on person- terview citing the fact the Patrinel matters, has thrown another ots still were in the NFL playoffs monkey wrench into the Tex- en route to their sixth Super Bowl victory. ans’ dream plans. e 43-year-old Caserio was Belichick controls the Patriots’ franchise much like a member of Belichick’s coach Putin

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is alleged tampering claim reportedly occurred when the Patriots were presented with their Super Bowl rings a few weeks ago. ey claim former Patriots’ employee and present Texans coach Jack Easterby was spotted talking to Caserio during the ring presentation ceremony.

Houston rapidly dropped their request to interview Caserio and the Patriots withdrew the tampering charge. e Texans are now back to Square One in finding a new general manager.

Now, according to the Chronicle, the Texans are down to three options in their attempt to replace Brian Gaine.

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Never too hot to think about hunting CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE OUTDOORS WEEKLY FOR THE RECORD

Four of us shared Johnston’s expertise and we caught crappie up to a pound and a half all morning on both jigs and shiners. We were cleaning 80-plus fish by 11:15.

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Johnston enjoys what he is doing and his non-stop light bantering is contagious. A day on the water with Stephen Johnston is both money well spent and a virtual promise of a lot of good eating in the very near future!

If you are looking for some all but guaranteed fish catching with the kids this summer that requires little more than getting to the lake, give Johnston a call.

You can reach him at 409- 5794213.

Every Tuesday afternoon the Sabine River Shootout is a matter of starting all over again as far as patterns are concerned.In spite of falling water and dodging mini-monsoons, they continue to post very respectable weights in the weekly tournament.

Zane Gunter and Gavin

Deshotel took home the first place check last week with a 6.75 pound stringer. Mike Soliz and Jimmy Davidson finished right on their heels with 6.42pounds. Gary Robin and Glen Hagen took home the big bass pot with a 4.10 pound bass.

Cullen Simon proved that his big bass the week before was no fluke as he won the Kids Division again with a solid 1.77 pound Bass.

Chuck Uzzle and I ran a lot of marsh last week and while we found a few reds, two things were evident. e marsh closer to the river is very muddy, but the water clears as your run south. e only problem with the clearer ponds is that once this water falls out they are going to be solid fields of grass as there is a world of flooded vegetation!

e mercury in the thermometer shows temperatures creeping towards triple digits and everybody you look at appears to have just emerged from a swimming pool. e heat waves along the road and the hood of my truck cannot dampen my enthusiasm as I put down my cell phone and relay the news to my son Hunter, “we are getting 16 days for teal season,” I proclaim as Hunter does a makeshift victory dance in the front seat. e population count on teal exceeded the magic number proclaimed by the USFWS so the Texas hunters will be blessed with 7 extra days to hunt these little birds affectionately known as “marsh missiles” or “rice rockets”.

Let it be known that we have officially started the countdown to September at my house and all is right with the world.

I know I am getting ahead of myself but after suffering through months of no hunting it’s great to actually hear about topics concerning the sport.

Hunters all over the state begin to get restless as the heat of summer makes us all long for cooler days and open seasons. e census count on teal is high enough to provide for the longer season but that may be just a product of skewed numbers.

Last year’s ultra high population is carrying over to this year’s numbers and that means birds that are 1 year older and 1

year wiser, much the same way snow geese get season after season. e amount of young birds will be less than last year and the effect that has on season success remains to be seen.

Locally a few hunters have already begun to stake out claims on prime marsh ponds and some have even begun to improve vegetation surrounding potential blind locations.

Hunters who take the time and effort to make the area around their blinds look as natural as possible will almost always kill more birds.

Synthetic materials and blinds made out in the wide open that resemble “taco stands” may be easily accessible but they don’t produce, more often than not they actually flare more birds away than anything.

Hunters need to realize these birds have seen so many set up’s along the migration south that attention to detail is critical. By starting on these projects well in advance of the season opener hunters can perfect the set up and spend more time scouting as opening day gets closer.

Another very important part of the upcoming season that needs to be accounted for is your dogs conditioning. Summer heat is tough on dogs so limit training sessions to early and late in the day to minimize the stress caused by heat.

Frequent short training sessions are much better than prolonged efforts in high heat, keep an eye on your dog and be sure to have plenty of water on hand. Some dogs get out of shape during the off season and just like the owners gain a few extra pounds so this is the perfect time to get your dog back down to hunting season

Some dogs get out of shape during the off season and just like the owners gain a few extra pounds so this is the perfect time to get your dog back down to hunting season weight. weight.

As much as we all like to bring our dogs with us when we head out to the lease please be aware of the alligator situation at this time of the year. e local marshes are full of gators right now and the big lakes have their fair share of the big reptiles as well so please be wary. Nothing in the world is

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2. Do they wait for Caserio’s contract to expire next year and pursue him again?

3. Do they continue the interview process and procure new candidates? “e Texans aren’t going to surrender a first-round draft choice for Caserio and probably not a second-round pick, either, not with his contract expiring after the 2020 draft. It would make more sense for them to offer a third-round selection and a lower pick,” the article said.

If the Texans do make an offer to trade for Caserio, it becomes a question of how bad do the Patriots want to keep him?

Belichick likes to compile as many picks as possible, but would he be willing to trade Caserio knowing he could lose him next year without any compensation?

Regardless what decision is made, you can be sure Belichick will come out a winner.

He always does!!!

KWICKIES…After a successful homestand, the Houston Astros opened a three-game Inter-league series at Cincinnati Monday where they had to bench their designated hitter and have the pitcher’s bat for themselves. Due to so many injuries to key players, the Astros were forced to bring up Yordan Alvarez from AAA Round Rock earlier in the season than they anticipated and he came

worse for a hunter than to lose their dog and losing one to a gator has got to be perhaps the worst way you could lose one.

In the meantime, according to the calendar we have around 70 days to the magic month of September when hunting season cranks back up again and it will be here much sooner than you think.

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NASCAR negated a victory for the first time in the Green Mountain Outdoors Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway after Brett Moffitt was disqualified when his truck was too low when measured with NASCAR’s height sticks. through with flying colors as the Father’s Day by having the opdesignated hitter. e 6-6, 225- portunity of watching their sons pound 21-year-old youngster play major league baseball. Bigbecame just the fourth player in gio’s son Cavan was playing secmajor league history to hit four ond base for the Blue Jays while homers in his first five games. Gurriel got to see both of his He also scored eight runs, drove sons on the Minute Maid Park in eight runs, drew six walks in diamond—Yuli on the Astros’ six games and had a .381 batting roster and Lourdes Jr. hitting his average going into Monday, de- seventh home run to help Toronto blank Houston 12-0. spite going 0-for-4 Sunday.

Maximum Security, the And speaking of Sunday’s game between Toronto and the three-year-old horse that Astros, former Hall of Famer crossed the finish line first in Craig Biggio and Lourdes Gur- the recent Kentucky Derby but riel, Sr. each had a wonderful was disqualified for interference

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with the eventual winner, returned to racing in Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park and was heavily- favored with 120 odds which means for every $20 bill wagered one got a return of one dollar. King for a Day stalked Maximum Security from the start, took the lead in the stretch and posted a onelength victory over the overwhelming favorite.

And while on the subject of overturning a race-winner’s victory, NASCAR negated a victory for the first time in the Green Mountain Outdoors Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway after failing a postrace inspection. Brett Moffitt, who crossed the finish line first in the 200-lap race, was disqualified when his truck was too low when measured with NASCAR’s height sticks.

JUST BETWEEN US…Gary Woodland prevented golf history to be made in last weekend’s U.S. Open major tournament at Pebble Beach when he held his 54-hole lead Sunday and prevented Brooks Koepka from winning his unprecedented third straight Open. Although Koepka, trailing Woodland by four strokes going into Sunday’s final round, fired a three-under par 68 in the final round. Woodland carded eight fours and a three on the back nine to beat Koepka by three strokes and collect the $2,250,000 bonanza while Koepka made $1,350,000 for his nifty runner-up effort.

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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for our new member "Just Christi". Owner Christi Miranda is excited to announce her new business here in Orange County, where she supports local businesses with their social media marketing. She specializes in small to mid size businesses, knowing that most companies are busy running the day to day operation of business and just don't have time for social media. Christi can help create content, curate pictures and so much more! Facebook lives are a large part of how she can share your business with the community. "Christi has been a huge asset to our marketing program. She has boost our FB likes by 300 within a month. I recommend her to every small business for that home town touch."-Liz Hogan Allstate Agency. For more information call (720) 357-8630 or email at: christi@justchristi.com. Check out her website at www.justchristi.com for package details and pricing!

GAME WARDEN FIELD NOTES e following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Bad Exit Plan During the night of May 14, a Fannin County game warden was alerted of a vehicle pursuit near his residence. e warden joined the pursuit and lent his knowledge of the area backroads to the other officers involved. When the subject entered a road the game warden knew had no exit, he advised officers the chase would be over very soon because the subject was headed toward a new pond that had been excavated recently. As predicted, the subject drove straight into the lake. e warden and other officers greeted the individual as he swam back to shore and safely placed him into custody. e warden then returned home to retrieve his river boat and assist with the recovery of the vehicle from the lake.

Loaner Car Loaded with Optional Equipment In early May, a Nacogdoches County game warden received a call from a car dealership concerning some damage and questionable items found in one of their loaner vehicles that had been impounded by local police. e subject driving the vehicle at the time had been arrested for shoplifting. While inspecting the vehicle, the dealership discovered a bullet hole in the driver side mirror, and deer hair in the trunk, as well as a rangefinder and empty packaging for a spotlight. After reviewing the police offense report, the warden learned a rifle was also in the vehicle at the time of arrest. e warden interviewed the incarcerated driver, who initially denied any wrongdoing until presented with the evidence against him, and eventually confessed to poaching a deer. Despite having a confession in hand, the warden still couldn’t reconcile the case based on the evidence, particularly the bullet hole in the side mirror. After additional questioning, the subject’s girlfriend admitted shooting the deer with a .22 while her boyfriend held the spotlight.

Her first shot had hit the side mirror. e couple then loaded the deer in the trunk and decided to dump it in a nearby pasture. Numerous cases are pending.

Ejected and Arrested After sunset on May 25 while patrolling for water safety compliance on Lake Conroe, Montgomery County game warden’s observed a couple on a personal watercraft enter a no wake zone at high speed, and lose control while attempting a maneuver.

Both the operator and passenger were ejected. e wardens made contact and immediately noticed signs of intoxication.

An intoxication investigation revealed that the operator was intoxicated, as a breath sample indicated a blood alcohol content of 0.134. e operator was placed under arrest for Boating While Intoxicated.

Tip Helps Wardens wart Hitchhiking Zebra Mussels In May, a Travis County game warden received a call about multiple barges covered in

zebra mussels being transported from the Sandy Creek boat ramp. e barge rental company was identified and contacted. e owner admitted that they did not fully clean their barges before transporting them from all the different bodies of water. e warden educated the owner on how to improve his procedures to be in compliance with the law. Multiple commercial citations were issued for transporting zebra mussels.

Simmons, free ice cream highlight July 4th e Jimmy Simmons Band will headline the annual Fourth of July Celebration at Lamar State College Port Arthur while Motiva will be on hand dishing out free Blue Bell ice cream. e event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center on the campus of LSCPA, 1800 Lakeshore Drive in Port Arthur.

A special tribute will be paid to the Coast

Guard Marine Safety Unit of Port Arthur, which is led by Commanding Officer Captain Jacqueline M. Twomey.

Jimmy Simmons and his band will play jazz renditions of patriotic favorites while the college hosts family-style games for the kids. Food and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Also performing is Port Arthur ISD administrator Dwight Wagner, who will sing

“God Bless America”.

Motiva, in its annual tribute to summer and the Fourth, will be serving free Blue Bell ice cream while supplies last. e event at the college is a lead-up to the annual fireworks show hosted by the City of Port Arthur. e fireworks will begin at 9 p.m. with plenty of room along the seawall adjacent to the college. Be sure to bring a lawn chair!

Just Stand Up Harris County game wardens were patrolling the San Jacinto River when they observed two individuals displaying signs of drowning after falling off floating tubes near a beach swimming area. e wardens tossed life saving devices to the subjects and towed them to shore.

Even though the average depth of the area was three feet the subjects were too scared to try and feel for ground. is same beach last year had four drownings.

One Thing Leads to Another While patrolling Lake Conroe, Montgomery County game wardens made contact with a kayaker who did not have a required life jacket onboard. e wardens followed the individual back to shore to issue a citation and when the subject provided an identification card they asked who had driven him to the boat ramp. He responded that his wife had driven him to the lake. Turns out the wife did not have a driver’s license either, but did have two active warrants. Consent was obtained to search the vehicle, where a vape cartridge containing THC oil was found in the passenger side door storage compartment. e original subject was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Wardens later discovered that the subject was out on parole for similar charges. e wife was also arrested for her warrants.

Teens Get Lesson in Game Law On May 19, a game warden was approached by an individual in a parking lot in Abernathy claiming to have information regarding a deer that had been poached within the last hour. e informant gave the warden a vehicle description, a license plate, and the first name of the suspected poacher.

After searching for about an hour, the warden located the parked vehicle and made contact with the juvenile driver. e driver quickly admitted to being involved in shooting a mule deer about an hour prior. e subject gave the warden six other names, all juveniles, who were also involved. e driver also told the warden where the deer had been dumped. e warden was able to locate the deer, the property where the deer was shot, and all the juveniles involved. e juveniles admitted to shooting the deer from the county road on property they did not have permission to be on, retrieving the deer, then dumping it in another part of the county. Citations and civil restitution pending.

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Golden K Kiwanis hosts Lutcher general manager

Hiking and camping are big draws to the Big Thicket National Preserve with its headquarters located on U.S. 69 north of Kountze.

Tourism to Big Thicket Preserve means $14.3M in economic impact The Orange Club of Golden K Kiwanis was honored to host an annual visit from the General Manager of the Lutcher Theater, Lynae Ashcroft Sanford, showing the club highlights of the 2019-20 upcoming shows.

Golden K meets every Wednesday at 9:30 at the Orange Salvation Army, 1950 MLK Drive 77630.

Front row, from left, are Karen McKinney, Lynae Sanford, Debra McCombs, Rosie Hurst, Diane Grooters, and Linda Pittillo. Back row, are David Bailey, Reid Carruthers, Pat McCombs, Margaret Light, and Vern Murray. Not pictured are Billy Jack McKinney, Anne Payne, Sharon and Arnold Proellochs, Lois and Dennis Ferrell, and Janelle Ramsey. Membership fees are$38 per person every quarter for this non-profit organization.

Guest speaker for the Wednesday, June 19, meeting is Newton County Sheriff Billy Rowles, who will share humorous and unusual stories from his law enforcement career of many years. Staff photo: Anne Payne

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 221,514 visitors to Big icket National Preserve in 2018 spent $14,340,000 in communities near the park. at spending supported 181 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $18,822,000.

“Big icket National Preserve is proud to welcomes visitors from across the country and around the world,” said Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz. “We strive to share the story of this place and the experiences it provides with everyone who visits. e preserve highlights the national importance of the diverse ecology found here in Southeast Texas, to all that explore its 15 unique units. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy, returning $10 for every $1 invested in the National Park Service, and it’s a big factor in our local economy.

With the support of our park partners, we are proud to be a part of the Southeast Texas community.” e peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by economists Catherine Cullinane omas and Egan Cornachione of the U.S. Geological Survey and Lynne Koontz of the National Park Service. e report shows $20.2 billion of direct spending by more than 318 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. is spending supported 329,000 jobs nationally; 268,000 of those jobs are found in these gateway communities. e cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $40.1 billion.

Lodging expenses account for the largest share of visitor spending, about $6.8 billion in 2018.

Food expenses are the second largest spending area and visitors spent $4 billion in restaurants and bars and another $1.4 billion at grocery and convenience stores.

Visitor spending on lodging supported more than 58,000 jobs and more than 61,000 jobs in

restaurants. Visitor spending in the recreation industries supported more than 28,000 jobs and spending in retail supported more than 20,000 jobs.

Report authors also produce an interactive tool that enables users to explore visitor spending, jobs, labor income, value added, and output effects by sector for national, state, and local economies. Users can also view year-by-year trend data. e interactive tool and report are available at the NPS Social Science Program webpage: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm To learn more about national parks in Texas and how the National Park Service works with Texas communities to help preserve local history, conserve the environment, and provide outdoor recreation, go to www.nps.gov/texas.

Big icket National Preserve is located in Southeast Texas, near the city of Beaumont and 75 miles northeast of Houston. e preserve consists of nine land units and six water corridors encompassing more than 113,000 acres in seven Southeast Texas counties, including Hardin, Jefferson, Orange, Tyler, Jasper, Polk and Liberty countries. e Big icket, often referred to as a “biological crossroads,” is a transition zone between four distinct vegetation types – the moist eastern hardwood forest, the southwestern desert, the southeastern swamp, and the central prairies. Species from all of these different vegetation types come together in the thicket, exhibiting a variety of vegetation and wildlife that has received global interest.

For general information about Big icket National Preserve, visit www.nps.gov/bith or call the preserve visitor center at 409-951-6700. Visit us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigicketNPS, Twitter www.twitter.com/BigicketNPS, and Instagram www.instagram.com/BigicketNPS.

The Big Thicket National Preserve Headquarters is located north of Kountze on U.S. 69.

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Legendary rock outfit REO Speedwagon performed a spectacular 90-minute set of classic hits and gems during its concert at inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La, which included songs “Keep On Loving You,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Ridin’ the Storm Out,” as well as “In Your Letter,” “Time for Me to Fly,” and “Take It on the Run.” Photo by Troy Jones

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Aug. 22 Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Elle King, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Aug. 23 A Flock of Seagulls, Missing Persons, The Motels, Bow Wow Wow, Wang Chung, Real Life, The Escape Club, The Vapors, Boys Don’t Cry, Farrington and Mann, H2O Pool, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. The

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Sept. 7 Chris Young, Chris Janson, Locash, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Sept. 8 John Mayer, Toyota Center, Houston Slipknot, Volbeat, Gojira, Behemoth, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Sept. 9 KISS, Toyota Center, Houston Sept. 21 Carrie Underwood, Toyota Center, Houston Peter Frampton, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Sept. 22 Cynthia Iron Maiden, Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Carrie Underwood, Cajundome, Lafayette, La. Sept. 24 Phil Collins, Toyota Center, Houston Sept. 25

The Who, Toyota Center, Houston Oct. 3 Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Pistol Annies, Tenille Townes, Cajundome, Lafayette, Oct. 23 Styx, Smart Financial Center, Houston Oct. 25 Vince Neil, Warehouse Live, Houston Oct. 27 Zac Brown Band, Lukas Nelson, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands Nov. 2 The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lennon Stella, Toyota Center, Houston Nov. 12 The Black Keys, Shannon and The Clams, Modest Mouse, Toyota Center, Houston Dec. 21 Tracy Byrd, Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont

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ORANGE COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

How Free Do You Really Want To Be? Jon Bloom Staff Writer DesiringGod.org Who are the freest people in the world? The people who are freest from the world.

So, how free are you? I’m not asking if you can give me the right answer. I trust you know that “for freedom Christ has set us free” (Galatians 5:1) and that “there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). You and I know that Christ has set us free from needing to achieve “a righteousness of [our] own that comes from the law” since we have by God’s grace been given the free gift of “the righteousness from God that depends on faith” in Christ (Philippians 3:9) — a mind-blowingly glorious truth.

The real question for you and me is, are we really living in the freedom Christ has given us? What Jesus purchased and gave to us is not an abstract theological category that we will only realize after we die, but a life-governing, joy-producing, experiential, and radically free reality that begins now. He sets us “free indeed” to live in the world as long as we are in the world (John 8:36).

The secret to experiencing this freedom all depends on where home really is for us.

The Key to Living Free Over and over in the godly lineage of Hebrews 11, we see people who lived remarkably free here on earth. What made that great cloud of witnesses so free?

We might be quick to answer, “Faith!” That’s true, of course, but it doesn’t go deep enough. Because everyone lives by faith. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Every-

one lives by faith in what they believe is true about reality, most of which they cannot see or personally prove. All human beings are wired to live this way.

What made our faithful forebears free was Who they ultimately believed in (Hebrews 11:6) and where they believed he was leading them: For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. (Hebrews 11:14–16) There’s the key: they desired a better country — a heavenly one. They really desired it because they really believed it existed. They believed in the better country so much that they were content to “[die] in faith, not having received the [earthly] things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth” (Hebrews 11:13).

They were free to do the best and hardest good in the world because they were free from needing to belong to the world.

“Live as People Who Are Free” The depth of our understanding of our freedom in Christ is revealed by how free we are, like those saints, to live as strangers and exiles on earth. The proof of our freedom is in the pudding of our pursuits.

True faith manifests both in what we say with our lips (Romans 10:9; Hebrews 13:15) and in the way we live. Yes, the people of old “[spoke] thus”

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(Hebrews 11:14). But they also lived thus: Abel offered, Enoch walked, Noah constructed, Abraham obeyed and went and offered, Sarah conceived, Isaac and Jacob blessed, Joseph instructed, Moses refused and chose and considered and left and kept, the Israelites passed through, Rahab lived (Hebrews 11:4–31).

And “time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets” (Hebrews 11:32).

Some of these examples are more commendable than others. But their lives of faith, their “obedience of faith” (Romans 16:26), still speak, though they have long since passed away (Hebrews 11:4).

This is why Peter tells us to “live as people who are free” (1 Peter 2:16): We are free to no longer live as captives to the world’s values and claims and cravings and threats, since “here we have no lasting city” (Hebrews 13:14).

We are free to “walk by the Spirit, and . . . not gratify the desires of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16), since “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

We are free to not “lay up for [ourselves] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for [ourselves indestructible] treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:19–20).

We are free to be content in whatever situation we find ourselves, since we know that our heavenly Father will supply all our needs (Philippians 4:11, 19).

And we are free to die, since to be with Christ in his heavenly country is “far better” than anything we’ve known here (Philippians 1:23).

How Free Do You Want to Be?

Yes, all this freedom, and far more, is available to us as Christians. I suspect all of us, no matter how far along we are in the faith, would admit we’re living beneath our inheritance.

The question before us is this: How free do we want to be? This is where we begin to squirm. Our flesh does not want to be free from the world.

Our indwelling sin is drawn to “the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life” (1 John 2:16). To lose them feels like losing life.

To which Jesus says, “Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39).

Ponder that sentence. Pray over it, and let it probe you all day. What does the Spirit point out to you in the word “loses”? It is likely that the things he brings to mind — things that feel like losing your life to let go — are, in reality, holding you captive to this world and inhibiting you from living fruitfully in the kinds of kingdom-abundance Jesus wants to give you (John 10:10). Respond to the Spirit!

Jesus wants you to find greater freedom and real life.

Whatever it takes, don’t settle for anything less than the full freedom God has for you.

Seek with all your might to run unencumbered the race God has set before you, like those who ran before you, who freely chose to live like strangers and exiles here because their real citizenship is in heaven. For those who are freest in the world are those who are freest from the world.

Jon Bloom (@Bloom_Jon) serves as author, board chair, and co-founder of Desiring God. He is author of three books, Not by Sight, Things Not Seen, and Don’t Follow Your Heart. He and his wife have five children and make their home in the Twin Cities.

First United Methodist Church Orange 502 Sixth Street 886-7466 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship in the Family Life Center 11:00 a.m. Service - Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary Sunday School For All Ages 10:00 a.m.

www.fumcorange.org

Pastor: Rev. John Warren Director of Music and Fine Arts: Doug Rogers

Starlight

Church of God in Christ 2800 Bob Hall Road • Orange • 886-4366 Pastor: Ernest B Lindsey

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Wed. Bible Study - 6 p.m. Worship 7:30 p.m. VIM Youth 6 p.m.

Intercessory Prayer Daily 9:00 a.m. www.slcogicorange.org

Faith United Methodist Church

8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291 Pastor: Keith Tilley Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Nursery Provided. (www.faithorange.org)

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH

2537 FM 1078 • Orange • 883-8835 Sunday School 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Services: 10:50 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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Triangle Baptist Church 6446 Garrison at Hwy. 408 Orangefield “Come Worship With Us” 409-735-2661 Pastor: Bobby Oliver 409-659-5027 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

We are a KJV independent Baptist Church

Winfree Baptist Church 19525 Hwy 62 S • 409-735-7181 Bill Collier, Pastor Sunday School for all ages 9:15 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wednesday Evening Service & Mission Activities for Children 6:00 pm

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546 Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided).

For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Taize’ service for children 6:30 p.m.

“Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m.

For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409-735-4573 Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 10 a.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 - golutheran.org Our church family invites you to join us. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Lead Pastor Rev. Brad McKenzie Worship Director: Alyssa Click Co-Youth Pastors: Kenneth and Andrea Lauver Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service 10:45 a.m. / Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

Ofcnazarene.org or find us on Facebook

First Christian Church Disciples of Christ 611 N. 9th St. • Orange

Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Supper 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m.

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGE 1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333

We Welcome You To Join Us. Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

MACARTHUR HEIGHTS BAPTISH CHURCH 3600 Nightingale • Orange • 409-883-4834 Sunday School: 9:45-10:30 am Sunday Worship - 10:45 am Sunday Disciple Training- 6 pm Tuesday Morning Men’s Coffee 9:30 am Wednesday Night Service 7:00 pm

COWBOY CHURCH OF ORANGE COUNTY

673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 Sunday Services: 10:30 AM

Bible Studies for Men and Women • Monday 6 p.m.

Co-Ed Bible Study • Sunday 9:15 a.m.

Ladies Bible Study • Tuesday 10:00 a.m.

Bible Studies & Youth Activities • Wed. 6:30 p.m.

West Orange Christian Church 900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 409-670-2701

Sunday school 9:30 a.m. / Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study Sunday and Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Dusty Garison

“Our church family welcomes you!”

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 19, 2019 7B

THE RECORD

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Community Classifieds Call 735-5305

Your ads published in both newspapers, the County Record and the Penny Record plus on our web site TheRecordLive.com

• Penny Record Office: 333 West Roundbunch, Bridge City • County Record Office: 320 Henrietta, Orange Note: Offices Closed On Wednesday

APPLIANCES

MISC FOR SALE

ESTATE SALE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

HARRY’S APPLIANCES - Used appliances starting at $99.95, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main) Orange, We also buy used appliances, Call or come by 409-886-4111.

Entergy Approved Electric Service Pole $300.00 value / cost $100.00.

Large old type attic fan w/ new electric motor $50.00. 10” Industrial Shop Saw w/ extensions for wide cuts, includes dust ejector system $2500 Value / cost $800.00.

Please call 409-313-1932

Estate Sale Orange/ Bridge City at 145 Tyler Dr. (off 1442) June 20, 21 & 22 from 9 am to 2 pm. See pictures : FB/Good-Pickens Like new furnishings, decor, antiques, David Drinkard Painting.

Oak dresser, chest, nightstands, desk/ hutch, bookcase, end tables, dining table/6 chairs, parlor table, entry table/oval mirror, sofa, recliners, trundle, vintage baby crib, patio table/ chairs and more.

Also Fenton, Haviland, Crystal, Lefton animals, Clyde Gray, Bettye Boop, southwest crosses/ etc, also Cabbage Patch & chickens.

House, garage & patio full.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BETTY B. SCALES aka BETTY SUE SCALES, Deceased, were issued on June 12, 2019, in Cause No. P18118, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: CECIL SCALES, JR.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of RICHARD ARNOLD SIMMONS, Deceased, were issued on May 21, 2019, in Cause No. P18428, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas,to: JANICE MARIE JERNIGAN SIMMONS.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES LUKE FRUGE’, Deceased, were issued on June 12, 2019, in Cause No. P18426, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JANET STOKES.

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

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

HOUSE FOR SALE Home for Sale on Irving Street in West Orange. Asking $179,000, 2,900 SQ FT. 6 acres. 3 bedrooms 2 baths, hardwood floor, large sun room.

Contact 9am-5pmMonday-Friday at 409-883-3340 or 409-988-3950

FOR RENT For Rent: Avail.

June 1, 3 BR, 2 full bath Mobile Home in Bridge City at Shady Estates Mobile Home Park.

CA/H, very nice.

Must pass background check. $850 month inludes water, garbage & lawn care. NO pets.

409-330-0933 House For Rent: 2 bedroom 1 bath house in BCISD. Stove, refrigerator furnished, ceiling fans in bedrooms.

New carpet in living room and bedrooms.

Washer/ Dryer hook ups, central air/heat, carport very large storeroom. House looks like a beach cabin with porch over looking private lake. Tenant pays all utilities. Rent $1100.00 w/ deposit $500.00. No Pets inside or outside. call 409-735-8288.

RV RENTAL SPACE

RV Space for rent for $400 a month, electric, water & garbage provided.

Located on Cow Bayou at Peggy’s Place.Call 409-9883918

GARAGE SALE Garage Sale this Fri., 6/21 from 8 am to 2 pm at 3312 Montrose St. in Pinemont addition, 77632. Lots of good stuff.

Big Garage Sale on Fri., 6/21 & Sat., 6/22 from 8 am to 1 at 501 Hydrangea Ave in Orange.

Power Wheel Chair, Power WC Carrier, Power WC Lift and lots of other stuff.

Yard Sale on Sat., 6/22 from 7 am till noon at 120 Birch in Bridge City. Kayak, tools, cast iron, tow straps, stair rails for truck, leaf blower, mens clothes 1X & 2X, truck tires 35x12.50x20, industrial tools, shackles and more.

CLASSIFIEDS 409-735-5305

James R. Dunaway Attorney at Law P.O. Box 100 Orange, TX 77631-0100

Jean hemming or sewing. Please call and leave message.409-238-1230

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Dated the 12th day of June, 2019.

Dated the 21st day of May, 2019.

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Free Scrap metal removal.

Do you have any old appliances, A/C units, tin, aluminum or any type of metals laying around? If so, give us a call and we will haul them away. If no answer, please leave name and number.

Call or text 409-330-1422

NOW HIRING all

American Legion Post 49 Hall Rentals Call for info @ 409-886-1241

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NO PHONE CALLS!!!

Apply in person at 1265 Texas Ave, Bridge City

Total charges cannot be computed until the vehicle is claimed, storage charges will accrue daily until the vehicle is released. Must demonstrate proof of ownership and pay current charges to claim vehicle. www.tdlr.texas.gov

Vin#1G1ZD5ST3JF151521 18 CHEV Owed $719.05 Vin#1HGCG1659XA007228 99 HONDA Owed $289.05

FULL TIME & PART TIME GROCERY STOCKERS GROCERY CHECKERS - DELI WORKERS APPLY IN PERSON ONLY - NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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c/o: George B. Barron Attorney at Law P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 77631-0279

Dated the 12th day of June, 2019.

George B. Barron George B. Barron Attorney for Executrix State Bar No.: 01817500 P.O. Box 279

THEME: SUMMER FUN

NOTICE: Vehicle stored at Gilbeaux’s Towing and Transport Inc. 058449 VSF 16527 Hwy 62 S. Orange, TX 77630 PH (409) 886-0007

HELP WANTED

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

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1. ‘70s hairdo 5. Used for Chinese cooking 8. Part of URL 11. *____-and-slide 12. Cone-shaped quarters 13. Formerly known as dropsy 15. “Les MisÈrables” author 16. Hissy fit 17. Sink hole 18. *It varies widely in different regions 20. One from the Magi 21. Native American emblem 22. Lavatory, abbr.

23. Like #21 or #37 in this crossword 26. Borrower’s warranty 29. Geological time period 30. Experienced sailor 33. Wraths 35. Turning abstract into real 37. Zippo 38. Carl Jung’s inner self 39. It’s considered abominable 40. Ticks off 42. Mightier than sword?

43. *Popular July 4th event 45. Climb Kilimanjaro, e.g.

47. Bigheadedness 48. Hawaiian veranda 50. Vegetarian’s protein source 52. *It won’t last long in the heat 55. Canada’s favorite tree 56. UN civil aviation agency 57. Another spelling for #54 Down, sing.

59. Listens to #19 Down 60. Accepted behavior 61. Copenhagen native 62. Flower precursor 63. D.C. time 64. Church part

1. *Bonfire residue 2. Mess up 3. Capital of Latvia 4. Porto, to many English-speaking tourists 5. Painful expression 6. Poppy product 7. *In need of a breeze 8. Like Beethoven 9. Fail to mention 10. *A farmer’s ____ 12. Sleeping sickness vector 13. Hoover’s middle name 14. *Blast from past in movie watching 19. ____-boots 22. Car nut 23. Bald eagle’s nest 24. Do like ivy 25. Yogurt-based dip 26. Cobbler’s concern 27. Nonsense 28. Red Sea nation 31. Actress Hathaway 32. Mammoth site, e.g.

34. *Summer castle material 36. *Light bearer 38. Very, in music 40. Big fuss 41. Kidnapper’s demand 44. Fits of shivering 46. *Noisy insect 48. El Pollo ____, pl.

49. Not together 50. Off-limits 51. Newspaper piece 52. Conifer 53. Like 2016 54. Ages and ages 55. Flash dancers 58. Born, in society pages

CLASSIFIEDS • ANNOUNCEMENTS • NOTICES 409-886-7183 or 409-735-5305

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Be a Man. Get Checked.

“There is a silent health crisis in America… It’s the fact that, on average, American men live sicker and die younger than American women.” – Dr. David Gremillion, Men’s Health Network June is a great time to think about the men in your life as we celebrated Father’s Day just a few days ago. But June is also National Men’s Health Month and the very best gift any of us can give to ourselves, our friends and loved ones is the gift of good health.

Statistics reflect that men die at higher rates than women – almost Commissioner Bo Alfred Eddie Ray Brown Joe King five years earlier. This could be caused Beaumont Community Port Arthur Community Orange Community Cancer Chair Cancer Chair Cancer Chair by several concerning trends witnessed among American men. One startling statistic is that women are 100% more likely to visit the doctor for annual examinations and preventative services than men.

“Somewhere along the way, men became convinced that we don’t need medical interventions or that it would be better not to know what is going on in our bodies,” says Jefferson County Commissioner Everette “Bo” Alfred. “That simply isn’t true. With good nutrition, exercise and regular trips to the doctor, men can avoid some of the diseases that commonly harm us. And, the sooner we find out what is happening with our health, the better are our chances for doing something about it quickly and easily. It doesn’t pay to put off any health concerns you may have. Remember your wealth is your health. Men, if you are healthier, you are wealthier.”

The health risks and disparities experienced by men also stem from a lack of healthcare. Studies indicate that men are significantly less likely to have health insurance than women. Many men without health insurance or with prohibitively expensive insurance policies aren’t aware that there are services available to help them receive lifesaving medical care regardless of their ability to pay.

“I think men often think that there’s nothing they can do about their health because they can’t afford it,” says Joe King, prostate cancer survivor and Gift of Life advocate. “However, there are many services and organizations out there to help men. In Southeast Texas, we are fortunate to have the Gift of Life, which provides free health screenings for local men in need. I love volunteer-

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ing with them because I want to show other men that there is help available! Don’t be afraid to reach out!”

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, apart from skin cancer. About one in every nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and one in 41 men will die of the disease.

This is truly devastating because prostate cancer is a highly treatable cancer. The five-year survival rate for localized prostate cancer that is diagnosed early is nearly 100%. With simple prostate cancer screenings available, like the prostate-specific antigen blood test, men can easily protect their lives from the potential danger of the disease.

“I tell everyone I meet about the Gift of Life,” says prostate cancer survivor Eddie Ray Brown.

“They truly save lives. I was going through a difficult time and they were there for me. They not only helped me cope with my prostate cancer, but they improved my quality of life. I can attend prostate cancer support group meetings and talk with men going through the same thing I’m experiencing. And, I can give back and help other men get the help they need. The Gift of Life is a blessing and more men need to take advantage of it.”

This June, the Gift of Life is providing more than 500 men with $300 worth of free Men’s Health tests, including prostate cancer screenings, primary care tests (blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, HIV, Hepatitis C) and a consultation with a physician at convenient locations in Beaumont, where nearly 250 men were screened on June 8; Port Arthur, on June 22 at the Carl Parker Center; and Orange, on June 29 at the J. Michael & Bridget Shahan Event Facility at Lamar state College Orange. Screenings are conducted from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Local men residing within seven Southeast Texas counties can attend any screening site; Hispanic and Vietnamese translators are available; and transportation will be provided, if needed. At each event there are giveaways, door prizes and refreshments.

Eligible men are urged to pre-register by calling 409.833.3663 or visiting giftoflifebmt.org.

Walk-in clients will be accepted as accommodations allow.

We hope you will join us for this important opportunity to turn your health around this June.

Together we echo the same message: Be a man. Get checked!

Sincerely, Commissioner Everette “Bo” Alfred, Beaumont Community Chair Eddie Ray Brown, Port Arthur Community Chair Joe King, Orange Community Chair

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