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SPORTS

ORANGE COUNTY

Outdoors HUNTING & FISHING

Commentary

FISHING

Kaz’s Korner

Capt. Dickie Colburn Page 1 Section B

Capt. Chuck Uzzle Page 2 Section B

RELIGION & LOCAL CHURCH GUIDE

Joe Kazmar Page 1 Section B

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Vol. 58 No. 58

Distributed FREE To The Citizens of Bridge City and Orangefield

Week of Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Pro fishermen return for Bassmaster Open Dave Rogers

For The Record

High-dollar pro bass fishing returns to the Sabine River Thursday, Friday and Saturday, meaning the area around the Orange Boat Ramp will be a beehive of activity. Tents and trailers and carnival rides were being set up Tuesday. Motel traffic was picking up along with wait times at area restaurants. The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open will put almost 400 fishermen on the water in 192 boats from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with the field being cut to the top 12 pros and coanglers for Saturday’s finale, with the fishing schedule the same. The winning pro will take home about $50,000 in cash and prizes while the top coangler wins $25,000 in prizes. “We have about 395 anglers from out of town here this week practicing for the tournament,” County Commissioner John Gothia said Tuesday. “More importantly, they’re staying in our hotels and eat-

ing in our restaurants – spending money. “And we have some great family events planned.” Gothia The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce coordinates the event, along with the B.A.S.S. tournament organization and hotel occupancy tax monies from the city of Orange and Orange County. Attendance is free. Weigh-ins will be held each day at 3 p.m. and live music is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A kids’ carnival, shows by Gator Country, and a kids’ fishing tank will keep the young ones busy. Food vendors will be on site. The entertainment schedule has local bands Friday – Curse and the Cure at 6 p.m.; LN and The Crush at 7:303 p.m.; The Ruxpins at 9 p.m. Saturday, Britt Godwin & Company will open at 6 p.m., followed by Colt Ford at 7:30 p.m. Gator Country Shows are

Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitive arrested Staff Report

For The Record

AUSTIN – Agapito Salinas, 45, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, is now in custody after being captured June 8 in Alma, Ga. Salinas, a confirmed Texas Syndicate gang member, was wanted for parole violation. The arrest was not the result of tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers, and no reward will be paid.

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Working off investigative information, members of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Georgia took Salinas into custody. The Bacon County Sheriff’s Office and Appling County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the apprehension. The investigation resulting in Salinas’ arrest was a multi-agency effort that also involved members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force, including DPS Special Agents from Brownsville. Salinas had been wanted since April 2015. In 2003, Salinas was convicted in Dallas County of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In the 1990s, Salinas also served time in prison on multiple occasions for drug and burglary convictions. For more information, see his captured bulletin at: http://www. dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/fugitiveDetails. aspx?id=354. So far in 2017, DPS and other agencies have arrested 13 Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders, including seven sex offenders and six gang members, and $35,500 in rewards have been paid for tips that resulted in arrests.

set for 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday with the Kids’ Fish Tank open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and

Saturday. “There will be a lot of activities other than the fishing going on every day that you’ll

see at the weigh-in,” Gothia said. “Of course, it’s a fun, family-filled event. We want people to come and have a

good time.” Orange Bassmasters

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Judice named ‘Father of the Year’

Al Judice, center, is surrounded by family members Tuesday after he was named Father of the Year by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce.

Staff Report

For The Record

Putting children first makes Al Judice III the first “Father of the Year” named by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce. Judice, a 30-year resident of Bridge City and recently retired from a 35-year career working at and, eventually, running, his family’s Judice’s French Market in Port Arthur, was awarded the honor at the Bridge City Chamber’s June Networking Coffee hosted by Golden Triangle Emergency Center. Mayor Pro-Tem Tammi Fisette read and official proclamation naming Judice 2017 Father of the Year. A native of Port Arthur, he spent his career at Judice’s French Market, like his father and grandfather, who opened the grocery specializing in Cajun meats in

1927. Over the years, he has owned and operated other businesses, including a maritime delivery service and game rooms, and dabbled in real estate. Judice attended Thomas Jefferson High School. He married his wife Michelle in 1987, the same year he moved to Bridge City. The couple has four children, sons Al IV and Nickolas and daughters Alicia and Nikita, and five grandchildren. “Of all his endeavors in life, he wholeheartedly rates his children, grandchildren, and all children he is around as the most precious and enjoyable,” Michelle Judice wrote. “While various chapters in Al’s life have opened and closed,” she continued, “he always puts children first and focused on being a good role model. “His passion for and dedication to

family have never swayed.” Besides a title and official city proclamation, Judice received more than $1,000 worth of gift certificates and prizes from the Bridge City Chamber for being its first Father of the Year. Generous sponsors included: Anytime Fitness, Barfield Home Inspections and Pest Control, Bridge City Public Library, Candace Aras-RE/MAX ONE, Caryn’s Bakery, Energy Country Ford, Neches Federal Credit Union, Rani Dillow-Westin Mortgage Group, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Sabine River Ford, Sherry Hommel RE/MAX ONE, Tico’s Cuban Cafe, and Tiger Rock Martial Arts Bridge City. The Father of the Year will receive dignitary status in the Bridge City Christmas Light Parade and be recognized at the Bridge City Chamber’s Annual Banquet.

Lions salute service on 80th birthday Dave Rogers

For The Record

The motto of the Lions Club is “We Serve.” It was only fitting then that Monday members noted the 80th anniversary of the Orange Lions Club by celebrating the completion of a service project. “Cody’s Project” was the building of a wheelchair ramp and the construction of a large brick patio and walkway to assist Cody Dunaway of Orange, who has Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic and neurological disorder. Several workdays for about two dozen Lions members and other volunteers went into the estimated 500 man-hours required to provide the level surface and ramp needed for Cody to get from his front door to the school bus each day. The Lions called on veterans from the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce and Ambassadors for a Mon-

3,670 brick 6x6-inch pavers – contributed material and equipment to the effort. They were all recognized both at the ribbon cutting and at the Lions Club meeting that followed at the Brown Center. The focus of the meeting, of course, was recognizing the club for its 80 years of continuous service to Orange County. Rusty Honeycutt, this year’s president, noted that the local anniversary coincided with the 100th birthday of Lions International. He and vice president Chris Gunstream displayed the Orange Lions Club’s framed Lion Rusty Honeycutt, president, and Lion Chris Gunstream, first charter from 1927 and noted vice president, display the Orange Lions Club 1927 charter which that it carries the signature of was signed by Melvin Jones, founder of Lions Clubs International, Melvin Jones, the founder of as part of the club’s 80th anniversary celebration. Lions Club International. Also on that 1927 document day evening “ribbon cutting” Cody’s parents. were the names of the charter for the project. While the Lions provided members of the local club. In “It’s good to have a commu- much elbow grease assistance alphabetic order: nity that actually gets together to this project first envisioned Curtis Beaty, Dr. S. Bock, and helps people out,” said by Don Dunaway, a number of A.F. Burns, Dan Cable Jr., W.L. Tabitha Yust, Cody’s mom. donors – including Sabine She and Don Dunaway are River Ford, which donated the LIONS CELEBRATE Page 3A

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