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Week of Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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New restaurants roll with punches The Boardwalk Grille, a couple of years into its startup on Fifth Street in downtown Orange, has extended its days and hours of operation to 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday and is meeting the demand for to-go dining and deliveries.

“Honestly, it’s hit or miss,”

owner Lacey Lemoine said.

“Every day is different. You kind of roll with it.”

High Tides was open for nine days at the foot of the Texas 87 Cow Bayou bridge before local restaurants were told to close their dining.

“That first week after the Grand Opening, we got beat up pretty badly,” owner Wes-

ley Dishon said, meaning his staff was nearly overwhelmed by the crowds.

“Even with 77 employees, we were swamped. We were probably pushing 250 people.”

Dishon’s restaurant was offering live music three nights a week with open-air dining downstairs and air-

conditioned comfort upstairs.

Now, it is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Even with the switch to carry-out dining, he said, “we’re exceeding our expectations, so far.”

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Seniors await ‘play ball!’ call Wesley Dishon says his family’s High Tides restaurant on Cow Bayou is staying busy with carryout orders of food and drinks during a ban on in-store dining caused by the coronavirus. He said he’s considering adding on to the double-decker eatery that opened about a month ago.

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DAVE ROGERS For The Record

Innovation and adaptation are the marching orders of the “new normal” in 2020.

A couple of Orange County restaurants are making them work, even with restaurants being closed to all but takeout dining by govern-

ment orders designed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The brand-spanking-new High Tides restaurant in Bridge City has not laid off any of its 77 employees and owner Wesley Dishon is talking about adding on to his double-decker dockside eatery.

Remote learning transition smooth at LSCO DAVE ROGERS For The Record

Thanks to a ton of bad weather in recent years (think hurricanes and tropical storms), students and faculty at Lamar State College Orange are no strangers to challenging educational experiences.

But with the campus closed until at least the end of May by state and national health protocols, the only face-to-face talks students are having with their teachers are via the internet on computer screens.

“I would much rather be face-to-face with my students, but what we have is close,” says Dal Moreau, a practicing psychologist who has taught psychology at LSCO for 11 years.

The campus is using Blackboard, an educational software system that has been adopted by 75 percent of all U.S. colleges and universities and quite a few public school systems as well.

Blackboard Collaborate is a program much like Zoom that allows for live-time video chats.

“If we had to have another way to do it, this is a great one,” Moreau said. “Blackboard is a great platform for that.”

Amy Moore, public information director at LSCO, reported Tuesday that the transition the school made from on-campus teaching to

online has been smooth.

“Remote education is going pretty well,” she said.

“Because of all the storms, most of the faculty is used to teaching online. All the faculty able to work online are doing their classes remotely and pretty much have not skipped a beat.

“Classes like art and hands-on workforce classes are not able to meet. We’re not able to let those students on campus right now. The plan is to let them finish when we can safely allow them on campus.”

Henry Ramsey, a fourthyear process technology instructor, is one teacher who was familiar with online teaching. But he is glad the decision was made to give LSCO teachers the week after spring break to expand their toolbox.

“I use Blackboard and I had gone through training on Collaborate before this,” Ramsey said.

“With this happening, they offered a lot more training on how to use it, how to get out information. It changes the testing, going from a closed-book, in-front-of-you situation to a take-home, open-book.

“They gave us help on setting it up. Even now, ‘Who needs a headset? A webcam?

Who needs a computer?’”

Not all pf Ramsey’s students have the internet.

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DAVE ROGERS For The Record

The COVID-19 viral pandemic has made the spring of 2020 one that no one will forget.

Meanwhile, the baseball players at Bridge City still haven’t given up their hopes of making vastly different memories.

Coach Chad Landry’s Cardinals were 15-0-1 and ranked No. 1 in the state’s Class 4A ranks when the University of Interscholastic League ordered a halt to Texas high school sports March 19 as the new coronavirus began to spread across the United States.

Unlike college sports, which put a permanent end to spring sports for 2020, the UIL has so far refused to wipe out the 2020 spring sports championship chase.

Texas’ governing body for school competition said in its latest (April 3) release, it is “further modifying contingency plans based on schools reopening May 4.”

“We’re just like everybody else, just biding our time,” Landry said.

The wait and uncertainty is a tiresome and nervous process.

“I can only mow the baseball and softball outfields so many times,” he said.

UIL rules do not allow him to work with his players.

Players can’t even hold their own small-group workouts, he said.

“You have to be 18 to be out of your house and you

Bridge City head baseball coach Chad Landry meets with his state ranked Cardinals on the mound during the final game of the Jasper Tournament against Nederland on March 14. Big Red pounded Nederland 8-3. It would be the final game for the playoff bound Bridge City.

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can’t be with anybody else that’s not 18,” Landry said, speaking of the Stay-atHome, Stay Safe emergency orders in force in Orange County and much of the country.

“Honestly, I think there’s a lot of dads finding the old gloves. The kids are playing catch with their dads.

“We had a kid send us video of his dad hitting him ground balls in the front yard.”

The UIL allows coaches to send instructions for workouts to their players, but Landry doesn’t see the need.

“Basically, we’ve just been kind of leaving it up to our

own guys,” he said. “We trust that they’ll get their work in.

“Mainly I’m just communicating with our guys, touching base to see how they’re doing, staying in touch with everybody.”

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OC breaks down its COVID-19 results DAVE ROGERS For The Record

Orange County’s Office of Emergency Management debuted on its Facebook page Tuesday a new grid to better pinpoint areas of testing and confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Among the many squabbles on the ever-shifting battlefield that has been local, state and federal decrees regarding the new coronavirus has been one of geographics.

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Exactly where does the public’s right to know bump into a person’s right to privacy?

So far, public health agencies have erred on the side of caution, meaning Southeast Texans have received only general geographic information about people who been tested and confirmed to have COVID-19.

That has led to a lot of questions.

But Orange County Judge John Gothia said Tuesday Orange County and presumably the six-county Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations Center, will begin to more narrowly define the residence of those with confirmed cases.

Tuesday’s solution?

After the SETREO listed eight Orange County jurisdictions with confirmed cases Sunday, the same agency listed only four OC jurisdictions with confirmed cases Monday.

Tuesday, 11 geographic ar-

eas inside the county were listed.

Tuesday’s list includes 31 positive tests for the county, including seven in Vidor, six in “Orange area,” four each in “Orangefield area” and “Pine Forest area,” two each in “Bridge City area,” “Little Cypress area” and “Mauriceville area” and one each in “Forest Heights area,” “Lakeview area,” “McLewis area” and West Orange.

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TEXAS NEWS

The Texas real estate market is headed for a slowdown.

The question is for how long.

Experts are concerned for regions like Houston and the Permian Basin, which might feel the economic effects not only of the pandemic, but also of the low price of oil.

JUAN PABLO GARNHAM THE TEXAS TRIBUNE As Texans adjust to life under orders to stay at home during the new coronavirus pandemic — and scramble to cover expenses with incomes that were drastically cut or abruptly shut off — housing and real estate experts say it’s hard to predict what the parallel public health and economic crises will do to home values and sales.

A lot depends on how long the twin troubles last.

“We definitely will have a slowdown, but the question is how much and how long,” said Scott Norman, executive director of the Texas Association of Builders.

That’s a sudden about-face for what had been, until now, one of the most dynamic real estate markets in the country. The state has had five consecutive years breaking records in terms of numbers of houses sold and median prices, according to Texas Realtors. And Texas’ homebuilding industry has been solid, too; no other state had more building permits in 2019, according to census data.

Luis Torres, an economist with the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, said that the housing sector can be a barometer for the economy as a whole because it affects jobs of laborers, builders, realtors and a litany of other professions.

“And it has a multiplier effect into the rest of the economy, from moving companies to furniture stores,” Torres said.

Already, experts are seeing slowdowns in home showings — which are now largely done virtually — and expect that permits for new construction might also drop.

For regions whose residents rely largely on the energy industry for work, like Houston or the Permian Basin, or on cross-border trade, like the Rio Grande Valley, home values and sales may dip more than in other Texas re-

the same for at least two months. The Texas Supreme Court also halted evictions until April 30, and many local governments extended similar measures.

But some fear these policies are postponing a larger problem: the delinquencies that might come from unemployed homeowners.

“That’s when you can have falling prices,” Torres said. “[Homeowners] might try to sell a home at the best price that they can, and that might be with a discount, and that could have an effect on home values.”

Comptroller Glenn Hegar said last month that the

The Record Newspapers of Orange County, Texas According to the Houston Association of Realtors, new home listings of single-family homes decreased 4.8% last month when compared with March 2019. But, at the same time, home prices increased 3.6%.

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gions. And those areas may take longer to recover, too.

In Houston, there are already fewer people putting homes on the market, but home values among houses sold have actually improved.

According to the Houston Association of Realtors, new home listings of single-family homes decreased 4.8% last month when compared with March 2019. But, at the same time, home prices increased 3.6%.

“Housing markets will be hit differently depending on the region. Yes, Houston would be hit harder, but Midland-Odessa would be hit even more,” said Torres.

“Smaller economies are more volatile because they are less diversified.”

Another area that might see an economic downturn is the border because of a slowdown in commercial trade with Mexico. “[Regions] like El Paso, McAllen, Laredo and Brownsville will also be hit hard because they weren’t doing that well before the COVID-19 sudden stop, and their economies will also be

affected by the recession in the Mexican economy,” Torres said.

Statewide, physical home showings are down between 38% and 44%, according to Texas Realtors Chairman Cindi Bulla.

“We don’t yet know what percentage of that downturn is a reflection of our members’ commitment to narrowing down selections through virtual showings, sellers declining to allow their homes to be shown, or buyers unwilling or unable to move forward at this time,” Bulla said.

Statewide home sales data for March is not available yet, but researchers say prices should be stable, at least in the first months of the crisis.

“Home prices are sticky, and it’s difficult for them to decline drastically,” said Torres. “Economists are now expecting a U-shaped recession and recovery.”

What happens with Texans’ jobs after the public health crisis subsides will be a key driver of what happens with home sales and values.

“It’s too soon to predict the market impact of this disruption, but its duration will be highly determinant,”said Bulla. “Demand is heavily influenced by employment numbers, and those numbers will depend on how long our employers can sustain under shelter-in-place orders.”

In the meantime, the Department of Housing and Urban Development suspended foreclosures and evictions for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration until the end of April.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two governmentsponsored institutions that back mortgages, are doing

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Texas sees spike in known COVID-19 cases Staff Report For The Record

The number of known COVID-19 cases jumped by 986 in a 24-hour span, a record for Texas, according to the latest data from the Department of State Health Services.

The health agency refreshes the number each day, meaning it’s not yet possible to view day-by-day changes and compare cases over time through its website.

But data tracked by the American-Statesman since early March showed that the second highest number of new coronavirus cases in one day was from Friday to Saturday, when the known case count grew by 780.

The state also reported 88,649 total tests, or 3,292 new tests since yesterday the American-Statesman reports.

The coronavirus death toll in Texas climbed to 154 on Tuesday, a 14-person increase in the last 24 hours, according to the health agency.

Fatalities in the state have risen by 113 people since last Tuesday, a more than 275% increase in the past week.

Harris County reported the highest number of coro-

state’s unemployment rate could be headed for double digits, which could exceed the historic high of 1986’s 9.2% unemployment rate.

Torres said that banks need to prepare for this scenario by, for example, giving two or three months free of pay and then adding them at the end of the contract. But even that might not be enough for people who are unemployed for longer periods of time.

“Mortgage debt will continue to exist and is not going away,” said Torres. “This is going to be an important issue that we are going to face after the sudden stop [of the economy] ends.”

navirus-related deaths in the state, with 22 fatalities. Dallas County reported 18, and Tarrant County reported 13.

Travis County health officials reported 502 positive tests for the coronavirus on Monday, with 76 hospitalizations. The county updates its daily count each evening, while the Department of State Health Services reports its numbers at noon every day.

The spike in cases and deaths comes as state and local officials grapple with how best to curb the spread of the disease.

As Austin officials announced Tuesday that all city parks and trails would be closed Easter weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott said all state parks and historical sites would temporarily close starting Tuesday at 5 p.m.

And the Texas Health and Human Services Commission adopted an emergency rule for end stage renal disease facilities to safely treat dialysis patients who have also tested positive for the coronavirus.

The rule made it possible for currently licensed end stage renal disease facilities to operate off-site outpatient sites without a new license in some cases. The move would

allow coronavirus patients on dialysis to be treated at a separate site to prevent the spread of the disease.

Those additional sites include unlicensed end stage renal disease facilities that closed within the past 36 months, transportable medical units, a physician’s office and an ambulatory surgery center or freestanding emergency medical care facility that is no longer licensed and closed within the past 36 months.

“This emergency rule will bolster our response to COVID-19 by reducing potential spread among patients at ESRD facilities,” Abbott said in a sstatement.

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Texas state troopers question motorists who enter the state from Louisiana Tuesday at the Welcome Center on the Texas side of the Sabine River.

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COVID-19 OC results Gothia said. “Say it says Vidor has 11 cases [which the SETREO did Monday], but they may not all be in the Vidor city limits.”

The problem, Gothia said, was that one public information office was attempting to deal with reports from the six member counties – Orange, Jefferson, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Tyler – and several health agencies per county.

The new Orange County OEM Facebook graphic has each of the 13 areas (including Pinehurst and Rose City, both of which show zero confirmed cases) broken down into six other categories – Positive Tests, Negative Tests, Pending Tests, Active Cases, Recovered Cases, Deceased.

Thankfully, Orange County still has zero COVID-19 deaths.

The other totals for the

county are 93 negative cases, 72 pending, 30 active cases, 1 case recovered.

County offices have all been closed since last weekend, when it was discovered that an employee of the Sheriff’s Office had tested positive.

“All our buildings are down until we know for sure they have been treated and decontaminated,” Gothia said. “When we open back up with the same skeleton crews we had working last week, we’ll make some changes on how county personnel moves around.”

The judge said employees will not be allowed to go freely between one county building and others.

“Unless they absolutely have to go to another building,” he said.

Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick Tuesday ordered the closing of all golf courses,

Restaurants “We’re actually doing very well. We’re going through a lot of crawfish. A lot of people are calling orders in. A lot of booze is being sold to go.

“We’ve been very, very busy. A lot of boat traffic, too.”

Like High Tides, Boardwalk Grille has been doing a booming business in crawfish.

On Saturdays, that’s all that chef Jake Lemoine prepares.

On the other days, the restaurant has launched a new menu with items both from its prior lunch and dinner menus.

The Lemoines’ location on Fifth Street is expected to be the predecessor of a large riverfront restaurant on the Sabine River riverfront boardwalk across the street.

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four senior players who have signed letters of intent to play Division I college baseball next year and a fifth is a junior – Sam Carpenter III – who just accepted a 2022 offer from Lamar University.

“These guys have been together since they were 8 or 9, and they’ve been successful every year,” Landry said.

“Even going back to when they were freshmen, they kind of overachieved. Four of them started as freshman and we made it to the fourth round of the playoffs.”

Senior shortstop Cameron Yadon and senior outfielder Tanner Wilson have signed for next year with Lamar University. Senior Peyton Havard, the team’s righthanded pitching ace, signed with the University of Louisiana and senior pitcher-infielder Logan Hamm has signed with Texas State.

Carpenter is the team’s catcher when he’s not pitching.

The Cardinals only trailed for four innings in their first 16 games. Their only nonwin was a tournament timelimit tie with Nederland.

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driving ranges and golf training centers but Gothia wasn’t crossing that bridge yet.

The Texas Department of Public Safety state troopers were checking on drivers of passenger cars and small work trucks at the Interstate 10 travel rest station at the state line but most were allowed through with a word and a wave.

Monday, county commissioners held an emergency meeting at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center and voted on new rules differentiating between a public health disaster such as the current one and a weather-related disaster like past hurricanes and tropical storms.

“We’re going to pay the people who don’t have a choice but work,” Gothia said of disaster pay.

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have delayed construction.

But the Boardwalk Grille has enjoyed a steady flow of diners in the meantime, joining the Old Orange Café as downtown eateries.

“We’ve adapted on our menu and added steaks,” Lacey Lemoine said, talking about the list of changes made, changes that include the Gubers delivery service.

“At this point, pretty much all we can do is adapt to what we can do,” she said. “We’re OK right now, as long as people support us.”

Dishon said his restaurant’s employees were handling deliveries and they are delivering to essential workers at plants, city offices and law enforcement offices, among others.

“I think we’re delivering within about 10 or 12 miles and we’re doing it ourselves,” he said. “We just figured

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we’d keep our people busy.”

He’s hoping the health crisis will abate soon and his restaurant can become the riverside attraction he envisioned it would become.

“We’ve got a couple of boat poker runs set up for the next couple of weeks,” he said, “so hopefully we can get back up and running. We had a couple of six- and eight-boat runs that came through last week.

“They picked up their food and sat out there [on their boats] and ate. Pretty interesting.”

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“I’ve got one student that doesn’t have an internet connection, so I’ve been mailing assignments to them on paper,” he said.

Ramsey said he’d asked his students to meet him on Blackboard Collaborate at the same time as their classes met at the school.

“Lamar Orange prides itself on being face to face,” he said. “My attendance online is down from what it was face-to-face, but I’m reaching out to the ones that haven’t been showing up.”

By contrast, Moreau’s students, numbering from 17 in one section to as many as 32 in another, have stuck with his classes.

His lessons are available 24-7.

“A good majority of my students work and they’re using the time they used to come to class to make some money,” Moreau said.

“I’ve tried to make mine mimic an online class. It’s available 24 hours a day.

They can work at 2 in the morning if they want to.”

The psychologist says the changeover from classroom teaching was tough.

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team batting average of .380, the coach said. Yadon leads the team with a .530 batting average and Havard’s earned run average is less than 1.00.

“Top to bottom, the numbers are kind of crazy,” Landry said. “It’s been fun.”

Landry has been coaching high school baseball for 18 years and says the only season interruption he can recall anything like this came in 2009, when schools were ordered to close because of the swine flu.

“In 2009, we only missed a week,” he said. “They cut the playoffs to one-game series and we played two rounds in one week.”

The coach said a survey of his peers revealed most said their teams would need about a week of practice before retaking the field.

If playoffs are scheduled two rounds per week, that’s OK. “We’d rather play too many games than not play at all,” he said. “Our mindset is that we’re going to finish.

“These seniors have waited four years. They can wait three more weeks.”

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From The Creaux’s Nest DAMN RIGHT I’M SCARED Throughout my life people have referred to me as being fearless. I admit I’ve taken some dangerous chances and I have been afraid before but I’ve never been as scared as I am over this pandemic. I know it’s a good chance it would be fatal to me and I’m not yet ready to go despite our idiot Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick saying us older folks should be willing to give our lives to save the economy. He wants the state open for business even if the young workers bring the virus home to us. Patrick is not alone; from the White House on down the main concern is the economy at election time in November. Anyway I’m being as cautious as I can be. I fear this monster that I can’t see. This is far different than facing a visible foe. My guess is that around 50,000 people in the U.S. will die before this passes. I pray that it’s not you or me. Come mid-June we should be back working but it won’t be business as normal. I believe it will be over a year before we can say we’re back to normal but not really like it’s been in the past. No one knows how this will end. The uncertainty may be as unsettling as the virus itself. What I’m sure of is that big changes are on the way and this era will seem like a bad dream. First we have to get through an election and a lot of healing. *****I have to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

TRUMP FAILS FIRST BIG TEST By the time Donald Trump proclaimed himself a War Time President, the United States was already on course to see more of its people die than the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined. The Trump Administration received its first formal notification of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China on Jan. 3 and yet it took Trump 70 days to quit denying the real threat. He squandered all that time listening to his friends Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and went to repeating their words, “The virus is a Democratic hoax, fanned by the media mob.” Trump repeated Rush by saying its no different than any other annual flu. Trump said, “Today we have 15 cases, in two days it will be zero, it will miraculously disappear.” Next he claimed it would go away in April, then come Easter the sun will shine, flowers will bloom and the churches will be filled with people and the economy will go up like a rocket. In the meantime, the Federal government did nothing. Trump, the War President, then declared he wouldn’t play a leading role that his federal government was only going to be a backup. Trump had done his part; he stopped people from coming from China.

That’s he and Hannity’s big claim now but 40,000 Chinese had already arrived. Trump shut the gate after the cow got out. The nation’s governors saw early on that they had no leadership at the top; Trump was sitting on his hands. California governor Gavin Newsom was the first to put out a guide that Trump later adopted. Newsom shut his state down and other governors followed. That has put them in the spotlight. Mike DeWine, of Ohio, Andrew Cuomo, of New York, Larry Hogan, of Maryland, Gretchen Whitmer, of Michigan and Abbott of Texas, all picked up the ball and ran with it saving many lives. They needed help from the federal government that was slow coming.

The states started bidding against each other for supplies.

Meanwhile, Jared Kushner said the government stockpile “is our supplies, the states are on their own.” Trump had no cohesive strategy and still has no clear plan going forward. Trump has failed the American people. Trump’s team wrestles with discourse and drama, it was marked with chaos from the beginning but in the earlier days it was mostly benign, it’s not now. Internal warring factions have been a defining characteristic of his administration.

On Tuesday White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grishman resigned after only nine month and without ever holding a formal press briefing. Few issues underscore tension as much as Trump’s repeatedly touting of the drug hydroxychloroquine. Rudy Giuliani has had Trump’s ear on promoting the drug. Trump’s government has already bought and stockpiled 26 million doses.

(There’s something in the woodpile in that deal.) Meanwhile, Trump holds a daily, mini-two-hour rally that’s suppose to be a virus briefing that takes about three minutes, the rest of the time Trump is on the political soapbox, while insisting the other speakers praise him for his leadership. Trump has failed to lead and history will not judge him kindly. He is not capable of rising to the occasion when the country needs a real leader.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2010 Happy 72nd wedding anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson King Dunn, who will celebrate their special day April 16. Seventy-two years may not be a record but it’s a darn good average. (Editor’s note: Since that time both have passed away.)*****Happy birthday to Connie Angelle, better half of Lee and mother of some good youngsters and great athletes.*****If Bridge City had a queen, it would be Mildred Hatton, who reaches the good age of 90 on April 20. Ms. Hatton is a BC pioneer, a wonderful lady and the mother of our friend Mike Hatton. (Editor’s note: Ms. Mildred passed away in 2011.)***** Happy birthday to some other special folks; Bill Nickum, a loyal friend, Kirby Cruse, the gal who keeps all the Ridley’s and husband George straight, Reatha Bradberry, Linda Claybar and

Sam Carpenter Jr. all celebrate this week. *****Happy belated birthday to lovely Patsy Peck, who celebrated April 12.*****Last week the old pipefitter Charles “Pappy” Ellis celebrated a birthday.*****Betty and Steve Hogg were married 65 years ago on IRS day, April 15.*****Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of military, church, government officers and his wife were killed in a devastating plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, Saturday, April 10. It’s a crushing blow to Poland. *****Twenty-nine men were killed in the Massey Energy Co. coalmine explosion April 5 in West Virginia.***** Texas Stadium was brought down by a ton of dynamite Sunday in Irving. Twenty thousand people watched the famous Cowboy stadium bite the dust.

Last week former Irving City Manager Jack Huffman told us it was ridiculous, the stadium could have had plenty of uses. ***** It was a clean sweep Friday night for Orangefield over Bridge City. Both boys and girls won. The Orangefield boys are for real. I was surprised at their hitting power, three homeruns, against Bridge City’s Matt Hicks, who allowed 10 hits. The three homers were hit by Jace Statum, Chase Angelle and Quinton Evans. Statum, an Aggie recruit and as good a left-handed pitcher as ever seen in these parts. Catcher Jacob Felts has the arm of a pro and when he swings the bat you feel the breeze in the stands. Orangefield 7-Bridge City 2.*****I believe Clint Landry is kin to more people in Orange County than anyone else. Now I learn that Mary Stanton is his cousin. He’s kin to all the Angelle’s plus coach Sam Moore and his son, Chad, coaches Bridge City baseball.*****In January 2009, the country was in the tank and a depression looked certain. Today, the Dow Jones is over 11,000 and the deficit is lower than it was a year ago. Democrats are turning the country around.*****The five top defensive backs up for the NFL draft are Eric Berry, Tenn., 5 ft.

11.5 inches, 211 lbs, (4.47 in the 40). No.2, Earl Thomas, Texas, 5 ft. 10.5 inches, 208 lbs, (4.41 in the 40). No.3, Joe Haden, Florida, 5 ft. 11 inches, 193 lbs. (4.50-40). No.4, Kyle Wilson, Boise State, 5 ft. 10 inches, 194 lbs. (4.48-40).

No. 5 Devin McCourty, Rutgers, 5 ft. 10.5 inches, 197 lbs., (4.48-40). Earl Thomas, a local star, is considered one of the very best safeties in the country.*****Orange County star Tracy Byrd is hanging up his guitar, sold his big bus and is giving up the road. His band has been dismantled and he canceled all future dates. Life on the road can get long and tiresome. Tracy wants to smell the roses and watch his three children grow. Like Garth Brooks, who also called it quits, Tracy is expected in time to make special appearances. He has a wealth of success. We wish him well.******Mark Dunn will represent the Historical Museum of Bridge City as a speaker during the Texas Historical Commission’s annual Historic Preservation Conference. In 2007 Dunn formed the Bridge City Citizens for Historic Preservation that was instrumental in preventing the demolition of the namesake 1940 Cow Bayou Swing Bridge and its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. He also has attained the historical marker for the rare swing bridge. The historical marker, the first in Bridge City, will arrive this summer. Dunn will speak Saturday morning during the session titled “Threatened Landmarks: Historic Bridges of Texas.” The topic includes how community preservationists can inspire love and commitment to preserve local history. Dunn is also a board member for the Orange County Historical Commission and president of the newly incorporated nonprofit Bridge City Museum.

my partner baked Lue’s pie according to directions with one exception, instead of store-bought vanilla, she used Port Commissioner Carol Holts’ pure, home made vanilla. He makes the vanilla from the bean. It’s the world’s best and is so pure it takes only a few drops, not a spoon full.

The pie came out great and delicious. If you didn’t keep last week’s paper you can get the recipe from Lue at Farmer’s Mercantile. Try it, you’ll love it.*****A few things going on and a few folks we know celebrating birthdays. Last Sunday was Palm Sunday. Our friend, former state representative Wayne Peveto, celebrated his 81st birthday. Attorney Sharon Bearden and Jack Smith, all so young just a few years ago are now all in their 80’s. Jack and Sharon still practice law, Wayne retired to the ranch a few years ago.*****April 8, starting at sundown, marks the first day of Passover. It also is the birthday of our Girl Friday’s little girl Angel Sehon, and also Cathy Riley, “Queen of the Stutters’.”*****April 10, Good Friday, banks, governments and other places will be closed. Celebrating birthdays on this day are Dr. Katie Olson, Barbara and David’s pride and joy. Also celebrating is John Jr.’s bride and Devra and Bobby’s lovely daughter Janet Montagne.*****April 11 finds Dwight Thacker’s son, David, celebrating a birthday. We’ve known David since he was in short pants.

Always has been a great youngster.*****April 12, is Easter Sunday. It will be the most unusual Easter that any of us have ever spent because of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

No Easter Egg hunts, no church services, no big gatherings at Grandma’s house. No chocolate bunny from Marlene. Celebrating a birthday today are Angie’s worse half, Don Breaux. Also having an Easter birthday is one of Pappy Ellis’ lovely daughters Patsy Peck.*****April 13 is the day that the Civil War started in 1861. It lasted just over four years until June 22, 1865.*****Celebrating birthdays is Connie Angelle and Jo Ann Collins. It’s been a few years since Jo Ann moved away. We hope she is doing okay. I understand her sister-in-law Sue still lives in Bridge City.*****Major hurricane season predicted. After yet another destructive hurricane season in 2019, top hurricane forecasters from Colorado State University on Thursday said we can expect major activity again this year. The season begins June 1. The nation’s top seasonal hurricane forecasters predict named tropical storms will form, eight of which will become hurricanes. Of eight predicted hurricanes, four are expected to spin into major hurricanes, category 3,4, or 5, with sustained wind speeds of 111 mph or greater.*****China continues to operate meat markets despite the world asking them to shut them down. They sell around 10 million dogs and four million cats a year, plus many wild animals including bats, a delicacy, believed to be the cause of Coronavirus. When eaten the virus is passed on to humans and spread around the world.*****Darrell and Sharon Segura of BC are sure proud of their daughter, Jackie. She has been chosen “Teacher of the Year” for Memorial High school Goose Creek ISD. This is the second school district that she has been awarded this honor. Her first was in Sugarland.*****I have had very little contact with anyone in the last few weeks. I did speak to Judge Derry Dunn and he and Jane are doing yard work to pass the time. Their son Mark is working out of a tent hospital in Oregon.*****Pam Scales Honeycutt always on the go says she is grounded and can’t stand it. She stays in touch via Tweeter.

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Brandy Block, Lorene Zoch, Melissa Pittman and Kaci McKay all celebrate birthdays on April 8.*****Trey Dubose, Kristi Trahan, Terri Brent, Tonya Burch and Adam Prosperie celebrate on April 9.*****On April 10, Austin Brent, K’Lynn Ess, Jayme Martin and Barbara Goins are a year older.*****April 11, celebrating on this day are Becky Myers, Chelsea McLemore, Jackie Schell, Patsy Evans and Amanda Ginn.*****Amanda Toups, Dora Ogden, Jill Lemoine, Jaclyn Phillips and Roy Mazzagate III celebrate on April 12.*****April 13, Bruce Peveto Roy Farias, Gene Bellard and Dawn Mason celebrate.*****April 14, Tiffani Thompson, Randy Renfrow, T-Lew Van Metre, Joy Learned and Kasie Moerbe are a year older today.

Bridge City B&PW holds “Spring Fling,” at St. Paul Methodist church. Thirty models appear in fashions from Town and Country. B&PW president is Jessie Hebert. Finalists in the Miss Bridge City Pageant were invited to model, along with last years Miss B.C. Sharon Gregory. Models are Theresa Hearn, new Miss Bridge City, Lori Chesson, Leslie Garrison, Laura Smith, Liz Godwin, Pam Demler, Sue Shanks, Melinda Bendy, Kim Vincent and Tina Sigler. *****Dot Eshbach, owner of the Kottage, says she employs a couple of Charlie’s Angels. She didn’t give their names. *****Awards were recently presented to 143 Levingston Shipbuilding employees.

Cecil Beeson did the honors. The employees total 2,230 years of service. Those with 20 to 35 years service were Clyde Breaux, Harold Cooper, Manuel G. Deleon, Floyd Heard, J.M. Kyle, Vernon Pennington, R.H. Rienheart, Hershel Anthony, C.J. Broussard, G.B. Bennefield, Curry Broussard, Emile Stewart, Frank Wallace, Edward Baker, Roy L. Halliburton, Harold Patillo, Luther Smith, Grover Squires, Joe Verchez and 15 other men. *****Uncle Jim McKay, 95, was a guest of Skipper Free.

Uncle Jim said he traveled the world, slept in boxcars and houses of ill repute but never slept in a waterbed, so Skipper let him sleep on her waterbed. The next morning, he said he felt like he needed a life preserver. *****Edna Breaux died at age 82. *****Running for office in the May 3 election for U.S. Congress are Charles Wilson and Allen Summers. E.L. “Ed” Parker and Fred Hill will make the run for sheriff. Democratic nominees for president are Jimmy Carter, Edward M. Kennedy and Jerry Brown. *****Celebrating birthdays are Leland Morrow, Janet Fontenot, Jo Amodeo and Pam Hoosier Kay who turns 20. *****Lisa Warden and Wesley Lewis will wed on May 2. *****In the Drainage District race Grover Scales and George Anderson ended in a tie. The race will continue in a runoff April 26. *****Imogene McKinney named president of the recently organized Senior Citizen Nutrition chapter of Bridge City. Other officers are Marie Hebert, Ruth Mulin, Eunice LaGrappe and Rose Billeaud. *****Bridge City’s Mark Kelly won the 120 high hurdles, the 330-yard intermediates and the high jump to advance to regional. *****Tommy Poindexter will be the area’s only girl representative in regional track competition after the Bridge City tracker won the 440 dash in Beaumont. *****Beth Dugas has announced auditions for her production of Neil Simon’s “California Suite,” to be presented at the Orange Community Playhouse, May 29-31. Roles are available for five men and six women. *****Leslie Neilson performs his sold out presentation of “Clarence Darrow” at the Lutcher Theater on April 21.

A FEW HAPPENINGS When an Orange County Sheriff Captain came down with Coronavirus it caused 29 Sheriff’s Office employees to go into 14 days of self quarantine. Sunday was spent disinfecting the jail. Meanwhile County Judge John Gothia has shut down the court house and administration building all week to disinfect because the employee had been in the buildings.*****In last week’s paper, in the “Farmer’s Wife” column, Lue ran a “Chocolate Fudge Pie” recipe. I had just shelled some of the pecans Wanda and Coach Les Johnson recently brought to us. Saturday

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CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Jude Comeaux and Sid Badeaux were sitting on Comeaux’s porch. Jude him, was holding his puppy. It had da body of a weenie dog, da hair of a poodle and da face of a chow.

Badeaux, him, couldn’t resist any longer. He axe, “Comeaux, wat kind of a dog is dat, hanh?”

“It’s a soma dog,” Comeaux answer.

“A soma dog, wat kind of dog is dat?” axe Badeaux.

Comeaux answer, “Mais, you know soma dis and soma dat.”

Comeaux went to da store for detergent. He pick one brand out. Da clerk axe, “Do you have a lot of dirty cloths to wash?”

“No, I need to wash my soma dog, me,” Comeaux answer.

Da clerk warn him dat da detergent is strong yea, “It will make da dog sick or kill it.

Comeaux kept it anyway.

Yesterday Comeaux went back to do store for to buy some beer. Da clerk axe, “How is you dog?”

“Oh, da dog him, died,” said Comeaux.

Da clerk says, “I told you so, about dat strong detergent, dat’s wat kill it hanh?”

“No I don’t ting so,” Comeaux answer, “I ting it was da spin cycle.”

C’EST TOUT NAVY WRONGFULLY FIRES CAPTAIN Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, has now apologized to Navy Captain Brett Crozier for calling him stupid and firing the 28-year veteran. Capt. Crozier had pleaded for help as the Coronavirus ravaged his ship, the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Secretary Modly resigned Tuesday after Trump threw him under the bus. One thousand sailors tested positive, as did Capt. Crozier. The New York Times reported that the order had come from Trump who said, “Get rid of him.” Trump had warned that all press releases about the virus would have to come from the White House. After getting a lot of heat, Trump is reviewing the case. The Captain has a great military record.*****My time is up, thanks for yours. A heartfelt thanks for your readership and loyalty. Take care, stay safe and God bless.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, April 8, 2020 5A

A Time To Be Sure Your Confidence (Faith) Is in God us the assurance of God as to who PASTOR CHARLES EMPEY He is to His sheep, true believers.

Guest Columnist Look at the Psalm I have quoted For The Record above. “God is our refuge…” When Psalm 46:1-3, 10 “God is our you trusted Christ as your Lord and refuge and strength, a very Savior, your soul was saved and enpresent help in trouble. 2 capsulated in Christ Himself, sealTherefore will not we fear, ing you for all eternity. He became though the earth be removed, instantly your “refuge” (your soul’s and though the mountains be hiding place). Your “soul” is you, my carried into the midst of the friend. This crazy world will finally sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Pastor Charles Empey have this body in death and the grave, but it cannot nor Satan himthough the mountains shake self have us. The Apostle Paul said it this way with the swelling thereof…10 Be still, and in 2 Corinthians 5…”To be absent from the know that I am God: I will be exalted among body is to be present with the Lord.” My the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” friend, let the world, which is not to be saved, How are you doing? spin out of control. Just Me, I’ve cut back on stay safe in your home, watching too much and as safe as you can news, just enough to outside and know Who keep me up. The world you belong to and therenews is obviously not in Who is watching over good right now. We are you right through death, being given death and if that comes. dying and shot in the If you will embrace dark predictions, seekthis in heart the next ing to give us hope of an Psalm 46; 1-3 part of the Verse is a no end to this thing. They, brainer…”Therefore will not we fear, though like any other flawed human being, can only the earth be removed, and though the mountell us what their limited view is, although, tains be carried into the midst of the sea:” they certainly have more insight than us, beand they will one day…a day sooner than we ing in the “war room” looking at data and reknow, but we are incapsulated in Jesus Christ ports. You nor I haven’t watched anything on the Lord.

Note the title “Lord.”

That means television that gives us a real peace and cermaster. He is our Master, the master of all of tainly not a continual peace.

My wife and I read a Psalm every night be- our personal existence which is eternal in Jefore going to sleep. Most of the Psalms give sus Christ the Lord (Rom. 6:23).

So, now I want you to meditate on that Verse 10. You’ll have to “Be still…” Sit in your favorite place and think upon Verse 10. Come to know that He, Jesus Christ our Lord is God, the sovereign God, in whom you are in…sovereign in that He is the All Mighty, the All Powerful one, who cannot be touched, nor destroyed and you are in Him, and have been saved in Him since the day you obeyed the call to the Gospel, repenting (turning) and believed on Him. This was demonstrated by obeying Romans 10:13 “For whosoever

shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” If you are not sure about this in your life, stand or sit still and bow your head and confess you are a sinner and have sinned against Him and commit to repent (turn) from that life and believe on and follow Him, and you will be saved. He loves to receive ANYONE with such sincerity. Psalm 46 will be yours. Don’t let this world get to you. Let Jesus our God get to you.

Charles Empey is the Pastor of Cove Baptist Church, Orange, TX.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Obituaries & Memorials Elizabeth Ann Kibbe, 62, Plano Elizabeth Ann Kibbe, 62, of Plano, Texas, passed away on April 2, 2020, at her mother’s home in Bridge City, Texas. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 9, 1957, she was the daughter of Robert L. Kibbe, Jr. and Patsy (Wade) Kibbe Gifford. Elizabeth worked as a CPA for Parkland Hospital in Dallas for many years. She was a supporter of Circle Drive Baptist Church in Bridge City. Elizabeth was a talented musician and accomplished pianist.

She loved gardening and spending time with her dogs, Lizzie, Oliver, Rosie, Cookie, and Stewart. Elizabeth will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert L. Kibbe, Jr. She is survived by her mother, Patsy Kibbe Gifford

of Bridge City; her siblings, Robert L. Kibbe, IV and wife Kay of Wasilla, Alaska, and Martha Garrett and husband Billy of Bridge City; her nieces and nephews, Fara and Ryan Grounds of Arlington, Virginia and Jason Wendt of New York, Joshua Kibbe of Dallas, Shawn and Kaylia Garrett of Nederland, Tory Garrett of Dallas, Brady and Ashley Garrett of Orange, and Courtney and Cory Hodge of Orange; as well as numerous other loving family members. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Texas Baptist Men, 5351 Catron Drive, Dallas, Texas 75227, or Wycliffe Bible Translators, P. O. Box 628200, Orlando, Florida 32862. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Lola Joan Scales Dodson, 84, Orange Joan, as she was known, came into this life on Friday, October 14, 1935, the fourth child of James Burlie and Clarice Laxson Scales and left to reunite with them again on April 1, 2020. Her early years were spent joyously roaming the prairies and woods with all of her relatives and friends at the homestead of her grandfather and grandmother, Jim and Mary Scales, where her family lived. Her schooling began at the age of 5 years at Prairie View Elementary in Orange County. She graduated from Orange Stark High in 1952 and went on to attend Lamar University, Texas Woman’s University and The University of South Carolina.

Her yearning for knowledge and exploring new places continued her full life. Joan was a great housekeeper and cook. Her work outside of the home was secretarial, assisting in running a family owned business, teaching school and real estate sales. She retired from outside work at the age of 66 but continued as a housekeeper. She and her husband Daniel married in 1973. With that marriage came

two beautiful young stepdaughters. Dan’s daughter, Donna Marie was very dear to her and became to be a great source of love and blessings. Her greatest earthly blessing was her marriage to Daniel, their daughter Mary Angelina, and her daughter, our granddaughter, Ayla Alexandria. Those proceeding her in death are her parents, James Burlie and Clarice Laxson Scales; brother, Ralph Edwin Scales; sisters-in-law, Sybil Goulas Scales and Ruth Anderson Scales; daughters, Tina and Gina Johnson; stepdaughter, Danna Cecile Dodson Jones; and mother-in-law, Marie Misco Roby. Surviving Joan in death are her husband, Daniel Dewey Dodson, Jr.; daughter, Mary Angelina Dodson; granddaughter, Ayla Alexandria Dodson-Hestand; stepdaughter, Donna Marie Dodson Jones; step-grandson, Daniel Lamar Jones; brothers, James B. Scales, Jr., and Harold Austin Scales; sister-in-law, Amelia Ulm Scales; and a beautiful host of nieces and nephews, both great and great-great.

Louis Curtis Harmon, 85, Beaumont Louis Curtis Harmon, 85, of Beaumont, passed away Saturday, April, 4, 2020 at his home, surrounded by his family.

He was born at home in Orangefield, TX on November 27, 1934, to Annie Hutchinson Harmon and George Joseph Harmon. After graduating from Orangefield High school, Louis worked in a variety of jobs including, the oilfields, DuPont Refinery in Orange, TX, Pipefitters Local Union 195, and in the oil industry in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the end of the 1970s, Louis designed and built a 60’ steel hull shrimp boat which he named the Melissa Dale, after his daughter and wife. Louis loved sports and was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan.

He also had a passion for dancing and helping others.

Louis was preceded in death by his wife, Dale Broussard Harmon, his parents, George and Annie Harmon, his siblings George Harmon, Jr., Laverne Harmon Denosowicz, Jack Harmon and Carol Ann Harmon; three nephews David Harmon, Jacklyn Harmon and Charlie Hillebrandt and one grandchild, Amber Fazio.

He is survived by his wife, Louise Fazio, sons, Steve Harmon and Dr. Kirk Harmon, daughter, Melissa Harmon Ernst and husband, Tim. Stepchildren: Bobby Joe Holcomb and wife Bonnie, ynn Fazio & Amelia Hebert, Tammy Fazio Stanfield and husband Brent. He had nine grandchildren: Ben Ernst and wife, Brittany, Sean Aucoin and wife, Helen, Brendi Ernst Richardson and husband, Drake, Brittany Harmon, Amber Harmon Schneider, and husband Josh, Dustin Fazio and wife Ashley, Sean Fowler, Crystal SanMartin and husband Dr. Jose SanMartin, and Ryden Stanfield. He had six great-grandchildren: Kate Ernst, Abigayle Ernst, Wyatt Ernst, Jax Ernst, Madeline Aucoin, Logan Schneider, Oliver Schneider, Landynn Fazio, Avery Fazio, Josesito SanMartin and Ana Lucia SanMartin.

A private burial service was held on Tuesday, April 07, 2020 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

A memorial will be scheduled at a later date.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, April 8, 2020

My ‘busy-as-a-bee’ life as an amateur beekeeper at 120F and melts at 140F) and where wax moths cannot get to them (really a tough job).

Ok, now it’s time to rest, well not quite yet. Fall brings a decrease in the queens egg laying, hives begin to decrease in number of bees in prep of winter. As the number on bees lowers the percentage of Varroa mites goes up as mite numbers don’t go down with the bee numbers.

This gives the mites an opportunity to overpower the hive and bring destruction.

The beekeeper must be vigilant and ready to treat to

LEN VANMARION

TAIS Master Beekeeper For The Record

Many years ago I started keeping Honey Bees as a way to pollinate a few blueberries I had managed to get to live.

After killing a few hives and struggling along I found some local beekeepers to mentor me, a program sponsored by the Texas Apiary Inspection Service and lots of books and U-Tube videos, I consider myself a hobby beekeeper.

Beekeeping in Spring is a busy time, bees are coming out of winter, exploding in numbers in preparation of a spring honey flow, swarms are showing up. As a beekeeper I’m splitting hives and checking to see if the bees have filled existing boxes and needing added boxes.

While spring is busy, winter is when a beekeeper makes it or breaks it. Winter is a critical time for two main reasons. First is our early warm days can trigger the queen to ramp up egg laying before the flowers have had time to burst forward with nectar. The results are a lot of hives that find themselves short of honey stores and begin to starve. The beekeeper must stay on his/her toes to catch these starving hives and begin feeding. The Second item for a beekeeper is cleaning, preparing and building wood-ware. For every hive in the field the beekeeper needs 1 in the barn plus an extra deep box with frames and foundation.

I have about 50 hives in the field most with 2 deep boxes as brood area. This means I need 50 bottom boards, 50 inner covers, 50 telescoping lids, 100 deep boxes and 1000 frames with foundation ready to go.

It’s easy to get behind in your preparation and if you ever get behind it’s almost impossible to catch up.

When the queen gets to laying 2000 eggs per day the hive can double in size every 20 days. When the main nectar flow starts in May a hive can add 100 pounds of honey in 14-15 days. So you really must be inspecting and checking your hives.

To add to all of the good things going on in your hives

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keep the mite numbers below 1 or 2 mites per 100 bees, the lower the better. This means inspect hives, test for mites and treat if needed.

Ok, I made it through fall now it’s time to rest. No. It’s winter and this is when your prep will make or break next year.

HELP your LOCAL Beekeeper. ONLY BUY from a real Local Texas Beekeeper.

Find us at “Real Texas Honey”, “Texas Beekeepers Association”, farmers markets, road side sales or call your local Agricultural Agent.

THE FARMER’S WIFE April 7-8 These are the very best days for planting flowers.

April 9,10,11 Good time to water

As a beekeeper I’m splitting hives and checking to see if the bees have filled existing boxes and needing added boxes.

there are several bad things that can happen also. The bee activity can allow the bottom board to become a collection point for debris and a location for Small Hive Beatles to get a foothold, and the Asian Varroa Mites are multiplying along with the new bee brood. The combination of mites and beatles can spell doom for a hive. If not really watchful the hive can look good and healthy at first glance and be a stinking nasty mess in only a couple of weeks.

Once you get through spring you begin to think I have this on my hip. Just to realize there are times in summer when there are NO flowers and the nectar dries up. The bees go into survival mode and begin consuming the nectar they stored up, however there are always really strong hives that decide it easier to go rob honey from weaker hives and to not consume their own honey stores.

These robbers can wipe out a weaker hive in just hours or a couple of days. Robbing can be stopped but you must see it to stop it. This means check, check, check your hives.

Finally it’s time to rob your hives to see if you can collect

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a little honey and maybe sell enough to support your hobby. You head into the field to find frames of honey each weighing about 10 pounds.

You survey the hive make your best estimate of how much to take and how much to leave the bees for winter.

You collect your frames of honey to realize a wood-ware deep box of honey weighs 100 pounds. You lug it to the truck and get another box.

Once finished collecting you head home to begin extracting the honey. If must all be extracted within a couple of days other wise those nasty hive beatles will lay eggs and hatch larva that can destroy your honey crop. So you work from daylight to ex-

haustion to get the honey uncapped and extracted.

Ok I’ve got the honey extracted and sealed in new white cleaned buckets. I still must bottle and sell but first I must deal with all the frames of wax after the honey is removed. These frames are precious to the beekeeper, each frame is an investment of about $3 plus time and effort for each frame and wax foundation. A investment by the bees in wax production and days of cell forming. If left unprotected wax moths will destroy these frames quickly. The frames must be cleaned (your bees will do this job for you) stored where they are kept somewhat cool (wax softens

Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW: If you are sick with COVID-19 or think you might have COVID-19, follow the steps below to help protect other people in your home and community.

Stay home except to get medical care • Stay home: Most people with COVID-19 have mild illness and are able to recover at home without medical care. Do not leave your home, except to get medical care. Do not visit public areas.

• Stay in touch with your doctor. Call before you get medical care. Be sure to get care if you have trouble breathing, or have any other emergency warning signs, or if you think it is an emergency.

• Avoid public transportation: Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis.

Separate yourself from other people in your home, this is known as home isolation • Stay away from others: As much as possible, stay away from others. You should stay in a specific “sick room” if possible, and away from other people in your home.

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Hello neighbors in this unusual time, I hope everyone is practicing the safety precautions that the CDC and Governor Abbott have put in place for everyone’s well being. Be safe and please follow the rules.

Fun Facts and Tidbits: April 7-14 This is the best week to plant, transplant, also plant flowers and grafting.

April 12-13 Destroy weeds and pest Recipe of the Week Fireman’ s Casserole 2 lbs potatoes, peeled, sliced 2 lbs link sausage 1 lb Velveeta cheese 2 can cream style corn Cooking Spray Preheat oven to 350 Spray large casserole dish Layer potatoes, sausage, cheese and corn.

Repeat layers and bake for approximately 1 hour or until potatoes are done.

If you are sick wear a facemask in the following situations, if available.

• If you are sick: You should wear a facemask, if available, when you are around other people (including before you enter a healthcare provider’s office).

• If you are caring for others: If the person who is sick is not able to wear a facemask (for example, because it causes trouble breathing), then as their caregiver, you should wear a facemask when in the same room with them. Visitors, other than caregivers, are not recommended.

Note: During a public health emergency, facemasks may be reserved for healthcare workers. You may need to improvise a facemask using a scarf or bandana.

Cover your coughs and sneezes • Cover: Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

• Dispose: Throw used tissues in a lined trash can.

• Wash hands: Immediately wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Clean your hands often • Wash hands: Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

This is especially important after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing; going to the bathroom; and before eating or preparing food.

• Hand sanitizer: If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, covering all surfaces of your hands and rubbing them together until they feel dry.

• Soap and water: Soap and water are the best option, especially if hands are visibly dirty.

• Avoid touching: Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Avoid sharing personal household items • Do not share: Do not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating utensils, towels, or bedding with other people in your home.

• Wash thoroughly after use: After using these items, wash them thoroughly with soap and water or put in the dishwasher.

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SPORTS AND OUTDOORS B Texas State Timeline uncertain for return of $port$ Parks Close to the Public THE RECORD

Joe Kazmar

KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR For The Record

Sea Rim State Park is among the Texas parks temporarily closed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Tuesday due to COVID-19.

STAFF REPORT For The Record

AUSTIN—At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas State Parks will be closed to the public effective at the close of business Tuesday, April 7 in order to maintain the safest environment for visitors, volunteers and staff. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will continue to stay current with the latest public health recommendations and will announce when a definite reopening date has been determined.

“Given the myriad of challenges and heightened risks of operating the parks at this time, we believe this is the best course of action right now in order to meet the health and safety expectations the state has set out for the citizens of Texas,” said Carter Smith, Executive Director of TPWD. “All state parks will remain temporarily closed until public health and safety conditions improve. During the closure, staff will continue to steward and care for the parks to ensure they can be immediately reopened to visitors at the appropriate time.”

Outdoor recreational opportunities such as hunting, fishing, biking, jogging, walking, hiking, wildlife viewing, and the like are essential activities for Texas citizens. TPWD will TEXAS STATE PARKS CLOSE Page 2B

It seems like each day the world fights the Coronavirus, the more annual sports events get postponed until next year.

The most recent biggie was the announcement Monday morning on ESPN’s “First Take” show that the 149th Open set for July 1619 has been canceled until next year and will be played at Royal St. George in 2021.

There actually will be professional baseball played this spring—the Korean League—which is set to begin April 21. But if one player tests positive for the virus, the league will halt all games for two weeks. Let’s see how this idea works out.

The 2020 NFL draft is still set for later this month, but will be done without any fanfare at the location. Instead, when a team makes its selection, the camera will switch to that team’s headquarters where the prospect will either be shown with the head coach or will have a Skype from his home.

However, NFL teams will have less information on these future pro football players, using game film, but not having medical in-

Houston Astros’ ace pitcher Justin Verlander and his wife Kate Upton revealed on an Instagram video Saturday that they’ll choose an organization each week to donate his entire paycheck.

formation or the personal interviews unless the player was invited to the scouting combines after the bowl games and national championship games were played.

Hall of Fame NFL coach Bill Polian, who spent 32 years constructing super teams for the Indianapolis Colts, believes it’s time to use his throwback approach.

“Really, all you need, and it’s especially true in a time like today, you need the game film, the physical exam, which may be difficult right now, and the mea-

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“So, if a player has been to the combine, that’s all you really need. If a player hasn’t been to the combine or is from a small school, then you’ve just got to go on the game film and you’d be slightly less accurate.”

Gone for the most part this year are access to inperson interviews, campus workouts and visits to team headquarters.

But Polian has a reassuring message for borderline

prospects. NFL teams have been unearthing talent for decades—many years with no combines and no pro days, the article concluded.

For what it’s worth, President Donald trump said he believes the NFL season will start on time in September, according to ESPN, during a conference call with sports commissioners.

The slowdown of the virus will have a huge bearing on college football this fall.

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TPWD Game Warden Field Notes . . .

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife law enforcement reports.

out of Montgomery County. The subject was arrested and placed in the Ellis County Jail.

Multiple charges pending.

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A Real County game warden assisted the Real County Sheriff’s Department on a call about a reckless driver that had been pulled over just south of Leakey. After the deputy made contact with the driver, he told the game warden the driver was acting very nervous. While the deputy was running the driver’s information the subject sped away and a pursuit ensued. Real County sheriff’s office, the game warden, the DPS trooper and the Real County Constable were involved in the pursuit. After pursuing the subject for about 5 miles south of Leakey the subject stopped and fled on foot. The driver ran towards the Frio river and jumped in the river. The game warden drove to the other side of the river to try and apprehend the subject, but the subject made it back across the river. A bystander told the warden where the subject crossed the river again, and he and the other officers began a search for the subject. While waiting for the Edwards County sheriff’s office K9 unit to arrive, the game warden was continuing the search when he heard someone sneeze in the tall grass. The warden began searching the area where he heard the sneeze and shortly after found the subject in a ditch covered up with grass. The subject was apprehended transported to the Real County Jail. The subject said he fled because he was scared and was out on bond. He also had two bags of marijuana stuffed in his boots.

What Happens at the Lake House Llano County game wardens responded to a shots fired call with deputies. Multiple callers stated an individual in a subdivision was shooting an automatic rifle at a buoy in the lake near houses and towards boats in the water. A rental house was located with eight people where the shooter was identified. The shooter admitted to hiding the rifle inside the residence. Consent was given to search the house which yielded the rifle, bags of marijuana, unprescribed Adderall, and psilocybin mushrooms. A total of five people were arrested for charges ranging from possession of marijuana, deadly conduct- 3rd degree felony, and possession of controlled substance 1>4 grams — 2nd degree felony.

Stop Methin’ Around An Ellis County game warden received a call from the Cedar Hill police chief to discuss issues and complaints they were receiving on a rural part of the city where their officers couldn’t easily access. After the game warden met with the chief and lieutenant, he patrolled the area and located a white truck trespassing with the driver still sitting in the vehicle. A meth pipe was in his hunting jacket and the suspect admitted to waiting on his friend to go hog hunting. The game warden located 1.6 grams of meth in the vehicle and a loaded 30-30 rifle. The suspect was a convicted felon and the rifle came back as stolen

While patrolling the San Jacinto River for fishing license violations in eastern Montgomery County, San Jacinto and Montgomery County game wardens heard a gunshot that sounded extremely close. After looking at a map, they noticed a pipeline about 50 yards away. As they made their way down the pipeline, the wardens noticed a pickup and ATV tucked away into the woods. While approaching the pickup, they witnessed two individuals tucking things into the toolbox of the truck. It appeared they had interrupted what was about to be a hunt without consent case. A bag of hog-wild attractant was found in the toolbox as well as a shotgun with buckshot and a rifle with a thermal scope. The ATV had been reported stolen out of Liberty County in 2018, so it was seized for further investigation. The registered owner of the ATV listed a guide on his hunting lease as his primary suspect. The guide just happened to be the same individual who was in possession of the ATV. Charges Pending.

Lights Out A Sabine County game warden observed a truck traveling on State Highway 87 near Milam, Texas with inoperable taillights and license plate lights. The warden initiated a traffic stop on the truck and upon contacting the driver and passenger, the warden located a white-tailed buck deer in the bed of the truck. After a brief interview, the warden was able to obtain a confession from the individuals. The deer was shot from the road with the aid of an artificial light. Both subjects were arrested for hunting white-tailed deer at night and hunting with the aid of artificial light. Cases Pending.

Food Truck Bandits While returning a recovered stolen game camera from a previous hunting case to the land manager of a local development company, a Montgomery County game warden learned that they had been having theft issues from the active construction areas on some of their development properties. The warden and a Grimes County game warden made a pass through the development while on routine patrol witnessed four individuals loading thousands of dollars of construction materials into the back of two pickup trucks.

When the wardens contacted the group, they claimed that an unnamed friend who worked there told them they could have what they were taking. The land manager was able to quickly contact the construction superintendent of the project who verified that no one other than him had the authority to give away material and he did not give anyone permission to take anything. All four individuals were arrested for theft $750-$2,500, a class A misdemeanor. Upon further questioning, the group caught stealing were discovered as the drivers of food trucks for several local developments, including the one they were caught in.

Kayayking in the spring at Sea Rim State Park is among the many outdoor activities being temporaririly postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texas State Parks Close

continue to do its part to actively encourage and promote these opportunities in ways that are safe and close to home, said Smith.

Through this trying time, TPWD has worked diligently to facilitate access to the outdoors across the state, including in the state park system, which hosted nearly 740,000 day and overnight visitors throughout the month of March.

Despite the implementation of increasingly restrictive visitor use measures to help minimize the transmission of COVID-19 at parks, TPWD has reached a point where public safety considerations of those in the parks, and in the surrounding communities, must take precedence over continued operations. Difficulty in ensuring compliance with social distancing, problems in maintaining adequate supplies and keeping park facilities sufficiently sanitized are only a few of the challenges encountered by state park staff.

While parks are closed to the public, staff will be working to help maintain the standard upkeep, maintenance, stewardship, and

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continued regular cleaning of site facilities.

The Texas State Parks Customer Service Center is currently working toward contacting customers with upcoming overnight reservations to reimburse stays booked through the reservation system. Group and facility reservations have been cancelled until April 30. Cancelled reservations will not be charged normal administrative fees.

Day passes purchased through the reservation system, not associated to the Texas State Parks Pass, will also be refunded without penalties. The Texas State Parks Customer Service Center will automatically process cancellations of both overnight and dayuse reservations. If your reservation is impacted by a facility or park closure, a Customer Service Center agent will contact you – you do not need to contact us. We are contacting customers in order of arrival date and appreciate your patience.

Questions regarding state park reservations can be emailed to customer.service@ tpwd.texas.gov and general park information can be found at TexasStateParks.org.

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ed Press, the athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the Coronavirus pandemic.

A recent survey of 130 athletic directors at major college football schools, 63 per- cent forecast a worst-case scenario in which their

revenues decrease by at least 20 percent during the 2020-21 school year. Even an abbreviated football season could cause schools to lose that much.

California governor Gavin Newsom said he does not expect NFL or college games to be played in

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Texas anglers take a ‘spin’

choices for throwing corkies also, the low gear ratio helps you slow down your retrieve and that generally translates into more fish.

I hope that after reading

this article you might look at fishing with a spinning rod a little differently, it is a great tool that can really help you catch more fish if you just give it a chance.

Chuck Uzzle

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“Howdy Tex” was a common greeting from other anglers as Bink Grimes and I strode down the sidewalk towards our waiting boat. “I wonder how they know we’re from Texas” I thought to myself, then I looked down at my rods and it hit me as gazed at the fist full of baitcasters. We were in Florida and baitcasters are a dead giveaway that you are from the Lone Star State, down in the Sunshine State spinning tackle rules the angling world. Now before you go get in a fired up huff and quit reading this article because you think it’s another one of those “Florida is superior to Texas” propaganda speeches take a minute to realize what the real story is about.

For whatever reason most die-hard Texas trout fanatics refuse to throw a spinning rod for any one of a myriad of reasons. Most testosterone junkies discount the gear as being for novices or beginners; nothing could be farther from the truth. Now I am not saying that the spinning rod is better than a baitcaster, let’s get that straight. I am saying however that the spinning rod is an overlooked and under utilized weapon in Texas saltwater.

By adding a spinning rod to your arsenal of baitcasters you can cover just about any type of fishing situation that comes up along the gulf coast.

When I first started guiding one of the most valuable pieces of information I got came from my good friend and mentor Capt. Dickie Colburn, he said “son, a man can make good living with a quality spinning rod”. Dickie should know because he has been doing just that for many years on both freshwater lakes and coastal bays. By using a light line presentation on a 6 foot spinning rod Dickie has caught more flounder than you can ever imagine. “The spinning rod is perfectly suited to throw the tiny road runner jigs and gitzits that flounder just ab-

Anglers like Dickie Coburn have understood for many years the benefits of spinning tackle.

solutely love,” said Colburn, “You just can’t fish those little baits on a regular baitcaster”.

Another area where the spinning rod shines is when the situation calls for delicate or subtle presentations, throwing weightless soft plastics over grass or when you are sight fishing. The ease at which an angler can cast these offerings with pinpoint accuracy and minimal splash results in more fish caught and less fish spooked.

I cannot tell you how many times this summer I switched from a baitcaster to a spinning rod just for the ability to throw a subtle bait at a finicky redfish, it worked like a

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Wade fishermen can also benefit from using a spinning rod, I know several anglers who carry both a baitcaster and a spinning rod while wading. The baitcaster

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Orange County Happenings & Events FBC BC Easter service First Baptist Church in Bridge City will be holding a “Drive In” Easter Service this Sunday, April 12th at 10:30 am in the church parking lot. The church is located at 200 W. Round Bunch in Bridge City. Everyone is welcome, please stay in your vehicle and remember social distancing. We will be set up outside and should have a radio station for you to tune into to hear everything. We will have to have an empty space between each car. Please join us.

Friends of the Depot to postpone event Because of the pandemic, the Friends of the Orange Depot has postponed the date of their fundraiser/community fun day, Depot Day, which was scheduled for Saturday, May 2. The event committee, headed by Rose Simar and Alicia Booker, had planned a carnival atmosphere on the grounds of the Orange Train Depot, with rides and activities for families in the Orange County area.

Also a new model train system is in the works for all to enjoy inside the reception area of the Depot. The committee is looking at a fall date, as soon as it is safe to hold the event.

BC/OF Ministerial Alliance relocates The BC/OF Ministerial Alliance will be open as a drive thru to handout food to those in need on Monday and Wednesday from 9am to noon. Our temporary location at Fellowship Baptist in Bridge City located at 1965 Miller Dr. (Off 408) in Bridge City. For more information please contact our office at 409735-8296.

Golden K Kiwanis to suspend meetings At the request of the National Office of Salvation Army, and other authorities there will not be any meetings held for any groups due to the Corona Virus outbreak our local Golden K is definitely suspending meetings through the month of April. All will be notified when we are permitted to convene again.

GOALS Spelling Bee rescheduled The annual Greater Orange Area Literacy Services (GOALS) Spelling Bee, now re scheduled due to the Corona Virus, for Friday, May 1, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) gym on Green Avenue. This spelling bee is the yearly fund raiser for GOALS, an established non-profit organization.

Bridge City Historical Society scholarship The Bridge City Historical Society is pleased to announce they will be awarding a $1,000.00 scholarship to a deserving Bridge City High School Senior graduating in the spring of 2020. Applications are available at the Bridge City High School counselor’s office and the Bridge City Chamber website.

The completed application must be mailed to the Historical Society on or before April 23, 2020 at Bridge City Historical Society, P.O. Box 3, Bridge City, Texas 77611. If you have any questions please contact Debbie Gregg at 409-988-1243.

Orange Al-Anon Al-Anon can help if someone close to you has a drinking problem. Al-Anon meets Sun days & Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. (Rear), Orange, TX 77632. Call Angela at 474-2171 or Jane at 409-670-2887 for more info. Calls are kept Confidential.

Dementia Care Givers’ Support Group The 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 Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Fundraiser

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is currently selling Durham Ellis Nuts. Pecan halves are $10.00/lb, Pecan Pieces are $9.75/ lb and walnut pieces are $8.25/lb. We also have delicious chocolate covered pecans for $9.25. Come and check out our inventory of nuts. Our phone number is 409-735-4573.

We are selling these nuts to further our music ministry by offering music scholarships to two Lamar University students.

AARP Taxied canceled AARP Taxaide has announced that all Taxaide sites in the country will be closed commencing March 16th until further notice. This includes the Orange Library Taxaide site.

Honor Student Luncheon canceled Due to COVID-19 the Chamber believes it is in the best interest of the students, staff, and sponsors to cancel the 2020 Honor Student Luncheon that was set for May 14th. If you have any questions please feel free to email president@orangetexaschamber.org or call 409-883-3536. The Chamber Office is temporarily closed, but we are able to get messages.

Bridge City Al-Anon Al-Anon meetings are held on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Library at St. Hen ry’s Catholic Church Education building, located at 475 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City. For more information, please contact Cindy at 409-749-9036 or Mike at 409-7180333.

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Why God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle Jon Bloom Staff writer, desiringGod.org

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aul wrote the letter we know as 2 Corinthians right on the tail end of an experience of severe suffering. Here’s how he described it: We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. (2 Corinthians 1:8–9) Paul doesn’t specify what his affliction was. He didn’t need to, since the letter’s carrier would have briefed the Corinthian believers on the painful details.

From the surrounding context (2 Corinthians 1:3–11), it sounds like he suffered persecution nearly to the point of execution. But in the merciful wisdom of the Holy Spirit, we don’t know for sure.

And this is a mercy because it encourages us to apply what Paul says in this section to “any affliction” (2 Corinthians 1:4).

But it’s important that we note the degree of Paul’s suffering.

This great saint, who seems to have had a much higher-than-average capacity to endure affliction, felt “so utterly burdened beyond [his] strength.” He thought this affliction would kill him.

It didn’t kill him (his lethal affliction was still eight to ten years in the future). But it did accomplish something else: Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. (2 Corinthians 1:9) Paul’s suffering brought him to

the end of himself: not just to the end of his bodily strength, but to the end of his earthly hopes and plans. He was staring death in the face. What could he trust at the end that would give him hope?

The God who raises the dead.

God of All Comfort Knowing the severity of Paul’s suffering and what it produced in him helps us better understand the comfort he testifies to in his opening words: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. (2 Corinthians 1:3–4) Although we know that Paul was delivered from this particular “deadly peril” (2 Corinthians 1:10), the deliverance from death wasn’t the primary comfort he received from God. Nor was it the primary comfort he wanted to give to others in their affliction.

The primary comfort was that at the very end, when death finally approaches, and there is no more hope of prolonging earthly life, there is one, great, death-defying hope for the Christian: the God who raises the dead.

We know that Paul is speaking of the comfort of resurrection hope because he goes on to say, “for as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too” (2 Corinthians 1:5).

Christ suffered death “for the joy that was set before him” (Hebrews 12:2), the comforting joy that he

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would be raised from the dead, and through him all who believe in him (John 5:24). And he was raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20), and therefore everyone who believes in him shall be as well, even though they die (John 11:25).

Comfort in Any Affliction But which of our sufferings qualify as sharing in Christ’s sufferings? If the affliction Paul experienced in Asia was indeed persecution, it’s easy to make that connection. But what if our afflictions don’t fall into that category?

I believe the answer lies in Paul’s point that the “God of all comfort . . . comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction” (2 Corinthians 1:3–4).

All and any are comprehensive words.

We know just from this particular letter that Paul had other kinds of suffering in mind than just persecution. There’s his list of various dangers and deprivations he endured (2 Corinthians 11:25–28), and there’s his “thorn . . . in the flesh” (2 Corinthians 12:7), which I take to be some kind of physical malady or disability.

But the Bible’s category of afflictions extends far wider. Just a sampling would include the affliction and grief of illness and death (like Lazarus in John 11 and Epaphroditus in Philippians 2:25–27), the anguish of what feels like spiritual desertion (Psalm 22), the disillusioning confusion when circumstances appear as if God is not keeping his promise (Psalm 89), the disorientation of undergoing serious

doubt (Psalm 73), or the agony of prolonged and dark depression (Psalm 88).

All of these experiences and more are forms of suffering — many of which Jesus himself experienced, and all of which he cares very much about. What makes “all our affliction” a sharing in Christ’s sufferings is that when they befall us, we turn in faith to “him [on whom] we have set our hope” for the deliverance he intends to provide for us (2 Corinthians 1:10).

That’s actually one of the most important outcomes that God intends for “all our affliction” to produce: “to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:9). It’s not the only outcome. As John Piper says, “God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.”

But when it comes to our ultimate joy and comfort, few are more important than weaning our trust off ourselves and placing it onto God. In fact, that’s why sometimes our afflictions come as God’s unexpected answers to our prayers, and therefore at first unrecognized. When we ask God to increase our desire for him and our faith in him and our love for him and our joy in him, we imagine how wonderful the answers would be to experience. But we don’t always anticipate what the process of transforming our desires and trusts and affections and joys will require.

Sometimes, it requires afflictions to reveal ways we rely on ourselves or idols or false hopes

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perience this comfort, to help us set our real, ultimate hope on God, is worth it. It really is. I don’t say this lightly. I know some of the painful process of such transformation. I’ve received some of the unexpected answers of God to my prayers. But the comfort God brings infuses all temporal comforts with profound hope. And when all earthly comforts finally fail, it is the one comfort that will remain.

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instead of God. In and of itself, God does not enjoy afflicting his children (Lamentations 3:33), but when necessary, as a loving Father, he will discipline us (Hebrews 12:7–10). But God’s purposes in such discipline are always for our good, even though at the moment they are painful, because they ultimately produce profound hope and joy (Hebrews 12:11).

This is why Paul, who during his affliction had been “so utterly burdened beyond [his] strength that [he] despaired of life,” ended up exulting in his heavenly Father as the “God of all comfort.” As a result of his suffering, he experienced a more profound reliance on the God who raises the dead, which brought him a comfort that nothing else in the world affords.

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