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Vol. 52 No. 8 The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Pinehurstswears inmayor,councilmen

Changes on the Pinehurst City Council were the major orders of business at the meet-ing Tuesday May 22.

Outgoing mayor T.W. Per-menter and outgoing council member Bob Williams elect-ed to not attend, leaving the seat of the mayor and Mayor Pro Tem unoccupied. Sitting council members Dan Barclay, Dan Mohon, and John Zerko conferred among themselves and appointed Mohon to chair the meeting until the new mayor and council members were sworn in.

Election Judge Jane Long presented the vote tabulations to the council. Mohon and the council certified the elec-tion and then City Judge Derry Dunn presented Mayor-Elect J. L. “Pete” Runnels and Coun-cilmen-Elect Ron Cowling and John Zerko election certifi-cates for their signatures. Af-ter the required signatures on the certificates, Judge Dunn then gave the oath of office to the trio.

After the council seats were filled action was taken to ap-point Dan Barclay Mayor Pro Tem for the current term.

Councilman Bill Triggs re-signed from his seat on the council, stating “it is just time for me to retire. There are oth-er things I want to do.”

Councilman Barclay stated that he had talked with Matt Chandler who had earned the third highest number of votes in the election. Barclay recom-mended Chandler be appoint-ed to fill the seat vacated by Triggs. The motion was made, seconded, and passed to ap-point Chandler to the council. City Attorney Tommy Gunn informed the council that Chandler may be sworn in at the next council meeting after the proper documents have been prepared for Chandler’s signature.

The current members of the city’s budget committee, Barclay, Zerko, City Secretary

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County gearing up for hurricanesIt seems the Orange County

Commissioners’ Court was ahead of the curve in pro-claiming May 27 through June 2 as hurricane awareness week in Orange County.

Jeff Kelley, emergency management coordi-nator, said there has already been a named storm this season of the coast of the Carolinas. In fact, the emergency management staff will be participating in a

hurricane preparation drill on June 7. They have already attended the Hurrex 2012 work-shop in Beaumont in preparation for the drill.

Kelley added predic-tions from the National Hurricane Center po-

tentially looks like it will be another East Coast hurricane season as it was last year.

He also reported the FAA has approved a new flag pole and sign for the Orange Coun-ty Airport entrance.

Precinct 1 Commissioner David Dubose asked Kel-

ley about reports he heard of drone flights being approved to fly from the Orange County Airport. Kelley said the only matter he knows of was a re-quest by Equisearch to find a missing person in Precinct 4 using a drone. He described it a a remote control airplane with a camera attached to it.

Kelley also reported on the status of the 2009 Port Secu-rity Grant Orange County ap-plied for in 2011. If awarded, the Shelter of Last Resort on FM 1442 will receive $500,000 in a 75 percent/25 percent matching grant for electron-ics, technology, Internet and telephones.

The county’s portion of the match would be made through donations.

In other county business,

Shawn Oubre, city manager of the city of Orange, said the new Orange Senior Center is another example how the city was able to make lemonade out of lemons.

He borrowed the term from Mayor Brown Claybar who uses the term in reference to how the city has benefitted from disaster funding from Hurricane Ike. The city, like-wise, held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday for the new building on Fifth Street. The Orange Senior Center was funded by the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development through a Hurricane Ike Re-covery Grant administered by

New Orange Senior Center opens

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The LCM Lady Bears are three games away from goint to Austin for the state championship in softball. The team has done it through hitting, pitching and solid defense. Coach Dena Adkins said her team needs to stay focused and keep to the fundamentals of the game. Sitting (L-R): Morgan Babineaux, Danielle Deramus, Kelsey Fults, Taylor Fraccastoro, Hope Russell and Chelsea McLain. Kneeling (L-R): Shelby Lefouef, Kayleigh Roy, Mikaela Stegall, Raven Cole and Kassie James. Standing (L-R): Coach Dena Adkins, Loni Prouse, Camrie Helm, Ashleigh Jones, Baylie Comeaux, Coach Jennifer Walker and Coach Melissa Brewer. RECORD PHOTO: Chris Gunn

The city of Orange celebrated the opening of the new Orange Senior Center on Fifth Street with a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on May 18. The Orange Senior Center is the first project in the Orange Downtown revitalization program. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

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Lady Bears vie for championship

For the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears softball team, lately all

that glitters is gold with some green mixed in.

Fresh off a win against the Richmond Foster Lady Falcons last weekend, the Lady Bears are on a roll and face Mont-gomery Thursday night at Goose Creek Memorial High School in a best-of-three format.

Coach Dena Adkins said it’s been a “crazy time” reaching the Elite 8 in the Class 4A Region III semifinals. If they beat Montgomery, the Lady Bears will

earn a trip to the state tournament in Austin.

“I have their minds stay focused,” Ad-kins said. “Montgomery is a hard adver-sary and we can’t do anything wrong. Montgomery is working now. Us, too. It will come down to who doesn’t make an error. You can’t look at the win-loss re-cord. You have to get the job done.”

Montgomery is a team similar to LCM — they can hit, pitch and play defense. What it comes down to for both teams is about the fundamentals of the game.

Adkins said she will be relying on her four seniors on the team to keep the others focused and get business done and not get distracted with the end of

the school year activities such as gradu-ation or final exams.

Though still a junior, pitcher Raven Cole has provided leadership for the Lady Bears.

Adkins said in her heart, Cole wants to win.

“She has to keep her eye on the prize and help the team reach the next step. She’s learning to throw smarter and not only harder. It’s good to have a pitcher who doesn’t have an ego.

Cole pitched three straight games in the series against Richmond Fosters — a total of 21 innings. She began to tire

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An Orange teenager who murdered a 63 year old West Orange man will have to serve at least 15 years of a sentence before he can be eligible for parole.

Braeden Richter, 15, was sentenced on Monday to 30 years after pleading guilty to the May 25, 2011

shooting death of Charles Henry Southard. He was sentenced in Judge Bud-die Hahn’s 260th District Court.

Richter was certified last week to stand trial as an adult for the murder and indicted by a Grand Jury on May 16.

The shooting occurred on May 25, 2011 in the 1300 block of Milam Street. West Orange Police reports read two boys, Richter, then 14, and a 9 year old boy, were trying to steal Southard’s car at his house. He tried to stop the boys and was shot by Richter.

Since the 9 year old is under age 10, he cannot be charge according to Texas law.

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OC Port Commissioners sworn in

Commissioner Jerry Hughes, Presi-dent of the Orange County Naviga-tion and Port District, presents newly elected Commissioner Barbara Winfree and re-elected Commissioner James A. “Jimmy” Smith with their Certificate of Election after receiving the Oath of Of-fice at the Port’s regular Board of Com-missioners Meeting on Monday.

Ms. Barbara Winfree was first ap-pointed to the Port’s Board of Com-missioners on July 23, 2010 to fill the vacancy left by her husband the late Mr. Lester “Buckshot” Winfree. Ms. Win-free retired in 2003 from Orangefield ISD where she served as a Teacher for 22 years. She Also is an active member of The Order of Eastern Star, Winfree Baptist Church, Texas Retired Teachers Association, Southeast Texas Indepen-dent Cattlemen’s Association and the Lower Sabine-Neches Soil and Water Conservation District #446 where she is currently serving as Secretary. Ms. Winfree is the first woman to serve on the Orange County Navigation & Port District Board of Commissioners.

Mr. James A. “Jimmy” Smith was first elected to the Orange County Naviga-tion and Port District Board of Com-missioners in 1988. Mr. Smith is the

owner of Jimmy Smith Insurance Agen-cy, in Bridge City, which he founded in 1988. Mr. Smith has served as a mem-ber of the Rotary Club of Bridge City, Sabine Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, Bridge City Lodge #1345, Scottish Rite,

El Mina Shrine Temple, Orange Gun Club, Life Member NRA and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Mr. Smith was voted Bridge City Chamber Citizen of the Year in 1988.

Commissioner and President of the Orange County Navigation and Port District, Jerry Hughes, swears in newly elected Commissioner Barbara Winfree and re-elected Com-missioner Jimmy Smith.

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The baton was passed at the Tuesday night regu-lar meeting of the Orange City Council. Former Councilman Jimmy Sims was sworn in as mayor to succeed outgoing Mayor William Brown Claybar.

Other council members given the oath of office were Theresa Beauchamp for District 1, Essie Bell-field for District 3 and Charles Guillory for At-Large Position 6. Beauchamp was appointed as Mayor Pro Tem and Sims was appointed as a member of the Orange Economic Development Corporation.

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two bids were declined and one approved for vacant trust properties in the county.

One is the old Lakeview Eatery on FM 1130 that’s valued at $150,000 on the tax roles. Precinct 4 Commissioner Jody Crumnp the building was completed in the mid-2000s and is in exceptional shape.

The bid was rejected.The other property is a 2.34 acre vacant lot off of FM

1130. Precinct 2 Commissioner Owen Burton said the tract is oddly shaped with a drainage ditch running through the property.

The bid was rejected.The final bid for a .606 acres vacant lot off of FM 1131 was

accepted.Crump reported the Orange County Jail had a surprise in-

spection and passed with flying colors.


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the last game and took herself out to help the team clinch the victory.

Cole said it’s hard to believe how far the Lady Bears have gotten in the playoffs.

“It’s hard to take it all in,” she said. Cole believes the secret of their success is

working well together and trusting each other.“That was a long one (their last game played).

I got a lot of help from my defense. I didn’t want to get Hope (Russell) in a situation she couldn’t get out of (pitching in relief).”

Cole said she has been making batters swing at bad pitches, such as rise balls, and by getting ahead in the count. She admitted she’s been struggling at the plate somewhat the last series but her teammates have been helping her out.

“If the top half of the lineup isn’t hitting, the bottom half will be hitting. If it’s not the bot-tom half, the top half will be hitting,” she said. “I think we will give Montgomery a run for their money. I feel like I matured on the field. If I mess up. our team will make it up. Coach tells us not to give up and work hard and things will work out.”

Looking at their season numbers reveal why the Lady Bears are so good:

Hitting• Ashleigh Jones has 56 hits, 11 stolen bases

and a .415 average.• Kassie James has 48 hits, 14 doubles, six

home runs and a .392 average.• Raven Cole has 46 hits, 10 doubles, eight

home runs and a .380 average.• Taylor Fraccastoro has 42 hits, five home

runs, nine stolen bases and a .397 average.• Several other players are batting over or

just under .300. The team batting average is .345 with an impressive 28 homers.

Pitching• Hope Russell has a 10-0 record with four

saves, 64 innings pitched, a .87 ERA and 45 strike outs.

• Raven Cole has a 15-4 record with a save, 118 innings pitched, a 1.77 ERA and 165 strike outs

• Camrie Helm has a 7-4 record with 58 in-nings pitched, a 2.53 ERA and 69 strike outs.

The team has an overall pitching record of 32-8 with a 1.71 ERA.

Fiedling• Camrie Helm, Raven Cole and Shelby LeB-

ouf each have a perfect 1.000 fielding percent-age.

• Several others have a fielding percentage in the .900s and the team has a .961 percentage.

Debbie Cormier, and City Administrator Joe Parkhurst, were reappointed by Runnels for the current term.

Runnels appointed Cowling, Mohon and Parkhurst to serve as the negotiating commit-tee for the city and the Pinehurst Police Asso-ciation.

Pam Scales Crew, Mary Lou Gunn and Te-resa Durocher were present as some of the citi-zens involved with the annual Labor Day Pic-nic. Crew and Runnels discussed the need for a committee to plan the picnic.

Crew will determine the needs and make the appropriate contacts. The picnic will be held on Labor Day.

“The picnic is always held on Labor Day. That is something that will not change,” said Run-nels.

The council voted to retain the current line of credit with Orange Savings Bank. Mohon did not vote on the issue.

“I will not vote on this issue, as I serve as a director of the bank and do not want anyone to think there is a conflict of interest,” said Mo-hon.

Code Enforcement Officer Harry Vines re-ported that the city is once again in negotia-tions with Shawn Sadaruddin about his prop-erty on MacArthur Drive.

The property has been in violation of various city codes for a number of years. Vines and Sad-daruddin were able to meet in person and dis-cussed the code violations. Saddaruddin agrees that his property is in violation of city codes and has agreed to seek bids from contractors to do a minimum amount of repairs on the build-ing.

Vines is concerned that some sheet metal on the building is in danger of flying off in windy conditions. Vines is wanting Saddaruddin to replace the metal as soon as possible.

Gunn reported that the situation with Sad-daruddin has gone on for years without much improvement being done. Barclay stated con-cerns about Saddaruddin doing the necessary work since there have been so many efforts in the past top get the work done.

The council voted to give Vines authority to do the necessary work if Saddruddin does not move in a timely manner. The city would then bill Saddruddin for the work and place a lien on the property to recover the cost.

“This is the old Video Paradise building, it’s

been going on for about 10 years,” said Zerko.After reconvening from a closed session,

Runnels reported that the council voted to re-tain Dunn as city judge for a two year period. The council took no action on entering into an agreement with Fred Thompson about use of the warehouse building adjacent to city hall.

Parkhurst reported that he has had informa-tion received from TxDOT about the possibility of placing a traffic light on MacArthur Drive. TXDOT’s report stated that there is a large amount of traffic on MacArthur Drive, but not enough crossing traffic to warrant the installa-tion of a traffic light.

TXDOT also reported that though there have been accidents involving both vehicles and pe-destrians on the stretch of highway there have not been enough to justify the installation of lighting on the roadway and the expense of keeping lights operational. TXDOT stated the city has permission to install lighting at their expense.

Parkhurst also reported on the situation of the effluent from the city’s sewage processing plant. There will have to be a major upgrade in the future to meet environmental regulations. Adams Bayou does not have enough current to keep the effluent moving as the needs of the city to process sewage increase. The closest wa-terway sufficient to handle the effluent is the Sabine River.

If the city is able to enter into a regional agreement with another city there may be grant funds available for the project. The City of Or-ange made an unacceptably high proposal to the city combine sewage processing.

The city of West Orange has approached Pinehurst about combining processes. West Orange is planning to run a line down West-ern Avenue to the Sabine River, as the state requires. Parkhurst is planning to meet with West Orange officials in the future about the possibility of an agreement.

Parkhurst also reported on the need to re-place the sewer lines on Whippoorwill. There is a possibility of grant funds for the project.

“Street repairs are also underway. We have completed 40th Street and are working on other streets to get them ready for the state to come in and do their part,” said Parkhurst.

City offices will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday. The next regular council meeting will be held on June 26.

the Texas General Land Office.Oubre said the Senior Center/Meals on

Wheels facility has a special meaning to his family because it was the first place his daugh-ters did their community service project.

He said the building is in an important loca-tion and will created synergy with the board-walk on the Sabine River and the riverfront development project to be built. It also comple-ments the nearby Orange Public LIbrary and Lamar State College-Orange.

Oubre thanked everyone for making the building possible, particularly city staff, Jeffr-ery Carbo Landscape Architects, G & G Enter-prises, Studio Red Architects, the GLO, HNTB and U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Claybar said the new facility will be a mul-tipurpose senior center where everyone will want come to feel comfortable. He also said this building will provide synergy to downtown.

The structure will be a city-owned building that is leased to Meals on Wheels, a federal program.

He added it’s possible in the future another senior center will be built and the facility on Fifth Street will be made into a retail center.

Claybar thanked local contractor G & G for doing a “great job” and city staff for doing a lot of work to get the grants.

Linda Hughes, director of the Orange Coun-ty Action Association, said the new building was the answer to their prayers.

“This is more than we’ve every hoped for,”

she said.She thanked the city, G & G, the South East

Texas Regional Planning Commission for a grant to procure new kitchen equipment, the Area Agency on Aging, the United Way, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Ser-vices, churches and other organizations.

Colleen Halliburton with the AAA and 211 Services, said the new Orange Senior Center is forward thinking from the city of Orange be-cause it has the ability to expand beyond its pri-mary role as a Meals on Wheels facility.

The Orange Senior Center is the first project in the Orange Downtown revitalization pro-gram.

The Orange Senior Center is a building de-voted to all senior citizens of Orange. It will house the office of the Orange Community Action Association, which administers the Southeast Texas Transit Service and Meals on Wheels in Orange County.

Meals on Wheels serves approximately 400 meals a day with most of those being delivered to homebound seniors. The previous structure serving senior citizens was the Emma Wallace Center located at 102 Turret Ave. This building was damaged beyond feasible repair by Hurri-cane Ike.

The Emma Wallace Center served a long and useful life but not longer meets the seniors’ needs. The new larger building will allow for expanded programs and a location for clubs and service organizations serving seniors to meet.


From the Creaux’s NestREMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE ALL

Memorial Day is a most special day because it’s the day set aside to honor our fallen heroes. It’s a time to reflect on the lives given in sacrifice, given by so many throughout all of our wars. Since World War I, nearly a million youngsters have died and their families were left to live with the ultimate loss of a loved one who gave his or hers life for the better good of the rest of us. My heart also bleeds for the many youngsters I see re-turn beyond recognition. In this week’s issue, we are donating a special section to the Orange County youngsters who lost their lives n Vietnam. Extra copies will be printed and available at our Bridge City and Orange offices. We want to thank the Vietnam Veterans, Starks VFW and Jerry Gatch, who worked with us to produce a first report and record of all those young heroes who died in that war. Copies will be made available to family members and at Memorial Day ceremonies. A special thanks to the advertisers who supported this heartfelt endeavor.*****I’ve got to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no ham.

CODOLENCESWe send our deepest sympathies to the large family of Elaine

Gauthier, 76, who died Saturday, May 19 at her home. She was the widow of Charles Gauthier, brother of Judge Janice Men-ard. What a great lady she was and she was surrounded by a lov-ing, close family. Service is Wednesday, May 23, 11 a.m. at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. May she rest in peace.*****We are also saddened by the death of Chief Bruce Simpson, 68, who died May 20. Service will be Thursday, may 24 at 10 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.*****Verna Mae Hudson, 99, died May 19. Service is Wednesday, 10 a.m. at Claybar in Orange. She was the matriarch of the large Hudson clan, a group of active citizens who have been and still are a big asset to the community. May she rest in peace. Please see obitu-aries for all the above.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE FOUR YEARS MAKESLooking back four years ago, I find politics was hot and heavy.

I had hoped I’d see the first woman elected president in my lifetime. That didn’t work out. Republicans were running Sen. John McCain, their best candidate in years. In knowledge of government, Romney couldn’t carry his jock strap but that’s an-other story. The country was in one heck of a mess, with two wars, six million jobs lost that would climb to eight million, the national debt doubling, 200 years of debt in eight years. Corruption had run rampant with Ken Lay, Bernie Madoff, Jack Abramhoff and other thieves and also Fannie Mae, Fred-die Mac, Country Wide and all the market corruption. I specu-lated at the time it would probably take a generation before home values would come back. Unemployment on June 5 hit 10.2 percent, gas prices on the same date is $4.10 a gallon and in some places $4.90. Youngsters were dying in a war of choice in Iraq. Between the two wars, over 5,000 would die, 40,000 would be maimed. The cost of those wars was one trillion dol-lars. Halliburton got much of the gravy. The country was in bad need of health reform. It was a Republican issue going back to President Nixon. Health cost was out of sight. At this point if the administration and congress would have worked together we could have got real reform. I’m getting ahead of the story. The worse thing going four years ago was that we were on the brink of a great depression. I know we can’t wrap our minds around that but I’m talking if the auto industry had not been saved, up to 30 percent to 40 percent unemployment would have hap-pened. Even our Chemical Row would have been hit. I wondered out loud who in their right mind would want to tackle that job. In four years they would be unpopular. Despite great gains peo-ple would want a quick fix that was impossible, even if both par-ties worked together and without constant roadblocks. Well, President Obama was elected and he would have to be a magi-cian to bring the country back to the point President Clinton left it. It couldn’t be done in one term even without obstruction-ist biting at his heels. Back in December 2011, experts said get ready for $5 gasoline and 10 percent unemployment. We pre-dicted gas would be down to $3 or below by September and un-employment down to 8 percent or under by election time. Also, that six million of the jobs lost under Bush would be re-gained by Jan. 1, 2013. The mastermind of 9-11 is dead and so is Omar Kadafi. Bin Laden rode those hills on a donkey for eight years. Bush said he wasn’t concerned, he wasn’t chasing anymore. Romney said let the auto industry go bankrupt. When you dissect the entire situation and take a good, trueful look at the distance we’ve come, even with 89 Tea Party congressmen holding their speaker and the country hostage, the little guy ain’t done so bad. I wouldn’t trade the last three and a half years for any of the previous eight years. We’re still in a hole but it ain’t nearly as dark. One pull at a time we’re coming out and it will be a win for the middleclass. That’s my take. If you can truthfully dispute any of the above, be my guest. You may not like him but he’s due the credit he‘s earned.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

10 Years Ago-2002Orange Mayor Kevin Jordan steps down. City officials and

citizens say goodbye to the city’s mayor of two years and seven years as councilman. Jordan ran for his first political office in 1997 with a platform that targeted city codes. He believed we’re

too strict and hindered business growth. Jordan expanded the IDC Interstate development corridor along IH-10. That helped bring Tri-Supply. It had been a zoning issue in the city for some time. Growth includes a revitalization of the historical district and downtown. “I think building the police station needed to be done for a long time and I think the street program was a great accomplishment,” Jordan said. Jordan, a civil trial lawyer grad-uated from West Orange-Stark. He earned an engineering de-gree from Texas A&M and a law degree from Tulane. Since 1997, he has been with Sheldon, Jordan and Dunham in Beaumont. (Editor’s note: What became of Kevin since then and why did he leave?)*****Bridge City Bank of Orange awards 2002 scholar-ships to Renee’ Comeaux of Bridge City High School and Tyrell Boutte of Orangefield. *****Top students of Community Chris-tian are named. Ah Ra Jennifer Cho of Orange is Valedictorian; Joshua Moore of Bridge City is names Salutatorian. *****A long time good friend and a well -loved lady, Benita Hebert, 84, died Monday, May 27. A Louisiana native from the GAM community of Andrews, she attended school in Indian Bayou. She is sur-vived by sons Ronnie and Donald, two daughters Karen Chiswell and Ronda “Pookie” Arrington. (Editor’s note: Daughter Karen has since passed away.”)*****A big celebration crawfish boil was held for law school grad Joy Dubose at brother Johnny’s place. Abe Abshire was the Cajun chef/boiler. (Edi-tor’s note: Since then Joy has wed Robert Simonton and they have a child to go along with big brother Christian.)*****One of the county’s most beautiful ladies, Nelda Burton, celebrated a birthday. Owen, the new commissioner took her on a trip. She did most of the toting. *****Speaking of birthdays, Bob Hope will turn 99 years old on May 28. Bob celebrated several of his birthdays in this area thanks to W.T, Oliver who introduced Bob to the area and to Hughen School and now also Bob Hope High School. Wynona Judd turns 38 May 30; Clint Eastwood, 72 on May 31. (Editor’s note: That makes old “Make My Day,” 82 today.)*****Kirk Ellender, a Bridge City grad, is elected presi-dent of BCISD. Congratulations also to George Navarro, elect-ed mayor pro-tem for the city of Bridge City.*****Bruce Aven picks up wife May Ann, young son Kolbe and reports that same night for a game in Cleveland where he had been called up to.*****The 21-3A All District baseball team named. Coach Sam Moore coach of the year; Most valuable, Luther Sanders of Bridge City; Pitchers, Derek Blacksher, B.C., Chase Tucker, Buna Thomas Key, Kirbyville. Catcher, Tyler Hays, B.C.; Lee Legate, Orangefield; Second baseman Billy Lewis, Woodville; Third base, Marc Mitchell, Kirbyville; Short stop, James Knight, Bridge City and Colin Delone, Buna; Outfield, Chris Jetton, Bridge City, Ben Bear, Newton, Trent Sprayberry, Or-angefield, Roy Catlin, Buna; D.H., Jake Cotton, Woodville; Utility, Hunter Hays, freshman, Bridge City. Other Orange County players on the second team, Corey Norman, Orange-field, Luke Agerton, Orangefield, Kaleb Faulk, Bridge City, Aaron Williams, Orangefield, Brent McPhatter, Orangefield and Lanston Fults, Bridge City.

35 Years Ago-1977Dudley Baker, former county commissioner, is hired as man-

ager of Orange County Drainage District.*****Allen Dunn moved to Texarkana where he takes his first job as a boilermaker for International Paper Co. in Domino, Texas. Thanks to Dewey “Teddy Bear” Cox the high school grad left home for the first time as a union worker. (Editor’s note: Allen has left home many times since and has worked around the nation. He is still work-ing as a boilermaker and is still a loyal union worker.)

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKJohn Hanes, Louis Purifoy, Billy Raymer, McCartney Mill-

er, Justin Trahan, Tracy Davis, Amanda Uzzle, Philip Doug-las Thomas, Joey Williams, Rusty Williams, Fran Bullard, Gracie Lemley, Jane Logsdon, Nelson Derrick, Chris Green, Jack James, Cutler Hubbard, Jo Lynn Harris, Judy Duncan, Sheryl Frazier, Archie McLellan, Barbara Olson, George Ragsdale, Logan New, Greg Williams, Mary Majors, Willa-mette Reynolds, Dylan Ball, Dylan Maas, Mary Donahey, McKenzie Louvier, Robert Herin, Bruce Montague, Charlene Terro, Honor Lee Smith, Lee Ludwig, Jacque Phelps, Jeanie Larch, Judy Landry, Kyle Smoke, Maureen McAllister, Mi-chael Garcia, Rebecca Brumer, Shelly Smith, Kelli Boehme, Steffan Milligan, A.J. Lemoine and Christina Cunningham.

A FEW HAPPENINGSGood luck this week to both great Orange County teams in

the playoffs. The Lady LC-M Bears play Montgomery in a best two out of three. Thursday, at Goose Creek. Friday and Saturday they play at Montgomery’s home field. That makes no sense but the Bears will preserve win and move on anyway. Coach Landry’s Bridge City Cardinals again lost the flip and are be-ing forced into a winner take all game. It’s believed no one in the state can beat them in three. The number two team in the state takes on Vaco-Robinson, the number one state ranked team. Here’s the deal, the Cardinals can beat any team on any given day if they play an error free game. If the bats of the leaders come alive the youngsters will do fine and if Jake Lemoine will just pitch his game no one can beat him. My bet is Bridge City wins 3 to 1.*****Speaking of baseball, former Orange big leaguer, Bruce Aven, head coach of a Florida high school academy wins championship. See longtime sports writer Joe Kazmar’s exclu-sive story and interview with Bruce. Kaz is the dean of sports writers. He’s been writing for this organization for over 35 years. Bruce was an early Orange County star.*****Speaking of great athletes, in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, we might have watched one of the great horses to come along since Af-firmed won the triple crown in 1978. I’ll Have Another is now 1.5 miles away from becoming thoroughbred racing Triple Crown champ. The colts date with destiny comes June 9 when he runs in the demanding Belmont Stakes. I believe allegations of milk shaking the horse is just another side distraction. Bode-meister, the horse I’ll Have Another beat twice will not run but odds are a horse we have never heard of will come up to ruin the day for a Triple Crown. That’s the odds it’s been for 35 years, so if you bet on I’ll Have Another, don’t bet much. SIDE BAR: The Cajun Hall of Fame jockey, Kent Desormeaux, may be pulled from riding in the Belmont. He was suppose to ride Tiger Walk in the Preakness but was yanked for failing a breathalyzer test. This was the second time Desormeaux, 42, failed a test at a racetrack. He missed a $200,000 stakes race and his horse won. Friends say they are concerned about his drinking. If he rides Dullaham in the Belmont folks are betting he will be the main challenger to I’ll Have Another.*****Speaking of running, I can’t help but be concerned about the dozen jokers running to be our United States Congressman in the Republican Primary. I think gun toting, bible carrying Keith Casey is probably no nuttier than the rest. Despite Kevin Brady voting 98 percent for the failed Bush policies that got us in this big mess, we will probably miss his personality and caring for Orange County. The jokers don’t care if you vote for them or not, Orange County doesn’t count in the scheme of things. They haven’t spent a nickel with any media locally to get our vote.*****A few folks we know cele-brating their special day. On Tuesday, May 22, our friend Mar-gret Toal marked another year.***Amanda Uzzle and Billy Ray-mer celebrate on May 23.***Twins Joey and Rusty Williams, two great guys, celebrate May 24.***Barbara Johnson’s dad,

Howard, turns 84 on May 24.***Barbara Olson celebrates May 25. What a nice lady.***Another doctor’s wife, Mary Majors, will celebrate on May 26. Dr. Joe and Mary, after many years in Bridge City where he was the communities first dentist, moved away to the College Station area after Ike.***Constable Mark Philpott celebrates his birthday Friday, May 25. He also married his lovely wife Babette 21 years ago on his birthday in order to not forget their anniversary.***Ms Maureen McAllister cele-brates May 28.***A.J. Lemoine marks a birthday May 29.***Next Wednesday, May 30, Chief Sam Kittrell and Glenn Earl both celebrate their special day. Glenn says, “who’s counting.”***On May 30 a special young lady, Dr. Amber Dunn, will celebrate far away from family and friends in Cleveland, Ohio. Happy birth-day to all.*****American Idol features finalist 16-year-old Jessica Sachez and 21-year-old Phillip Phillips in Tuesday night’s final appearance. The winner will be crowned Wednesday night. Joshua Ledet, of West Lake, Louisianan, lived up to our predic-tion of making the top three. He was knocked off last week. It’s a tough call but I don’t see how they can bounce multi-talented Phillips.*****Are you really surprised that Orangefield A.D. and Coach, Brian Huckaby, is on his way out. The school and athletic program is losing a good man and leader. Good luck with your knee coach.*****What has become of Iva Kay Odam? Has she been let out to pasture, just left town or gone under-ground. Strange disappearance.*****Gov. Rick Perry and the powers talked Mike Hamilton into running for state represen-tative even though he hasn’t been an effective representative in the mold of Wayne Peveto and Ron Lewis. He has however, been able to get some local issues passed. Meanwhile, he has done well for himself using his connections to obtain disaster catering up and down the Gulf Coast. The redistricting left Mike to run against Allen Ritter or in a new district. He chose the new district and was gutted from behind. Having used him up, Rick Perrry, the house speaker and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst are now throwing Mike under the bus and endorsing his opponent. Being a strong believer in loyalty until the end I feel for Mike. They are throwing a lot of trash and cash against him.

LAST CALLEarly voting in the primaries ends Friday. Election Day is

next Tuesday, May 29. This is the last message you will get in this paper from the candidates. Some good candidates have worked really hard and spent a lot of money to give you their qualifications. They deserve a better turnout from the voters than they are getting. I figure only a total of 6,000 votes will be cast in the Republican Primary and only a third of that in the uncontested local Democratic Primary. We want to thank the candidates who used this community paper to deliver their message. We wish all good luck and thanks for offering yourself for public service. Please be a good citizen and vote Wednesday, Thursday and Friday or next Tuesday. Surely you can find the time.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Joe Badeaux, da Cajun pholosipher, was sitting at da back table at da McDonald’s wit Elray wen Teneg Dartez walk in and say, “Wat you men’s doing?” Badeaux answer, “Me, I’m giving Elray a lesson on politics.” Teneg axe, “Can I sit down me? Boat da men’s answer, “Sure, sure, sit down rat dere.”

Badeaux continued, “You see, da country was in dis bad, bad mess, our young peoples was fighting two wars on da utta side of da ocean. At home, dere was no mo jobs and dem dey had spent all da money, broke, da country was in a big mess. So dey hire dis black guy to clean up dat bad mess dey left us in. Da black guy, he wants to borrow some money for some material to help clean up da mess. Dey say, “Nope, no money, use dat old broom over dere in da corner. Da black guy he work and he work but don’t get too far too fast him. He axe for some help. Dey say no, dats why you were hired, you. Do it by youself.”

Elray butts in an axe, “Well, why dey mad at him den?”Badeaux answer, “Dey mad because he don’t clean dere

mess up fast enough, dey say he go too slow.”“So wat he gonna do hanh?” Elray asked.“Well, says Badeaux, “He’s gonna get him some womens,

Mexians and mo black folks and clean some more, an wen dey done, dey will have back all da money, an plenty jobs too.”

Teneg say, “Can I axe a question me?”“Wat is it?” Badeaux axe.“Well, it’s about dat some-sex marriage?”“Oh, Teneg, Badeaux answer, dats easy, if you against it, or

if you don’t’’ like it, don’t do it.”“Yeah, but dey say if dey do it dey going to hell dem,” an-

swer Teeney.“Mais, dat’s okay Teneg, dere will be more room for me and

you in heaven if dat’s true.”

C’EST TOUTWell, we’re short on space so I ‘m pulling some of the copy out

of this column, “Creaux’s Tips” and etc. in order to make room for a couple of ads. *****The Lunch Bunch will meet at Robert’s this week.***** A lot of good, interesting reading is inside these pages and also special features, including another chapter by Roy on his colorful dad, Clay.**** Enjoy the paper. It’s brought free to you by our advertisers. Please patronize them and thank them for making us possible. Take care and God bless.

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City of OrangeWednesday, May 30, 2012

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Lamar State College-Orange Student Center

407 Green AvenueOrange, Texas

I imagine none of us would like to be in such a position. But if you have a youngster or three or four in col-lege, you’d best be aware of just how expensive it has become.

An English major, speech and sci-ence minor, I always believed a col-lege education was essential to a satisfying life. After ten years in the English classroom, with a three-year break in the business world, I came to realize that college was impor-tant only to a select group. Now by select, I don’t mean elite or rich or popular, but those interested in occupations in de-mand in today’s ever changing world of business.

The definitive phrase in the last sentence of the previous paragraph is “in demand.””What might be “in demand” in one part of the country might be “no demand” in another.

That’s why I spent my last thirty-one years in Career and Technology Education, once called Vocational Education.

A college education doesn’t mean a four-year baccalaure-ate. A college degree can be a one-year certificate, a two-year associate, or even a trade school certification. The point is, after high school, young folks must have additional educa-tion if they wish to earn salaries beyond entry-level wages.

Now, entry-level wages are from work as honorable, as hon-est, as respectable as a doctor’s job. Trouble is, the doctor makes a heck of a lot more money. Of course, he’s spent a heck of a lot more time and effort gaining the additional edu-cation.

There are degrees that are worthless although at the end, they cost the same as a practical one. What’s happened is that the public has been sold a bill of goods about college.

Go to college-get rich! That’s the mantra flying like a ban-ner from the flagpoles of colleges around the country, and most public schools jumped on the proclamation.

The colleges market themselves because of the additional income. Years back way back in the days of trolls beneath the bridges, college tuition ran ten bucks an hour, thirty a class, one-fifty a semester not counting books and fees. Today, after Lamar announced an increase, tuition is over two hundred and hour, six hundred for a three-hour class, three thousand for five classes for one semester not counting books and fees.

So it should come as no surprise that many graduate from college with sizeable student loans. And it should also come as no surprise that there is much talk in Washington about forgiving the loans. While we’re talking about “no surprises” it should come as no surprise that this also an election year, which probably accounts for the sudden lagniappe from the administration.

For those saddled with college loans, I can offer no advice except to set up a payment schedule and stick to it. You opted for a convenient financial answer to college. Well, you got it, and now that you’ve graduated, it is time to pay the prover-bial piper.

For those making ready for college, don’t let emotions or wishful thinking guide your decisions.

I once had a superintendent who wanted his daughter to go to Texas A&M before getting her certification as a reg-istered nurse. He claimed the A&M experience would be to her advantage. My Health Occupations instructor, an RN, in-formed him in no uncertain terms that what really counted

was the initials, RN or MD or DO, not A&M.There’s a lot of folks who can’t handle twenty thousand a

year tuition, or even six thousand.Gayle and I knew there was no fairy godmother who would

swoop down, wave a wand, and hand us money for the girls’ college. So we saved a little each month. We made sacrifices early on so we wouldn’t have to later.

We didn’t drive a new car, take a lot of expensive vacations, and that sort of thing. It paid off as both young women went through Lamar’s nursing program and gained RN degree and certification without going into debt. It was a satisfying feel-ing to have the savings to pay tuition and books each semes-ter.

If you go to a college because your parents went there, or because your friends are going, or because your high school counselors favor it like far too many in Southeast Texas pre-fer University of Texas or Texas A&M, then prepare for hefty expenses. Don’t complain when it’s over.

Believe it or not, there is no law saying you have to fin-ish in four years. As hard as it is to believe, there are people who work and take a couple classes a semester. Takes a while longer, but they pay as they go. A novel concept, but it works.

Even though Lamar raised its tuition, it is a good school at reasonable prices compared to larger universities. In fact, many of the smaller colleges are good, and a heck of a lot less expensive than the name schools. Believe me, most busi-nesses don’t care where you matriculated and graduated, but that you did.

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Here is an-other of our family favorites. These little ba-bies make great appetizers. You can put the bacon on top or mix it in with everything. We will be serving these up at the restaurant this summer. I know some of you are start-ing to harvest your zucchini already. Hope you enjoy and always happy eating!

4-5 zucchini unpeeled3-4 strips of bacon cut

into 2-3 inches eachParmesan cheese to

sprinkle on top1 small pkg. of mush-

rooms chopped small3-4 green onions

chopped½ cup dry white wineTony’s Seasoning

Clean zucchini and cut in half length wise. Then cut into 3 inch sections. Cut ends off and leave peeling on. Parboil for 15 minutes. Then cool off and scoop out inside saving to add to mushroom mixture. Mean-while clean and chop mush-rooms and sauté in half a stick of butter. Add green

onions and zucchini squash you scooped out. Add your Tony’s Seasoning, garlic and pepper. Cook 10 minutes. Then add wine and reduce liquid. Cook bacon in mi-crowave 10 minutes. Look at it to see if it is at least half done. If not add 5-10 more minutes. Stuff zucchini’s with mushroom mixture. Add Parmesan cheese and bacon on top.

Cook at 350 degrees for 15-20 min. till bacon is done.

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Death Announcements:Billie Jean BaileyStarks, La.

Billie Jean Bailey, 60, of Starks, La. died Tuesday, May 15, at her residence.

Born in Orange on July 31, 1951, Billie was the daughter of Bill and Dorothy Mae (Carpenter) Bailey. She was a newspaper carrier for the Orange Leader, Beaumont Enterprise and the Lake Charles American Press.

Preceded in death by her par-ents, Billie is survived by her companion of 22 years, Law-rence Edward Fowler; step-mother, Margaret; and three children, Vicki Lynn Fowler and her husband, Charlie Edward Fowler Jr., Tommy James Tro-sclair Jr. and companion, Manda Steward, Jennifer Michelle John-son and husband, Jeffery Lewis Johnson and Lawrence’s chil-dren, Amy, Heather and Joey.

She is also survived by her ten grandchildren, Alesha, Charlie III, Billy, Ashlynn, Austin, Jes-sica, Wyatt, Maranda, Timothy and Frankie; two great-grand-children, Jada and Landon; four brothers, Danny, Tommy, Tony and Kenneth; and four sisters, Sarah, Nora, Tina and Dusty.

For those who wish, memori-als may be made to a cancer or-ganization of the donor’s choice.

Cremation will be under the di-rection of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory near Bridge City.

To Be held:Verna Mae HudsonOrange

Verna Mae Hudson, 99, of Or-ange, died S a t u r d a y , May 19, at The Mead-ows in Or-ange.

F u n e r a l services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Of-ficiating will be the Rev. David Turner, pastor of Little Cypress Baptist Church.

Burial will follow at Hudson Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Alton, La. on Jan. 18, 1913, she was the daughter of Charles and Ophelia (Landers) Lechner.

Mrs. Hudson was a member of Little Cypress Baptist Church. She loved to garden and was well known for her cooking and baking. She loved her family, and loved to take care of them.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Travis Hudson; son, Travis C. Hudson, daughters, Juanita Cooper and Eva McClain; and granddaugh-ter, Glenda Naegelin.

Mrs. Hudson is survived by her sons, Willard R. Hudson and wife Doris of Orange, Ronald D. Hudson of Milsap; daughter-in-law, Melba Hudson of Or-ange; and grandchildren, Denay Hudson, Willard R. Hudson, Jr., Jennifer K. Fleming, Ivan Dan-court, Deann Herbel, Ronnie A. Hudson, Amy McCarley, Clint Hudson, Travis Hudson Jr., Beth Hudson, Dan Hudson, Dawl Cooper, Janice Wayman, Ray McClain, Don McClain, and Tom McClain.

She is also survived by 24 great-grandchildren and 16 great great-grandchildren.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Ronnie A. Hudson, Clint Hudson, Travis Hudson, Jr., Dan Hudson, Dawl Cooper, Ray McClain, Don McClain, and Joe Hudson.

To Be held:Elaine GauthierOrange

Elaine Gauthier, 76, of Orange, died Satur-day, May 19, at her home.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Steve Leger of St. Hen-ry Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.

Elaine was born in Winthrop, Ark. and was a lifelong resident of Orange. She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, “The” bridge club, and was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmothe, and beloved friend.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Evylene Daigneau and Lois Drake; husband, Charles A. Gauthier; daughter, Stacey Ann Gauthier; grand-daughter, Amy Danielle Gauthier; and sisters, Sally Smith and Nor-malene Harrell.

Elaine is survived by her sons, Gary and Tanya Gauthier of Mau-riceville, David and Terri Gauthier of Bridge City, Russell and Debra Gauthier of Bridge City, Michael and Shawna Gauthier of Bridge City, Cory Gauthier of Bridge City, Spencer LeFort of Houston; daughters, Necey and Phil Mum-bach of Bridge City, Teresa and Jeff Viator of Mauriceville, and Jamie Gauthier of Bridge City; and grandchildren, Garrett & Ka-tie Gauthier, Carly Gauthier, Aar-on and Abby Gauthier, Victoria Gauthier, Colin Mumbach, Cait-lin and Andrew Pridemore, Me-gan Mumbach, Dylan Mumbach, Kara and Billy Ricks, Luke and Stefanie Wolfford, Alana Gauth-ier, Chas Gauthier, Michael and Taryn Gauthier, Brandon Gauth-ier, Jennifer Viator, Julianne Via-tor, Jacie Viator, Harrison Gauth-ier and Charley Gauthier.

She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Amy Grace Gauthier, Jackson Gauthier, Ethan Pridemore, Toni Ricks, Kade Tompkins, Kenley Ricks, Jessica Fitzgerald, Jake Fitzger-ald, Jenna Wolfford, and Holland Gauthier; and sisters, Sue and Hoss Bowen of Jacksonville, Fla., and Judy and John Tegeler of Clinton, Iowa.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Garrett Gauthier, Aaron Gauthier, Colin Mumbach, Dylan Mumbach, Luke Wolfford, Chas Gauthier, Michael Gauth-ier, Brandon Gauthier, Harrison Gauthier and Cory Gauthier. Honorary Pallbearers will be Gary Gauthier, David Gauthi-er, Russell Gauthier, Michael Gauthier, Spencer LeFort, Phil Mumbach and Jeff Viator.

The family would like to send out a special thank you to Elaine’s caregivers: Geraldine Beasley, Catherine Jackson, Sharla Gonzales, Eve Permenter and Southeast Texas Hospice.

Memorial contributions may be made to Southeast Texas Hospice in lieu of flowers.

To Be held:M. Bruce SimpsonOrange

Bruce Simpson, 68, of Or-ange, died S u n d a y , May 20, at the Medi-cal Center of Southeast Texas.

F u n e r a l services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange. Officiating will be Dr. Bob Webb of Trinity Baptist Church and the Rev. Scott McIntosh of North Orange Baptist Church. Graveside Services will be 4 p.m. Thursday, at Sunset Me-morial Park in Nacogdoches.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home.

Born in Nacogdoches, on July 18, 1943, Bruce was the son of Everett and Juanita (Hall) Simpson. A graduate of Nacog-doches High School in 1961, Bruce received an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Lamar and attended the FBI National Academy. He worked in law enforcement for 40 years including the West Orange Police Department where he served as Police Chief and the Orange County Sheriff’s De-partment for 28 years. He was a charter member of Trinity Bap-tist Church and a member of Masonic Lodge 126, where he served as past master, district deputy and treasurer.

Bruce is survived by his wife of 48 years, Edith Simpson;

son, Jeffrey Simpson and wife Chessy of Orange; brothers, William Simpson and wife Liz of Jasper, Paul Simpson of Na-cogdoches; sisters-in-law, Ma-rie Permenter of Nacogdoches, Mattie Schmidt and husband Cliff of Lufkin, Vonnie Cordova and husband Bill of Nacogdo-ches; aunt, Billie Berniard of Baton Rouge, La.; Grandson and the Apple of his Eye, Rob-ert Simpson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Serving as Pallbearers will be Jerry Hughes, Dan Mohon, Wil-lie Morgan, Buddy Miller, Nolan Griffin, Preston Nichols and Jer-ry Priddy. Honorary Pallbearers will be Past and Present Law Enforcement in Orange; the Men’s Sunday School class at Trinity Baptist Church, Tommy Cordova, and Robert Simpson.

The family would like to send a special thanks to Cathy Go-hike and Dr. Lee at Harbor Hos-pice, and the staff of Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Groves.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may be made to the Trinity Baptist Church Building Fund, 1408 W. Park Ave, Orange, TX 77630.

Held:Andrea Raye TrahanOrange

Andrea Raye Trahan, 67, of Orange passed away on Friday, May 18, at Harbor Hospice Hos-pital in Beaumont.

A Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, May 22, at Dorman Funeral Home. Cremation was held under the direction of Dor-man Funeral Home.

She was a native of Orange; born on July 28, 1944 to the late Bertha (Constantine) and Andrew Trahan Sr. She was a life long residence of Orange and attended Orangefield Unite Pentecostal. She enjoyed cook-ing, fishing and working in her garden. Andrea was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who will be missed dearly.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. An-drew Trahan Sr.; granddaugh-ter, Heather Leann Nelson.

She is survived by her sons, William L. Nelson of and wife, Janetta of Orange, James A. Nelson of Jasper; sisters, June Burch and husband, Paul of Livingston, Jeanette Hoffpauir of Orangefield; brothers, Alcy James Trahan of wife Lydia of Willis, Andrew Trahan Jr. of Or-ange; grandchildren, James E. Nelson, Tracy Nicole Burch and husband, Joseph A. Burch Sr.; adopted grandchildren, Sky-lar K. Kennedy, Letricia King, Amber King, Brittney King; great grandchildren, Joseph A. Delassus, Heather Delas-sus, Joseph Burch Jr., Leann E. Nelson, Lesley E. Nelson, Levi “T-Bird” Burch; adopted great grandchildren, Carsyn McCol-lough and Kayce L. McCol-lough.

In lieu of flowers you may make donations to Dorman Fu-neral Home to help the family with finial expenses.

Those wishing to sign the guestbook may do so at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Held:Betty Ann McCants ReedOrange

Betty Ann McCants Reed, 81, of Orange, Texas died Thursday, May 17, at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont surrounded by her family.

Graveside services were held Monday, May 21, 2012, at Jett Cemetery in Orange with Pastor Lance Faulkner, pastor of Church on the Rock in Bridge City, offici-ating.

Born in Sweet Water, Ala. on Aug. 26, 1930, Betty was the daughter of Percy McCants and Ruth (Outlaw) McCants. She was a receptionist at H & R Block, a homemaker and was of the Bap-tist faith.

She was preceded in death by her son, David Reed; grandson, John Hannegan and sister, Carol Lee Thompson.

Betty is survived by her hus-band, Tommy L. Reed of Orange; and daughter, Ruthie Hannegan and her husband Kent of Orange-field.

She is also survived by her two grandchildren, Carrie Prouse and Katie Hunt and husband, Slade; three great-grandchildren, Davin Kalena, Sadie Prouse, and Harper Hunt; brother, Bobby McCants of Victoria; sister-in-law, Kay Claybar of Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

To Be held:Judy Lea PollockOrange

Judy Lea Pollock, 67, of Orange passed away on Wednesday, May 16, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beau-mont.

A funeral service was held on Saturday, May 19, at Dor-man Funeral Home, with Rev. Sam Roe officiating. A burial followed at Newton City Cem-etery after the service.

She was a native of Port Ar-thur; born on Feb. 2, 1945 to parents Dorothy Lea (Reho) and Kenneth Elbert Ferguson. She had lived in the Orange area for 40 years and was a member of Colony Baptist Church. She was always busy, cleaning, cooking and baby-sitting her grandchildren. Her greatest joy in life was spend-ing time with her loving hus-band, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren; who will miss her dearly.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson, sister, Nancy Bass.

She is survived by her hus-band, Francis M. Pollock of Orange; daughter, Barbara Gail Pollock of Brenham; son, John Alan Pollock of Orange; grandchildren, Jeff Alan Pol-lock and wife, Jamie, Ja-son Wesley Pollock, John J. Pollock all of Orange; great grandchildren, Brendon Alan Pollock, Jordan Lee Pollock, Jacob Wesley Pollock, Rylan Harrison, Gracelyn Nichole Pollock; sisters, Margie Cole-man and husband Marshall of Kirbyville, Debbie Jones and husband, Tom of Orangefield; brothers, Kenneth Fergu-son and wife, Ann of Tenaha, Royce Ferguson and wife, Pol-ly of Henderson.

John Alan Pollock, Jeff Alan Pollock, Jason Wesley Pol-lock, John J. Pollock, John Russell Pollock and James C. Pollock served as pallbears.

Those wishing to sign the guest book may do so at www.dormanfuneralhome.com

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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Phoenix Money Group to the membership. Phoenix Money Group helps people with their credit and can help repair it. They can also help with income tax and life extensions. For more information contact Shami Keaton at 409-813-1444.

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The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) 11th an-nual Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement campaign will take place through June 3. State and local law enforcement will be working overtime to ensure motorists and passengers are follow-ing Texas seat belt laws. Seat belt violations could result in fines and court costs of up $250 or more.

While seat belt use in Texas is up over the last decade, seat belt use among pickup truck drivers and passengers continues to lag. In 2011, only 80.3 percent of pickup truck passengers used seat belts as compared to 92.4 percent of passengers in other vehicles. In 2011, one out of every two pickup truck drivers killed in a traf-fic crash in Texas was not wearing a seat belt. Approximately one out of every four vehicles registered in Texas is a pickup truck.

According to the Texas Transportation Institute, 93.7 percent of Texas drivers and passengers now buckle up. Experts at the Na-tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimate that the 11-year-old Click It or Ticket initiative has resulted in 2,843 fewer traffic fatalities, 48,000 fewer serious injuries and a savings to the state of more than $10 billion in associated costs.

To ensure that Texans comply with seat belt laws, thousands of state troopers will join police officers and sheriffs’ deputies state-wide during a stepped-up enforcement period through June 3, in-cluding the Memorial Day holiday weekend, to ticket drivers and passengers who aren’t buckled up.

The National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi initiated 102 Lamar University juniors and seniors into membership during the organization’s annual spring ceremony.

Seniors elected to membership must rank in the upper 10 percent of their graduating class, while second-semester juniors must rank in the upper 7.5 percent of their class.

Lamar’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi conducted the ceremony April 26 in the University Reception Center of the Mary and John Gray Library.

Chapter President Kevin Dodson welcomed guests, explained membership criteria and presented a history of Lamar Chapter 95, which was chartered in 1965. Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society, Dodson said. Lamar is one of fewer than 300 col-leges and universities to have chapters.

The names of the Orange County inductees are listed below, in order of their hometowns:

Bridge City: Kyle Jordan Brodeur, Kensey Kriselen Duncan, Yamile Yaneth Zuniga.

Orange: Derek Douglas Borel, Lisa Marie Farzad, Toinette Hill, Joyce Ann Hyatt, Olivia Faye Wagner, Fred Zoch Jr.

Vidor: Marissa Diane Bell, Kevin King, Kelly Briana Sellers, Joshua Michael Simmons.

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The Lutcher Stark Class of 1957 celebrated their 55th class reunion on April 28. The all-day event was held at the Sunset Grove Country Club with a breakfast that morning and a dinner that night. Forty-five graduates attended the breakfast and a total of 75 graduates and their spouses attended the evening affair. Entertainment was provided by the Class of ‘57 “The Sisterhood.” The planning committee con-sisted of Jack Smith, Lynn Fields, Betty James, Jeanie Jordan, Floyd Henry, Gerald Thompson, June Stringer, Merrill Stringer, Margaret Shelton, Louise Fazio and Pat Hall.

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Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will host a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 28, 2012. Those wishing to attend the ceremony will be given free entry starting at 2:00 p.m. with the ceremony beginning at 2:45 p.m. To explore the Gardens either before or after the event, an admission ticket must be purchased. Visitors are encouraged to bring folding chairs for seating during the ceremony. Shangri La will be open throughout Memorial Day from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for visitors of all ages.

The program will start with a welcoming speech from Michael Hoke, Director of Shan-gri La, followed by the recognition of veterans. Glen Dutton will make a short presentation and deliver a Memorial Day prayer. Dutton is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Air Force and has served at the Southeast Texas Veterans Service Group for 13 years. During the program, Robert and Michelle Hoke, son and daughter-in-law of Michael Hoke, will sing the National Anthem and patriotic songs. Rob-ert Hoke is currently a law student at Louisiana

State University, where he was a member of the cappella choir for three years. Michelle is cur-rently a teacher at Baptist Academy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has sung the National Anthem at several sporting events and high-ca-pacity venues, as well as other venues for non-profit organizations. The ceremony will con-clude with a ringing of the Great Bell at Shangri La, one minute of silence in remembrance of those who gave their lives for their country and TAPS played by Rebecca Kent. Kent is a gradu-ate of Lamar University and has performed at numerous Memorial Day ceremonies.

“As we reflect on the sacrifice members of our military have made, the serenity of the gar-dens provides a place of solace for all to honor the ultimate commitment our military men and women have made for our country. All are invited to honor our fallen soldiers at Shangri La on Memorial Day,” said Shangri La Director, Michael Hoke.

Located at 2111 West Park Avenue in Orange, Texas, Shangri La is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call 409.670.9113 or visit www.shangrilagardens.org.

Shangri La Honors Fallen Soldiers with Memorial Day Ceremony, May 28Staff ReportFor The Record

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce an-nual golf tournament will start with an 8 a.m. tee time on Monday, July 16 at Sunset Grove Coun-try Club.

It will be a four-person scramble.• Players package- Golf: $60 includes green fee,

cart, beverages food and door prizes. Mulligans are $5 each, limit two per player.

• $100 Hole Sponsor- Your firm will receive recognition in the form of a tee box sign, event and post-event publicity.

Payment must accompany registration. The deadline is July 13. Make checks payable to Bridge City Chamber of Commerce and mail to Bridge City Chamber of Commerce, 150 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City, TX. 77611, (409) 735-

5671.For more information, call either Jerry Jones at

735-6801 or 626-1789, or Gerald W. Robinson at 735-6801 or 626-1786.

Sponsors include:Bridge City Wrecker, Orange County Naviga-

tion and Port District, Orange County Economic Development Commission, Rodney Townsend Law Firm, Republic Service, Firestone Commu-nity Federal Credit Union, Mid-County Teach-ers Credit Union, COS Printing/Bridge City Lock and Key, J. David and Telisa DeRosier, David Self Ford, Bill Nickum State Farm Insurance, En-tergy, d.p. Engineering, Britt Godwin, Triangle Waste, Scales Portable Buildings, Bridge City Radiator, Ace Image Wear, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Granger Chevrolet, Colletti Photography, Cecil Atkission Ford, Beaumont Enterprise, Dis-hon Surveyors and Neches Federal Credit Union.

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Family and Community• Married to Amy Townsend, (Judice) M.D.; to-gether they have one daughter, Alexandria, who is in the 7th grade at Bridge City Middle School• Member of Common ground Community Church in Bridge City• Business owner -Rodney Townsend Attorney at Law P.C. located in Orange• Active member of Ducks Unlimited (DU), the Coastal Rifle Association (CCA) and the National Rifle Association (NRA)• Selected by the Orange Jaycees to serve as the • Selected by the Orange Jaycees to serve as the 2011 Grand Marshall for the Orange Christmas Parade• Recognized as the best lawyer in Orange by the readers of the Orange Leader.

Experience• Has handled hundreds of cases in Orange County and across Texas in the areas of civil law, criminal law, family law and pro-bate law.• Admitted to practice law in all Courts of the State of Texas, Federal Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas• Active member of Orange County Bar Association and the Jef-ferson County Bar Association• Served as Attorney Ad Litem• Certified Mediator

Education• Graduated in 1989 from Bridge City High School• Attended Brigham Young University on a football scholarship• Graduated in 1994 from Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science• Graduated on 2000 from South Texas College of Law with a • Graduated on 2000 from South Texas College of Law with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence

Pol Adv Pd for by the Rodney Townsend Campaign, Amy Townsend M.D, treasurer in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act and Fair Campaign Practices Act.

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Orange County Farmer’s Market open Wednesday, Saturday

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

The following items are now available: Tomatoes (maybe), corn, carrots, green beans, cucumbers, leaf lettuce, greens, pota-toes, yellow squash, zucchini, snow peas, purple hull peas, on-ions, peppers, blueberries, jams and jellies, hot sauce, local hon-ey, fresh eggs, homemade cookies, flowering plants, blueberry bushes and more.

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

“Remembering Bridge City” set for June 10The Bridge City Historical Society will be hosting “Remem-

bering Bridge City” on Sunday, June 10, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Bridge City First Baptist Church, 200 W. Roundbunch Rd. in the family life center. Citizens of Bridge City are encourage to bring early photographs, pictures and other historical items to be scanned and documented. Additionally, there will be a video area set up to do video taping of people who have a historic perspective of Bridge City. The BC Historical Society is interested in creating a vivid picture of Bridge City’s history for future generations. Ev-eryone is invited to attend and help us preserve the history of Bridge City. For more information, please call Darrell Segura at (409) 720-9999. Refreshments will be served.

Annual Memorial Day tribute to be held May 27The public is invited to the ninth annual tribute to Orange

County veterans at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 27 at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 MLK Drive in Orange.

The patriotic tribute will honor all veterans and those cur-rently serving in the military. Held annually on the plaza on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program

includes special speakers, patriotic music and more.The plaza features the life size sculpture “Tears from a Grate-

ful Heart” by Colorado-based artist Scott Stearman and the names of scores of veterans from Orange County. Inscribed on plaques incorporated into the plaza are the names of airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines. Also featured is the ship’s bell from the U.S.S. Dyson. Built in Orange, the Dyson went on to earn the Presidential Unit Citation and 11 battle stars for World War II service.

For more information, call 883-4674.

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

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

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

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

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

LCM FFA seeking past members for dinnerThe Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Future Farmers

of America (FFA) is looking for past FFA members and officers from Mauriceville, Little Cypress, and Little Cypress-Mauricev-ille from the school years 2002, 1992, 1982, 1972, and 1962. The FFA Banquet theme this year will be, “Back in the Day with FFA,” and the current officers would like to invite past members from 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago to attend the banquet. The FFA is asking that if you or someone you know was a past FFA member from one of these years, please contact Brandy Whisenant by calling 409-886-5821, extension 1040, or email [email protected] with your contact information so that you can be given a formal invitation to attend. The dinner will be held on May 24. Reservations are required.

Quantum-Touch® Level one workshop scheduledQuantum-Touch is a powerful yet easy to learn natural heal-

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Join certified practitioner and level 1 instructor, Penny Le-Leux in a weekend workshop to be held in Orangefield, May 26-27. Call 409-728-5970 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Heavenly Hearts Summer Charity Pageant to be held May 26

Heavenly Hearts Charity Pageants announces it’s next event. The Summer Charity Pageant will be held on May 26 at the Bridge City Community Center in Bridge City. Entries are being accepted now and will continue until May 24. Early bird entry discounts are given to those that enter by May 5. Age divisions are from babies all the way to adult. The event is open to all ar-eas and to both boys and girls. Attire is formal and summer wear. Awards are crowns, trophies, plaques, sashes, toys, gifts, and much more. No one will leave empty handed and all young contestants receive a tiara just for taking part in this event. The

charity that will benefit from this event is the Bridge City Min-isterial Alliance. Entry fee into this event if entered by the early bird deadline is $85. Late entries will be charged $135.

Raffle tickets for various donated items can be sold to pay the entry fee, or you may get a sponsor if you want to enter at no cost to you. For more information, log on to Heavenly Hearts Charity Pageants on facebook. Anyone can enter, purchase a raffle tick-et, or make a donation by calling Kari Stringer 281-259-4437 (Must leave a message) or by email for a much faster response [email protected] Applications can be mailed or emailed to you by sending your email address to the yahoo ac-count. There are also applications available to pick up at the Ministerial Alliance. The alliance is open on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and they are located next to First Baptist Church on Roundbunch Road in Bridge City. Busi-nesses are welcome to advertise free of charge with any donation of any value to the event.

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

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

BCHS class of 1972 to host 40th reunionBridge City High School Class of 1972 will hold their 40th re-

union Saturday, June 2 at LaQuinta Inn and Suites in Bridge City.

The reunion will start at 5 p.m. and end at 12 a.m. For more information, contact Vicki McFerrin Jeter at 735-3172 or Butch English at 679-3372. The class is searching for classmates. If anyone can help locate them, call the above numbers.

Classmates not found:A.C. Barber III, Vickie Bell (Saltzman), Curtis Black, Karen

Blackwell Eggers, Karen Bourgois, Marita Eversole Ferguson, Debbie Busby Braneff - Time Braneff (son), Eileen Busby Kim-brough, Richard Johnson, Jackie Latino, Pam Lewis Arceneaux?, Gwen Lonadier DeSalle, Denise Lute Lage, James Mancil, Wayne Calhoun, Mike Church, Robert-Richard Carl, Elaine Deroche Kelly, Malcolm Hill, Veronica Hollingsworth Munson, Melinda Jenkins, Nicky Monte, Terrie Patterson Bebee, Delores Vasser Bertrand, Donna Verrett Beaumont, Mary Waldrep, David Wil-liams, Steve Worrell, John Farris, Randy Flowers, Larry Green, Pam J. Hebert, Vickie Helms, Ray Smith, Linda Trevino Posey, Donnie Vail, David Prejean, John Quirk, Ronnie Rayburn, Daryl Reynolds, Randal Ritchey, Debbie Rose, Rick Sanders?, Roer Schoolfield, Leslie Simon and Kenneth Smith.

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

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

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

The up-to-date curriculum provides hands-on practice in life-saving techniques designed to prepare babysitters to act in an emergency. Babysitters also receive instruction on how a child’s age affects how to care for them, how to prevent problem behav-

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n A thumbnail sketch of a few years in the adventur-ous life of Clay Dunn dur-ing prohibition. He thrived on challenging the rules and filling his need.

Clay Dunn’s brothers followed the oil booms, transporting oil. So did Clay but for different reasons. Black gold attracted green bucks, and he always devised a trap to get himself some of them. Even though Clay still had some interest in Port Arthur, the Klan, after tarring him and had burned his ship. He really had too much heat on him to hang around that town.

The Orange oilfield was discovered six miles west of Orange in 1913, but it didn’t start to boom until 1921. The really big boom came in August 1922 with Oscar Chesson’s “wonder Well.” Clay set up shop on what be-came the oilfield’s main drag. By 1925, the people who followed black gold dispersed to other fields. Only one section crew remained by 1927.

Active until his death a few years ago was Paul Cormier, born in Ged, La., in 1919. When he was 2 years old, his father, Jack, and mother Florence dismantled their house, hauled it by wagon and set it back up in the oilfield. Jack went to work in the oilfield while Florence ran a café.

In 1928, Jack was injured. Paul quit school a couple of years later and went on to work in the oilfields to help the family. He never left. He made the oilfield his life’s work. The success of his venture and stick-ability is pure Americana.

Clay had moved on by 1927. He built and opened Orange County’s only supper club, “The Silver Slipper” on the Ferry Road in what later was to become Bridge City. The building, on Lake Street, was torn down af-ter Hurricane Rita’s damage. The Bailey’s had built a Fish Camp at the ferry landing the year before later known as Fred Bailey’s Place. That building burned down a few years ago.

Clay’s club catered to the area’s elite and influential. He served large steaks, seafood and furnished live music. Even though pro-hibition was the order of the day, plenty of alcohol flowed in the club. False walls hid the gambling casino behind them. Dad built his home next door.

In 1928, Huey P. Long was elected gover-nor of Louisiana. Clay had an inside with the

Long administration. Gambling was going to be pretty well wide open. Clay would have the Ab-beville concession. He opened in a temporary club, then he built a large club. The new “Lafitte Club,” was located on the out-skirts of town. It was a large, fab-ulous place for its time.

Dad had hocked the Silver Slip-per Club to build it. He sent Spot Alred, ariend, to pay Orange

national Bank his final $500 note. The bank wouldn’t accept the payment. Spot returned to Abbeville with the news. Clay rushed back to Orange to discover the bank had foreclosed on the club and house and had cut a deal with one Bab Berwick, a local law man. Bab was of-ten accused of killing several blacks. He never killed any white folks, whom I’m aware of. Clay considered him gutless. Bab still has family living in the area so I won’t indulge in much of this. A long time lawman, Mr. Griffin, who still has family in Bridge City also, told me the story and said Bab lived in fear of Clay.

Another ironic sidebar to that story is that a couple, who 26 years later would become my mother and father-in-law, were hired by Bab as the caretakers at the silver slipper. While in Abbeville, Clay met my 14-year-old moth-er. Things didn’t pan out too well for Clay. In 1932, Oscar K. Allen was elected governor. Huey Long went on to the United States Sen-ate. He was assassinated in the Capital in Ba-ton Rouge on Dec. 10, 1935. Clay, being a Tex-an and outsider, was resented by some of the home guard, who felt the concession should be theirs. They were able to apply pressure in Baton Rouge

Clay continued to operate until one night he was raided by the state police. He was tipped off and he and the piano player hid two of the slot machines in an open field behind the club. Twenty years later, while traveling through the area, Dad told me about the slots, wondering what had become of them. Fifteen years after that time, while visiting my moth-er and grandmother in Abbeville, I told the story about the hidden machines to my two boys. They wanted to go look for them. I told them I had played in that field often as a boy and the slots weren’t there. They insisted that we look anyway. Forty-five years after being hidden, we found a wooden, cast-iron slot machine. It still worked. We were so excited; we hauled it back to Mom’s place and never thought about looking for the other one. Since them, it’s made the rounds between the

boys and me. It now sits in my den, fixed not to operate because the grandkids couldn’t re-sist playing it.

After the raid, Clay moved back to Texas where he set up shop in Burleson County, on the bank of the Brazos River. He had hooked up with Ed Wndel, a home guard from Caldwell, who had the local connection. They operated a crap game that drew from the Bryan/College Station and Brenham area. At first, with no electricity, they used kerosene lights and a palm fan pulled up and down by one of the help to keep the players cool.

Clay was doing business in several places and living a fast life. He was finally shot and after his recovery, Mom left him and we re-turned to the Cajun Country. The bullet was still lodged beneath his heart when he died years later. After prohibition, Clay built an empire with the only three liquor stores in 13

dry counties and the famous Avelon Club.Mom and I didn’t hear much from dad af-

ter she left him. For $70, she bought a one-room grain shed and moved the little build-ing next to my grandmother’s. Our house had no utilities and was built from 12-inch slats with no insulation. The green wood had warped and left cracks that we filled with newspapers. I slept on a pallet on the floor. We lived in poverty while my mother earned little money as a wash lady and picking cot-ton.

The years would go by, and after prohibi-tion, Clay returned to Orange County where he opened the county’s first liquor store and other pioneering ventures in the Bridge City area, while maintaining the growing Brazos River operation. The war years came and Dad expanded his operations. I would later join him. To be continued.

Another Chapter: Prohibition, oil fields, and hard times

This nickel slot machine was hid-den by Clay Dunn. It was found by grandsons, Mark and Allen Dunn, 38 years later.

The Silver Slipper Club, on Lake Street in Bridge City, built 84 years ago during prohibition as it looked before Hurricane Rita came to town.

This pen and ink of the LaFitte Club was drawn by my uncle, Mom’s brother, Dan Duplantis. The Abbeville, La., club as built around 1930 and was considered one of the top night spots in the state before the end of prohibition.


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

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

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

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

having their 58th class reunion on September 28 and 29. The two-day event will be held at the Sunset Grove Country Club. Letters have been mailed and notice via e-mail have been sent to those on file. The reservation deadline is August 15. If you have not received notice, please contact Joette Evans Webb at 883-9432, 920-8683 or e-mail at [email protected].

Fraternal Order of Eagles to host pool tour-nament

The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523, located at 803 N. 28th Street in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament every Friday starting at 8 p.m. Prize money goes to first and second place winners. The community is invited to come meet the members of Aerie 2523 and join in the fun. For more informa-tion, please call 409-886-7381.

Fibromyaligia support group to meet at Sec-ond Baptist Church

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

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

Orange Community Band to meet every Thursday

The Orange Community Band rehearses every Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, located at 4103 Meeks Drive in Orange. They are in need of players for the fol-lowing sections; flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, and percussion, but ALL are welcome! The band performs Christ-mas, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran’s Day con-certs. At least one traditional band concert is performed annu-ally. Please visit us on Facebook at Orange Community Band.

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

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

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer sup-port group meetings

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

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

BCISD to administer Credit by Examination Bridge City ISD, in accordance with Chapter 74.24 TAC, will

administer the Texas Tech University Credit by Examination Tests. Testing dates will be June 5, 6 and 7, 2012. Students in grades first through fifth will be allowed to take each of the five tests (Math, Science, Language Arts, Reading, and Social Stud-ies) at the elementary level without prior instruction. The stu-dent must score at least 90 on each of the five four tests to be considered eligible for grade level acceleration. Students in grades sixth through 12 will be permitted to take an examina-tion to earn credit for an academic course for which they have had no prior instruction. Students must score at least 90 on the test to receive course credit. Additional information and regis-tration forms can be obtained by contacting Gina Mannino at: [email protected].

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To Be held:Wilma Jean “Dean” BrownHarburg

Wilma Jean “Dean” Brown, 70, of Hartburg passed away on Monday, May 21, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, May 23, at 2 p.m. at Dorman Funeral Home, with a gathering of family and friends from 11 a.m. until ser-vice time. Burial will follow at King Cemetery.

She was born on Aug. 20,

1941 in Pitkin , La. to parents Earl and Lau-ra (Bailey) Deason. She was a cook at Ruth’s Café for many years. She loved to cook and sit and drink coffee and talk to family and friends. She always told it like it was. Mrs. Brown was a loving wife, mother, sis-ter, grandchildren, great grand-mother and friend who will be missed dearly.

She was preceded in death

by her parents; the love of her life of 49 years and four months, James “Jimmy” Brown; son, James Perry Brown; sister, Ver-balee Perkins; brother, Bobby Deason.

She is survived by her sons, Kenneth and Earl Brown both of Hartburg, David Brown and wife, Angie of Buna; sisters, Barbara Deason of Rosepine, LA, Shirley Gill of DeRidder; grandchildren, Kenneth Comeaux of Ama-rillo, Kenny Brown of Orange, Chris Brown and wife, Kayla of Starks, Micheal Brown and wife, Kayla of Buna, Eric Brown and wife, Christina of Orange,

Candice Brown of Mauriceville, Shon Brown and wife, Martina of Mauriceville and twelve great grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers are her grandson and honorary pallbearer her nephew, Dupree Brown.

The family wishes to thanks Odyssey Hospice for their car-ing family and help during the past year and four months. A special thanks to Wade at Od-yssey.

Those wishing to sign the guest book may do so at www.dormanfuneralhome.com

Held:May CampbellOrange

May Campbell, 82, of Orange passed away Friday, May 18, in Webster.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday May 22, in the chapel at Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange with Pastor Barry Bradley, of the First Baptist Church in Orange, officiating. A graveside service was held Tuesday after-noon at the Pythian Cemetery in Bunkie, La.

Mrs. Campbell was born Oct. 8, 1929 to William and Gertrude (Roberts) Root. She graduated high school; earned her bach-elor’s degree and later taught Home Economics at Orange-field High School for many years. She was a member of McDonald Baptist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma and the Women’s Golf Association at Dupont. Mrs. Campbell was better known as “MeMay” by her family and extended family and will always be remembered as a wonderful mother and per-fect grandmother.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jack Campbell and sister, Belle Bre-aud.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Cindi Brown and husband, John of Santa Fe and son, Butch Camp-bell of Orange and grandchil-dren, Bridget Hunsucker and husband, Jack, Sky Brown, Maci Spica and husband, Vin-cent, Brett Campbell, Abbie Campbell and Allyson Camp-bell. She is also survived by her great grandchildren, Maybee Roux Hunsucker and Corbin Campbell and brother, William Root of Baton Rouge, La.

Butch Campbell, John Brown, Sky Brown, Brett Campbell, Kevin Garriga and Jerry Beard served as pallbearers.

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manJarrad L. McClelland and Ashley N. WilsonJoshua C. Sharp and Emily A. GrahamWillard T. Chesney and Clarissa M. Yar-

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sonBrandon M. Burns and Meghan K. BristerDustin W. Odom and Wyndi R. MettsJustin T. McAbee and Keylea K. KimballBradford W. Fulfer and Kristen D. Gould

Marriage licenses issued by the office of Karen Jo Vance, Orange County Clerk for the week April 2 - May 18:

Sharon Renae Isaacs and Dennis Howard Isaacs

Ashley Danielle Hall and Clint Damon HallElla Maria Elahee and Shawn Leonard ElaheeEryn M. Lucas and Bryan N. LucasDonna Lynne Curl and Robert Douglas CurlTorre Daniel Paterno and Disney Valasquez-

PaternoAneshia Patrice Thomas and David Russell

Thomas Jr.Michele Eleanor House and Ronald Dale

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RamseyErika Joy Prosperie and Benjamin Scot Pros-

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HollowayStephani Elizabeth Hughes and Johnathan

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kinsJohn Marshal Diskerson and April Nicole

DickersonKelly Craig and William Bryan CraigLeslie Dawn Burch and Mark Edward Burch

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Tonya Michelle Carter and James Doyle Carter

Sisely Teniria Daughtery and Terry Lynn Dove Jr.

Mary Elizabeth Monson and Tracy Paul Monson

Patrick Lucas Clark and Lisa Michelle ClarkCharlee Renee Thousand and Louis Phillip

EngelJohn-Dee Taylor and Telly Renee TaylorLatisa Nichole Hilliard and Steven Arvil Hill-

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BrightNewell Lee Shipley and Jessica Nicole ShipleyFranklin Blaine Walters and Jennifer Rene

WaltersEdward Phillips and Christina Darlene Phil-

lipsRonald Broussard and Phyllis S. BroussardGeoffrey Scott Pinkston and Andrea Nichole

PinkstonKristi Danielle Smith and James Steven SmithDarrin Joseph Smith and Sarah Ashley SmithJimmy Earl Clark and Cheryl Lynn ClarkWilfred Eric Marks and Rebecca Lynn MarksJamey Scott Mayo and Jerijane PowellJohn L. Babb Sr. and Lisa Gail BabbCharlene Marie Burke and Richard Lynn

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Divorces issued by the office of Vickie Edgerly, Orange County District Clerk for the week March 31 through May 4:

Members and officers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Sabine Aerie 2523 in Orange attended the District 1 meeting at Aerie 3719 at Crystal Beach on May 20.

Madam President Katie Coghlan of Crystal Beach welcomed all members of FOE, District 1.

The FOE, Aerie 2523 of Orange was rep-

resented by 18 members. The Eagle Riders were represented by two member. Ladies’ Auxiliary was represented by 12 members of which 10 were officers. The Men’s Aerie had six members in attendance of which four were officers.

The June state convention was discussed, lunch was served, games were played and presents were given out.

The community is invited to come by 803 North 28th Street in Orange and meet the members of the Aerie.

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BC Cardinals take on state ranked rival Robinson

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Hayden Guidry comes in to relieve starting pitcher Jake Lemoine against Huffman. Guidry would close the show with 9 strikeouts and giving up no runs as BC pulled ahead. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Hayden Guidry comes in to relieve starting pitcher Jake Lemoine against Huffman. Guidry would close the show with 9 strikeouts and giving up no runs as BC pulled ahead. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Cardinal ace Jake Lemoine in playoff action against Huffman. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Bridge City first baseman Nick Portacci protects the bag as a Huffman base runner dives back before being picked off by pitcher Jake Lemoine. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

One Game:Winner-Take-All

In what could only be described as a nightmare beginning the Cardinals stumbled out of the gate to the tune of allowing five runs in the first two innings of their Regional Quarter Final match up with Huffman Hargrave.

The Cardinals committed almost as many er-rors in one-half inning as they did through the entire 10 game district schedule. Senior ace Jacob Lemoine finally had the law of averages catch up with him as he struggled through an inning and two-thirds before being relieved by Junior Hayden Guidry. Guidry proceeded to throw five and one-third innings of no hit ball and basically shut down the Huffman attack while BC’s offense got on track.

As Guidry continued to post zeroes on Huff-man’s side of the scoreboard, BC got back in the

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Bridge City Cardinal second baseman Bryce Sampere fields a Huffman grounder and throws to first for the out. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

The Bridge City Cardinals celebrate the come-from-behind victory over Huffman to advance to the Re-gion III semifianl round of the state baseball championship. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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game in the bottom of the third inning as lead-off man Hunter Uzzle drew a walk and went all the way around to third base on a wild throw dur-ing a pick off attempt.

Mitchell Hubbard promptly hit a bullet to the shortstop who tried to make a play from deep in the hole only to overthrow the first baseman which not only allowed Uzzle to score, but Hub-bard took second as well. Next batter Bryce Sam-pere hit a routine ground ball to second for what should had been the third out when the error bug bit Huffman again. The first baseman dropped the throw and allowed Hubbard to score BC’s sec-ond run to make the score 5-2.

In the next Cardinal at bat Senior Zach Smith hit a monster home run over the 370 foot sign and BC was back in business. Later in the inning Freshman Chase Shugart doubled to the right center gap and was driven in by a single from Uz-zle as the Cardinals cut the lead to one run.

In the fifth inning, Bryce Sampere took a four pitch walk that was followed up by Matt Menard reaching on an error.

Smith laced a single to score Sampere and just like that, the game is tied. The Cardinals weren’t through as they would tack on two more runs

courtesy of Hayden Guidry reaching on an error and later getting thrown out at second to put BC up 7-5 for good.

The comeback by the Cardinals seemed to stun many observers as it was the first time since early March that BC had even been behind in a game. To play some of their worst ball for two innings and come back with a win should only bolster the Cardinals hopes for further playoff success.

Bridge City had all weekend to sit around and wait to find out who the next opponent would be. Waco Robinson and Bullard tangled in a best of three series that eventually saw Robinson win.

The Robinson Rockets are a familiar name since they were the team that knocked the Cards out the playoffs in the Regional Semis last year. It appears that the returning Cardinal players got their wish for another shot at the state’s number one ranked team.

BC will square off with Robinson in a one-game series at 6 p.m. on Saturday at College Park in the Woodlands. This matchup will pit the state’s number one and number two teams in District 3A. The winner will play in the Regional Finals

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Big weights in Orange tourney

Well before tournament chairman, John Gothia pointed out the obvious; the crowd of spectators gathered at the weigh-in station was already talk-ing about the common thread amongst the top two teams in the trout division. In spite of the solid number of veteran teams in the field, both first and second place money was won by husband-wife teams.

The Shetleys cashed the $2000 first place check with six trout weighing 32.4 pounds narrowly edging out the Havards two day total by less than three ounces. The redfish division was equally close as the Pearson-Goodrich team posted a to-tal weight of 29.4-pounds barely nipping the Bates-Burge team that finished with four fish weighing 28.78-pounds.

Incredibly enough, the margin of vic-tory in the bass division proved to be the narrowest of the three. The team of Gothia and Smith cashed the top check with 15.6-pounds while Broussard and Grantham had to settle for the $1000 second place check with 15.46 pounds!

While the event was based out of the Orange public boat ramp on the Sabine River, both of the winning teams in the bass division caught their fish in Tay-lor’s Bayou. Smith and Gothia had won a tournament earlier in the week on Sa-bine, but felt like they would have to fish Taylors to win it all and they were right!

The bass fishing on the Sabine River was so tough in fact, that only five teams brought at least one legal fish to the scales. Tournament chairman, Gothia, pleasantly surprised the crowd when he announced that the $1500 designated

for the remaining five places would still be awarded to the field.“We guar-anteed $20,000 in prize money so we will draw five en-try forms of the 64 teams entered in the tournament and

write each of them a $300 check!”At the end of the day Gothia said the

Orange Chamber of Commerce and all of the sponsors were very pleased with this initial event.“A lot of teams waited until the last minute to sign up, but we were hoping for somewhere between 50 and 75 teams and we did that. We had two great weather days, the whole thing went off without a hitch and we are al-ready looking forward to hosting an even bigger and better tournament next year.”

The upcoming weekend will mark the 38th edition of the annual S.A.L.T. tour-nament to be held out of Pleasure Island and this year’s event could be the best of the bunch. The 2012 Inshore-Offshore tourney will be dedicated to the memory of Patsy Jorgensen.

The Saltwater Anglers League of Tex-as has been working feverishly to put the finishing touches on their new club house on the island and they are ready to show it off this weekend. The club is a family oriented club that promotes fam-ily fishing and monthly tournaments for its members.

Their annual Memorial Day tourna-ment is one of the oldest tournaments in the state and the prizes get bigger and better each year. The entry fee is only $30 per person and that one fee covers both inshore and offshore divisions. The money fish in the inshore division are

speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum and sheepshead. Offshore catego-ries include ling, king mackerel and jack crevalle.

For more information call Stan Arm-strong at 963-0433 or you can sign up at Daley’s Hunt N Fish on Jade Avenue in Port Acres.

The bass fishing improved only a little last week on the Sabine River, but the winning money improved signifi-cantly as Trey Smith and Hunter Gothia cashed an $1100 check for the winning string and the big bass. Their winning total was 6.26 pounds and their big bass weighed 2.5-pounds.

Ap Castino and Robert Jackson fin-ished second with 2.34-pounds and Jim Foster and Thomas O’Neil finished third with 1.4-pounds. Carlo Morris and John Helton won the redfish pot.

The Sabine River bass tournaments are fished every Tuesday afternoon out of the Orange Public boat ramp on Sim-mons drive. For more information visit Simon Outfitters on Mac Arthur Drive in Orange.

We enjoyed the best fishing of the year this past week on Sabine. The trout and the reds bit all the way from East Pass to the jetties as the water continued to clear in the lake and the winds were much lighter. At least three trout over 29-inches were caught by bank fish-ermen on the revetment wall and we caught just a bunch of trout over the four pound mark in the open lake.

We spent most of our time fishing the flats, but the fishing at the jetties was on fire for both trout and redfish and the birds are working well in the evenings on the south end of the lake. There will be a lot of folks on the water this week-end so be safe and be patient!

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against the winner of the China Spring versus Lagrange.

The Bridge City versus Waco Robinson game promises to be one for the ages as both teams have been eyeing this one up for a year. Bridge City has established them-selves as a major force to be reckoned with and that was reaffirmed as Robinson opted for a one-game playoff instead of a three-game series when they won the coin flip.

Bridge City’s pitching staff depth is no doubt the reason the Rockets shied away

from a three-game series. That’s an awful lot of respect from the number one team in the state who just got through throwing a no-hitter and a one hitter in their three- game series with Bullard.

All signs point toward Jacob Lemoine for BC going up against Robinson ace and University of Texas signee Chad Holland-sworth. Both of these big right handers will light up the radar guns and make runs tough to come by.

This game should draw a huge crowd as

these two teams have been on a collision course all year. The Bridge City players will no doubt have a little extra motivation on their side as they play for a chance to not only get one step closer to Austin but to erase memories of last year’s defeat. The one thing that’s for sure is that it’s a shame this game takes place as a Regional Semi Final instead of under the bright lights of Disch Faulk field with the state title on the line.

Hope to see a big crowd from Bridge City and a Cardinal victory.

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It’s been a decade since Bruce Aven’s name appeared daily in the major league baseball box scores. Actually it’s been nearly 10 years to the day that he last played in a major league baseball game—on May 27, 2002.

The Orange native’s name certainly has been popping up pretty regularly in South Florida as his high school baseball team—American Heritage Academy—captured the Class 5A state baseball championship Friday night 9-0 over Ponte Vedra at Port St. Lucie.

And American Heritage Academy is not a strange school to those who follow high school baseball’s elite teams as the Patriots (27-4) were ranked as the No. 6 team in the nation accord-ing to ESPN and Baseball America. The Patriots also won a state baseball title in 2008.

But the road to the state title for American Heritage Academy was tough, especially Thursday’s semi-final game against Tampa Jesuit (28-2), ranked as the nation’s No. 1 team by both ESPN and Baseball America.

Jesuit featured pitcher Lance McCullers, who entered the game against the Patriots with a 12-0 record, a miniscule 0.11 ERA and a fast ball that is reportedly in the upper 90’s mph. He is expected to be a first-round pick in the June 4 Major League Draft.

McCullers pitched six shutout innings against the Patriots, which lowered his ERA even more. But he was taken out after throwing 93 pitches because he had thrown 138 pitches in his previ-ous start. However, his mound opponent Shaun Anderson matched him zero for zero.

The game was still scoreless at the end of the regulation seven innings until the Patriots’ ninth-place hitter Brandon Diaz slugged a two-out, three-run homer in the eighth inning, giv-ing Aven’s team a 3-0 win against the nation’s top-ranked team and advancing the Patriots to the Class 5A state championship game against Ponte Verde (21-8).

Friday’s championship game was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. but because of inclement weather the first pitch didn’t come until 9:15.

The game was scoreless until the third inning when the Patriots loaded the bases and scored on a walk. Then catcher Zach Collins ripped a shot off the right field foul pole for a grand slam and American Heritage Academy was in busi-ness.

The Patriots added a four-run fifth inning highlighted by a two-run home run by Esteban Puerta and coasted to a 9-0 victory and the state championship.

American Heritage Academy is a K through 12th grade private school located in Plantation, Fl. which is about 25 miles from both Fort Lau-derdale and Miami. It is a college prep school for students wanting to go into such fields as law, medicine, engineering and education. Students who do not get accepted to a four-year college or university do not graduate.

Bruce Aven was born in Orange and was edu-cated in the West Orange-Cove School District. He was a member of the Mustang football pro-gram coached by Dan Hooks and the baseball team coached by Ronnie Anderson.

He attended and played baseball for the La-mar Cardinals coached by Jim Gilligan and was talented enough to play professionally and made his major league debut on Aug. 27, 1997.

Bruce played with four different organizations during his major league career: the Cleveland Indians (1997 and 2002), Florida Marlins (1999), Pittsburgh Pirates (2000) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2000-2001).

When his playing days were over Bruce and his wife Mary Ann decided on the South Florida area to settle down and raise their family.

Bruce designed the Memorial Sports Center Baseball and Softball Strength Program in 2004 which has been a very successful enterprise.

The program complements the hitting, field-ing and pitching skills taught in the baseball and softball programs by helping to develop players’ strength, speed and attitude. Emphasis is placed not only on reaching the goals set for the ath-letes, but teaching them how to work in-season as well as off-season.

When the head baseball position became available last fall at American Heritage Acad-emy, Aven was the perfect choice with all of his baseball background.

The school also hired a new athletic director, Jeff Dallenbach, a 6-6, 300-pound former NFL lineman who played 15 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles.

“Although I never coached more than a few summer teams,” Aven confessed, “I learned how to coach by being around good coaches, especially those at West Orange-Stark like Dan Hooks, Cornel Thompson, Mark Foreman and especially baseball coach Ronnie Anderson. I expect the same work ethic as my Mustang coaches did.”

Aven’s father-in-law, Judge Pat Clark, traveled to Florida to watch Bruce coach the Patriots and said he thought he was looking at a “mini-Ron-nie Anderson.”

After winning the state championship, Aven said he heard that one of the high school na-tional polls—Perfect Games—has his Patriots ranked No. 1 in the nation.

“We have a beautiful set-up here, almost like a mini-college, that can’t be matched,” Aven said proudly Sunday in our telephone interview. “The kids who play in this baseball program ex-pect to win—just like they do in the Mustang football program.

“The toughest thing was coming into this program and showing the young men how I do things,” Aven continued. “Regardless of what happened in the past, each player had to earn his starting position this spring. It took a lot of time and effort to do things right, but it paid off with a state championship.”

Aven said that there are upward to 30 col-lege and major league scouts at a Patriots base-ball game. “We have nine players—both seniors and juniors—committed to Division I schools,” Aven said proudly. “Our shortstop should get drafted in the third-to-fifth round in the up-coming MLB draft and we have a pitcher who has drawn the attention of scouts from Seattle and Milwaukee.”

Sunday was Graduation Day that involved six of his baseball players. “I lost three of my four starting pitchers, who will be very hard to re-

place,” Aven said.And just to verify the popularity

of baseball in South Florida, the high school program ended Sat-urday and the summer baseball program began Sunday.

KWICKIES…Although he has been retired from baseball for nearly 20 years, Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd is still making some of his teammates mad according to this week’s issue of USA Today Sports Weekly. Boyd, who has been pro-moting his autobiography due out

next month, accused former Hall of Fame team-mate Wade Boggs of being a bigot and using a racial slur daily. “I don’t think Boggs is a bigot, I know it,” Boyd said. Boggs vehemently object-ed to Boyd’s accusation. “You have a delusional drug addict who let not only his family down, but his team, the city of Boston and the Red Sox Nation when it counted most,” Boggs fired back when interviewed by WEII radio in Boston. “Now he wants the good people of Boston to go out and spend money on this garbage to support his habit. I find that extremely amusing.” Boyd and Boggs played together in Boston for eight seasons (1982-89). Boyd acknowledged this month that he smoked marijuana every day and was high while talking to the radio show hosts.

Sunset Grove Country Club golfer Jimmy Sat-tler fired a hole-in-one last week on the 143-yard par 3 No. 12 hole. He recorded his ace with a seven-iron which was witnessed by Lynn Ash-craft.

Congrats to long-time West Orange-Stark de-fensive line coach Ed Dyer who was named the new offensive coordinator by Head Coach Cor-nel Thompson. Dyer has coached both offense and defense for the Mustangs. Thompson is still looking for two assistant coaches to fill his staff.

Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico was almost a video replay of the Kentucky Derby as favorite Bodemeister held the lead for a mile and then was overtaken again in the home stretch by I’ll Have Another, who is unbeaten in four starts this year. I’ll Have Another is the first horse since Big Brown to win the first two legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978. The final leg of the Triple Crown is the Belmont Stakes, which will be run June 9 at the New York track. I’ll Have Another will try to make racing his-tory, but Bodemeister won’t be there. The owner of Dullahan, who finished third in the Kentucky Derby, plans to have his colt entered June 9, al-though Dullahan skipped the Preakness.

JUST BETWEEN US…Two Orange County teams are still alive and pursuing a state cham-pionship. The Bridge City Cardinals fell behind Huffman 5-0 in the early going but used an home run and double by shortstop Zach Smith and some clutch relief pitching by Hayden Guidry to pull out a 7-5 victory in the winner-take-all one-game playoff. The No. 2-ranked Redbirds advanced to the regional semifinals against No. 1 Waco Robinson this week. They will play one game, winner-take-all game Sat-urday at 6 p.m. at College Park High School in The Woodlands. The Little Cypress-Mauricev-ille Lady Bears needed three games to subdue a stubborn Richmond Foster team, winning Saturday’s rubber game 2-0 behind the shutout pitching of Raven Cole and the stellar relief of Hope Russell in the seventh inning. The Lady Bears will meet Montgomery in the Region III Finals for a best-of-three series beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Thurs.) at Port Arthur Memo-rial High School. The two teams will play again Friday at the same time at Montgomery. If a third game is necessary it will be played 6 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery.

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Flip a coin, pick a number, or draw straws to see where you go and what you will catch in our local waters right now.

Summer patterns are in full swing for both fresh and saltwater anglers. The reports of great fishing stretch from the Gulf, way up the Sabine river. Local anglers who are cashing in on the perfect conditions are being treated to some rather predictable and cooperative fish. Here are some of the better patterns happening right now.

Freshwater fishermen are really having their way with the bass in the local bayous. Schooling fish are chasing shad in both Cow Bayou and Adams Bayou throughout the day.

Small topwater plugs and one-quarter ounce spinnerbaits are working really well along with four-inch worms in black or pumpkin. Several anglers are reporting good catches of bass on tube jigs fished around the local docks and other manmade structures like piers and bridges.

Look for some big fish to be caught at night in the coming weeks as folks escape the heat and look for those bigger fish on the river and in places like Cypress Lake.

Sabine Lake fishermen are catching plenty of trout on the

open lake as they chase some scattered birds or look for feeding slicks. The lake is loaded with shrimp and the water clarity is better than average. This combination has proven to be a real winner. Really solid trout are ganging up and chasing bait all over the lake. On days when the wind is barely noticeable, you can cruise the lake in search of surface activity and usually find some active fish.

In case you cannot find fish breaking the surface it is a good bet to fish fresh slicks with topwaters or soft plastics under a popping cork. Wade fishermen continue to catch some huge fish on protected flats early and late with oversized topwaters.

This past week several fish over eight pounds were caught along with a couple over nine pounds as well.

Offshore and jetty fishing is going well. Reports of bull reds in the surf along with some good numbers of specks are keeping offshore fishermen busy. Before the wind switched out of the south over the weekend there was some beautiful water really close to the jetty and beachfront. That water has turned sandy but the fish are still there.

King and ling fishermen are doing well around offshore rigs anywhere from 10 to 40 miles out. The conditions are right for some super fishing in the Gulf when wind permits.

Overall, the area fishing is about as good as it can get with no end in sight. Weather patterns are favorable for the fishing to stay in high gear for some time. Don’t let this super opportunity pass you by. Take your pick and get out on the water,

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I am Mandy White-Rogers, a Republican candi-date for Judge for the County Court at Law of Or-ange County. I have over 19 years of experience as a lawyer and have spent the last 13 years serving Orange County as an assistant district attorney.

The County Court at Law is one of two county courts at law in Orange County and has jurisdiction over the following types of cases and proceedings: Class A and B misdemeanors, family law matters, probate matters, juvenile matters, civil matters in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $200,000 and appeals from the municipal and jus-tice of the peace courts of Orange County.

As an Assistant District Attorney, I have worked hard to protect abused and neglected children, the disabled, and the elderly of Orange County. I have represented the Texas Department of Family and Protec-tive Services (a/k/a Child Protective Services) in all foster care/family law cases, and representing Adult Protective Services and the Department of Aging and Disabled in all adult protection and guardianship cases. Additionally, I have represented victims of family violence in seeking protective orders, and helped to defend Orange County in employment and constitutional law matters.

I have also served as chief of the misdemeanor department and have helped try both misdemeanor and felony criminal cas-es. Prior to becoming an assistant district attorney, I practiced in the area of personal injury law for approximately six years, both in Texas and Nevada. I have extensive courtroom experi-ence and have practiced before every court in the Orange Coun-

ty Courthouse.I was born and raised in Orange and gradu-

ated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School in 1983. I have been married to my hus-band, Ray Rogers, for 22 years, and we have two daughters, Sheridan, age 14, and Karly, age 11, who attend school in the LCM School District. I am an active member of First Baptist Church of Orange where I have spent approximately 10 years teaching Sunday school in our children’s division. Additionally, my husband and I are local business owners of Complete Staffing, a staffing agency with offices in Bridge City and Lake Charles.

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Com-

munication Sciences and Disorders. Following graduation from college, I attended law school at South Texas College of Law in Houston, graduating in 1992, and was licensed to practice law in November of 1992.

The experience I have gained during my legal career has given me the knowledge and experience necessary to serve as judge of the County Court at Law, where I will apply the law fairly and impartially to ensure that justice is served. I believe I am the most qualified person for the position of judge of the County Court at Law and I will work hard to ensure that the cases in that court are resolved as quickly as possible.

I ask for, and would appreciate, your vote and support in the upcoming primary election on May 29. Early voting for this elec-tion began on May 14 and will continue through May 25.

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In four of his six terms in Austin, Paul Sadler, Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Senate, was named to “Texas Monthly‘s” list of Top 10 lawmak-ers, according to an endorsement from the Houston Chronicle. His legislative career was cut short when he left the state capital to help a critically injured son rehabilitate after an automobile accident. Following his recovery, Sadler and son were treated to a very per-sonal White House visit with President George W. Bush, with whom Sadler had worked close-ly in Austin while Bush was governor.

Sadler was in the area on Wednesday to record a radio interview at KWUD in Wood-ville and to eat lunch with the Lunch Bunch at Novrozsky’s.

Sadler’s legislative record is as follows:• 1991-2003 Texas House of Representa-

tives• 1995-2003 Chairman of the Public Education Committee• 1997 Chairman of the Select Committee on State Revenue

and Public School Finance• 2001 Chairman of the Select Committee on Public School

Employee Health Insurance• Legislative Budget Board MemberWhile in the Legislature, they passed the largest property tax

cut in Texas history at the time, public school teachers received three consecutive pay raises and public school employees re-ceived health insurance. He called current school funding in the state as “appalling.”

Sadler faces three opponents in the Democratic primary — Addie Allen, Grady Yarbrough and Sean Hubbard. On the Re-publican side, David Dewhurst, Ted Cruz, Craig James and Tom Leppert figure to receive the most votes in the primaries.

On his webpage, Sadler states, “The first two United States Senators from Texas were Sam Houston, an Independent, and Thomas J. Rusk, a Democrat, the namesake of my home county, Rusk. All together there have been 26 Democrats that served Texas in the United States Senate, six Republicans, and one In-

dependent. Your United States Senate does not belong to a single party. It belongs to us, as Texans.”

Sadler went to write the Democratic Party led the way in building highway, transportation

infrastructure, educational systems and health care for over 150 years.

“I am a Democrat proud of that heri-tage. It is a heritage shared by most of you with parents and grandparents that were proud Democrats that built this great state. Problem solvers, seeking the right solutions to our problems with the conviction that tomorrow can and will be better. Today, it seems we spend

a lot of our time calling each other con-servative or liberal, moderate or progressive.

“I want us to be problem solvers committed to the principles of this great country. Those principles are larger than a label — they live inside each of us. They are what made this coun-try great. Join me as we return to that heritage, help me restore dignity and respect to our public institutions. One election at a time we can restore our faith in each other — it begins here and now, with the election of your next United States Senator,” Sadler stated.

His platform consists of:• Returning fierce independence and Texas integrity to the

U.S. Senate• Creating jobs and rebuilding the economy• Supporting Texas public schools• Achieving energy independence• Strengthening our national defense and honoring our ser-

vice members• Protecting access to quality, affordable healthcare The primary election day is May 29 and the General Election

is on Nov. 6.

Paul Sadler, Democratic hopeful for a U.S. Senate seat, was in Orange on Wednesday to conduct a radio interview and eat with the Lunch Bunch. The primary will be on May 29 and the General Election on Nov. 6.

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Keep Orange County Beautiful is holding another E-Waste Collection Day on Saturday June 2. The collection will take place in front of the Sears Hometown Store in Orange on Ma-cArthur Drive, from 9 am until 5 in the afternoon.

Orange County residents are encouraged to clear out their back rooms, garages and offices and recycle their electronic waste (“E-Waste”).

E-Waste to be collected that day will include computers and laptops, DVD and VCR and MP3 players, and other electronic gadgets as well as home appliances, televisions and monitors – anything with a plug or a battery.

Not only are the bulk and sizes of these devices bad for our landfills, but all of them contain at least one or two chemicals that can be highly toxic. The need to keep E-waste out of our

landfills is becoming a major issue with municipalities and busi-nesses – and should be foremost in the minds of the general pub-lic as well.

“We all have old electronics hanging around the house and garage” said J David Derosier, Chairman of Keep Orange County Beautiful. “We need to make sure that these old electronics do not go into the landfill, but are recycled.”

Keep Orange County Beautiful (KOCB) is a non-profit organi-zation whose vision is see Orange County become the cleanest and one of the most beautiful areas in Texas. KOCB has cho-sen to focus its efforts on two prime areas – Trees and Trash. KOCB’s mission is to educate, organize, and implement pro-grams to achieve its vision. Further information can be found on the website (www.KOCB.org) or email to [email protected].

Funding for this project provided by Southeast Texas Re-source Conservation & Development (http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd/Southeast_Texas.html)

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Accomplishments on Commissioner Court 2009 to present.

• Collection station: Orange County is recycling and with lower cost on regular garbage.•• Roads in PCT 1: 12 miles of road repair. New roads Ben Mack road surfaced with Pine Bluff road to be surfaced spring of 2012 • Airport: Completed the runway extension project with grant money and installed taxiway light with grant money. Secured the airport with code access for entey.•• Mosquito control: Instrumental in hiring pilot for mosquito control aircraft. • Jail: Working with bidders on Bulk and Prescription medication delivery lowering the cost with better service. • Sheriff’s Department: 17 new patrol cars on the streets with 7 new cars on order for this year•• Grants: Over 48.5 million dollars in grant money over the past 3 years• New Buildings: - Shelter of last resort on FM 1442 (CHAMPS) - Judge Janice Menard - Adult Probation Building• Lowered the tax rate from 2011 to 2012• Generators on Key buildings needed to operate the county.• Generators on Key buildings needed to operate the county.• County insurance health prescription plan: negotiated with Caremark to lower county prescription cost, saving the county over $70,000 the first year.

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Ashlyn Akhtar was named Student of the Month for May by the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce. Miss Akhtar is a senior at Community Christian High School where she is the President of the National Honor Society. She is also Student Council President and was a member of the National Society of High School Scholars. Miss Akhtar can speak five total languages. Ashlyn plans to go to Baylor in the fall and major in psychology. After earning her bachelor’s degree, she intends to earn a master’s in psychology with plans to attend law school in order to become a sports attorney.

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Tiger Rock Martial Arts will host a free Women’s Personal Protection Seminar on Satur-day, June 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at their new location on FM 408 in Bridge City. Casual cloth-ing and gym shoes are recom-mended. Please call 409-920-1462 to RSVP.

Annual Memorial Day tribute to be held May 27

The public is invited to the ninth annual tribute to Or-ange County veterans at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 27 at the Heri-tage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 MLK Drive in Orange.

The patriotic tribute will honor all veterans and those currently serving in the mili-tary. Held annually on the pla-za on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program includes special speakers, patriotic music and more.

The plaza features the life size sculpture “Tears from a Grateful Heart” by Colorado-based artist Scott Stearman and the names of scores of veterans from Orange County. Inscribed on plaques incor-porated into the plaza are the names of airmen, sailors, sol-diers and Marines.

Also featured is the ship’s bell from the U.S.S. Dyson.

Built in Orange, the Dyson went on to earn the Presiden-tial Unit Citation and 11 battle stars for World War II service.

For more information, call 883-4674.

LCM FFA seeking past members for dinner

The Little Cypress-Mau-riceville High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) is looking for past FFA members and officers from Mauricev-ille, Little Cypress, and Little Cypress-Mauriceville from the school years 2002, 1992, 1982, 1972, and 1962. The FFA Ban-quet theme this year will be, “Back in the Day with FFA,” and the current officers would like to invite past members from 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago to attend the ban-quet. The FFA is asking that if you or someone you know was a past FFA member from one of these years, please contact Brandy Whisenant by calling 409-886-5821, extension 1040, or email [email protected] with your contact infor-mation so that you can be giv-en a formal invitation to at-tend. The dinner will be held on May 24. Reservations are required.


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Members and officers of the Fraternal Order of Ea-gles, Sabine Aerie 2523 in Orange attended the Dis-trict 1 meeting at Aerie 3719 at Crystal Beach on May 20.

Madam President Katie Coghlan of Crystal Beach

welcomed all members of FOE, District 1.

The FOE, Aerie 2523 of Orange was represented by 18 members. The Eagle Riders were represented by two member. Ladies’ Auxil-iary was represented by 12 members of which 10 were officers. The Men’s Aerie had six members in atten-

dance of which four were officers.

The June state conven-tion was discussed, lunch was served, games were played and presents were given out.

The community is invited to come by 803 North 28th Street in Orange and meet the members of the Aerie.

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The Stark Museum of Art still has spots available this summer for its free art class program, ArtQuest. Art classes for students entering grades 1-5 are filled but there are still openings for those entering grades 6-12.

Stark Museum has openings in the Art Detectives class for students entering grades 6-8 and the Museum Connec-tions class for students entering grades 9-12. Both classes are taught by the Museum’s Chief Educator, Elena Ivanova, and docents will assist to provide students with a hands-on learning experience. Classes begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m.

Art Detectives, the class for students entering grades 6-8, will provide students the opportunity to practice their art-making skills, create a scavenger hunt and search through the Museum for clues in solving a mystery. This class is sched-uled for June 12, 13 and 14 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

In the Museum Connection class for students entering grades 9-12, participants will learn about museum profes-sions and expressing themselves in a professional manner in speech, writing and art. Behind-the-scene activities needed to run a museum will be exposed to students as they learn

about preserving and presenting the collection. This class is scheduled for July 10, 11 and 12 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

“Museums often have an aura of mystery. What happens in the galleries when visitors are not there? Popular movies such as Night at the Museum and The Da Vinci Code are just two examples of imaginary happenings that ref lect this fascination with museum magic,” says Elena Ivanova, Chief Educator. “I hope that teens who will participate in our sum-mer classes will get a better understanding of the ways things work in museums and also will have fun unraveling ‘museum mysteries.’”

Advance application is required. Classes will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 20 children per class. Applications are currently available for download from the Stark Museum of Art website, www.starkmuseum.org or may be picked-up in person at the Museum’s Infor-mation Desk during open hours. Completed applications are due no later than June 4.

Located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, Stark Mu-seum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission is free for all ages. Group tours are available by appointment. For more informa-tion, call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmuseum.org.


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The public is invited to the ninth annual tribute to Orange County veterans 6 p.m. Sunday, May 27 at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 M.L. King Drive in Orange. The event is free.

Held annually on the plaza on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program includes special speakers, patriotic music and more.

The event will feature greetings from J. M. Hedge, assistant di-rector of the Houston Veterans Affairs Regional Office. Hedge, a seven-year veteran of the United States Army and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, has 30 years of Federal govern-mental service including nine years with the Department of Jus-tice. His VA career began in 1998 in Houston where he has filled several roles of increasing responsibility.

As assistant director, he supports the director in administer-ing a wide array of benefits to nearly 800,000 veterans and their families living in 90 counties in Texas as well as veterans living in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

The patriotic tribute will honor all veterans and those currently serving in the military.

The plaza features the life size sculpture “Tears from a Grateful Heart” by Colorado-based artist Scott Stearman and the names of scores of veterans from Orange County.

Inscribed on plaques incorporated into the plaza are the names of airmen, sailors, soldiers and marines as well as veterans of the U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.

Also featured in the plaza is the ship’s bell from the U.S.S. Dy-son. Built in Orange, the U.S.S. Dyson went on to earn the Presi-dential Unit Citation and 11 battle stars for World War II service.

For more information, call (409) 883-4674.

Public invited to join in honoring OC veterans


Girl Scout Troop 3639 each planted their own live oak tree Sun-day afternoon at Bridge City Park to replace trees lost to Hurricane Ike. The trees were provided by Frey’s Landscape in Orange.

Each girl read about live oak trees and why it is important to plant them at the park. Mayor Kirk Roccaforte presented the girls with a certificate of achievement and said this was an example of why Bridge City bounced back so quickly after the hurricane.

The girls are, in no particular order: Faith Sonier, junior; Madison Thayer, junior; Stacey Sonier, ambassador; Gabby Owens, cadet; Jo-anna Westberry, juniior; Oceanna Rougeau, cadet; Amy Westberry, daisy and Kerista Buysse, junior.

Their leader is Lisa Rougeau and the co-leader is Nancy Thayer. Parents supporting the troop are: Mandy Sonier, Julianna Wingate and Joanna Westberry.

The Girl Scouts of America are celebrating their 100th anniver-sary this year.

Bridge City became a little more beautiful after Sunday




First Baptist Church Orangefield

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

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

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

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

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

www.fbcof.com

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

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

Boots & hats welcome!

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

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

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

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

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

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

Me) Club

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange

(409) 745-3973Sun. Morning at

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

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

409-779-4703•409-779-4702

First United Methodist Church

502 Sixth Street 409-886-7466

Pastor: Rev. John WarrenDir. of Fine Arts & Music:

Doug RogersOrganist: Justin SandersDir. of Youth & Christian

Education: Allisha BonneauxSunday: Worship in the Cha-

pel: 8:15 a.m., Celebration Service in Praise

Center: 8:55 a.m.,Sunday School for all ages: 9:50 a.m., Worship in the

Sanctuary: 11 a.m., UMYF & Methodist Kids: 5 p.m.

Web site: www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

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

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

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

comes you!”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

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

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Trinity Baptist Church

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

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

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

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding Pastor

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

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn

BallSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

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

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

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

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

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

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

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

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

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

Worship “Living Stone”

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving Street, Orange409-882-0862

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

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

of the each month.

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

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

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

Maranatha Christian Center

7879 Hwy. 87 NMusic: Sherry Dartez

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

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

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My last four articles have looked at four prominent misconceptions about Christians. So far I have discussed the misconceptions: that being a Christian one must read the Bible literally, that being a Christian means you have to go to “church”, that TV ministers/evangelist are representative of all Christianity and being a Christian means you have to support the Re-publican Party. While of course this list is not exhaustive, I believe I touched on some of the ‘power players.’

The purpose of this series was to show a different side of Christianity, to show that Christianity does not have to be what is commonly construed in the media. Like I stated in my first article, the ‘Achilles heel’ of Christianity is Chris-tians themselves. Now more than ever people are leaving the faith faster than people are coming into it. Is it because of what Jesus has to say about loving your neighbor or tak-ing care of people in need? No, it’s because they are not seeing the Jesus Christ found in the pages of the New Tes-tament in the lives of his followers.

Because of this, people have left or misunderstood the faith that I hold so dear. By showing that those with the loudest, most in your face view of Christianity do not hold a monopoly on God should be freeing.

That’s right—freeing, a weight lifted off your shoulders. Imagine the Christian faith where differences with re-

gards to the Bible were accepted and even sought out. Imagine the Christian faith that focused more on relation-ships than bodies in pews. Imagine the Christian faith that focused more on ‘lives touched’ than ‘souls saved.’ Imagine the Christian faith that accepted people who dress differ-ently than in their ‘Sunday bests’, a Christian faith that did not focus too much time and attention on one group of people. Imagine what the world would look like if people who proclaimed to follow Christ tried to make Heaven here on earth.

This and so much more is right within the grasp of the modern church; it is going to take openness, acceptance and grace, just like what was extended to each and every person in the entire world.

God is bigger than any one denomination, belief system or theology. As we change and grow so does our under-standing of faith, Jesus Christ and grace.

While I have enjoyed writing them and I hope you have enjoyed reading them, it all comes to down to one question: So, now what?

Maybe you have seen the bumper sticker that reads “Be

the change you wish to see in the world.” People are doing this everyday in a variety of ways. Sure, churches are do-ing mission work all over the world but if the image that is projected of church is one that congregants are a church going Bible literalist who believe you have to vote in the Republican primary and quote Charles Stanley to be one of the elect of God, then why would anyone who believes dif-ferently want to be part of that movement?

Change is what has to happen for the church and the message of Christ to relevant. Too often Christians sit in their sanctuaries or committee meetings and complain about how no one is interested in the church. Often the conversation goes to some reason outside of the church that is root cause of this problem. Seldom the answer that is given is the church itself which has to change instead of world changing to church’s needs. This is where the per-ception that the church as an intuition is inf lexible and antiquated comes from.

It doesn’t have to be this way. However the answer or the solution to the problem has yet to be found. There is no quick-fix, there is no magic potion. But something must be done and by at least lifting the notion that there are some misconceptions about Christians, hopefully this will get the conversation stated. For the church to survive it will take all of us coming to together to be the change in the world and to be the church of God loving and accepting one another as f lawed human beings.

I wouldn’t want it any other way.Rev. Evan M. Dolive is an ordained minister in the Chris-

tian Church (Disciples of Christ). He currently serves as Associate Minister at First Christian Church (DOC) in Or-ange. Rev. Dolive can be reached via email at [email protected] or online at evandolive.wordpress.com.

Evan DoliveFor The Record

Misconceptions About Christians: The Conclusion

Eighth-graders at St. Mary’s School received a surprise visit from a past teacher on a recent field trip to Houston.

Sister Sharon Steglich taught the students when they were in first-grade. She now teaches at Queen of Peace Catholic School in Houston. The trip was planned by one of the student’s mother, Lee Ann Fusilier, who arranged all the details with Queen of Peace principal. The principal arranged for a substitute teacher for the day so Steglich could spend the day with the St. Mary students.

“We surprised her during morning prayers at Queen of Peace,” said Lacey Hale. “We walked in wearing St. Mary shirts. She clapped her hands in the air with her eyes wide with surprise. She began to cry and hug each one of us. It was amazing. She was so happy to see the children.”

The students planted a rosary garden with gardening tools

brought from home. She school had a garden with a memorial for a student who was killed by a car in front of the school a few years back.

The St. Mary’s students added flowers, mulch and stones for the rosary beads.

“Sister had the kids sing her favorite song that she had taught them years ago which was ‘This is the day that the Lord has made.’ She also took us on a tour of the school and classrooms. The kids played kickball with third-grade PE students and they visited with eighth grade students during lunch,” Hale said.

After a pizza lunch by Domino’s, they went to the Dominican sisters’ convent and toured the facility and met Steglich’s sisters. Hale said after hugs and teas they headed back to Orange.

“It was the best day ever,” she said.

St. Mary students reunite with former teacher

Sister Sharon Steglich returned to St. Mary Catholic School to visits a group of eighth-grade students she once taught when they were in first grade. Pictured are back row: Madeleine Fuselier, Emily Erb, Mitchell Lee, Ryan Keszeg, Edward Doan, Tyler McCorvy, Vinny Hale, Brad Couture; and front row: Victoria Sawyers, McKenna Morris, Alexis Cox, Madison Miller, Noah Vigil and Sister Sharon is in the middle.

EMPLOYMENTADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, INC. “A CASA Program” is accept-ing volunteer applications at this time. You can apply by calling

1-877-586-6548 [toll free] or going on-line to www.advocates-4-chil-dren-inc.org [there is an applica-tion at this website]. 30 hours of training is required. Record num-

bers of children are being abused. Your volunteer help is needed! The program serves Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler and Sabine counties.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTTHE BRIDGE CITY CHAMBER of Commerce is seeking a part-time Administrative Assistant. Job duties include but are not limited to managing the daily operations of the chamber office, responding to inquiries from citizens and businesses,

and assisting with Chamber sponsored special projects and events. Qualified applicants will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent computer skills, and the ability to work with a variety of people and to manage and work on multiple projects at one time. Experience in fundrais-ing and events management and knowledge of the Bridge City community would be help-ful. Interested applicants can send their resume to Bridge City Chamber of Commerce, Attn: Executive Committee, 150 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City, TX 77611 by May 30, 2012.

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

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

100 GALLON PROPANE TANK, $100; bed liner for Z71, $50; antique Singer sewing machine, $250, (409) 738-2883, leave message.2 4’ X 8’ FOAM BOARD SHEETS, used for flotation in boats, cost $40 sheet, sell for $30 sheet, (409) 745-1420.

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5 temp positions; 7 months; job to be-gin 7/1/12 and end on 1/31/13; Duties: planting of sugarcane by hand, farm and field duties; able to work in hot, humid weather, bending or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termi-nation. $9.30 per hour; 1 months expe-rience in job offered required. All work tools provided. Housing and transpor-tation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence ex-penses to worksite will be provided by employer upon completion of 50% of work contract or earlier if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day dur-ing contract. Employment offered by K & M Cane located in Bunkie, LA Quali-fied applicants may call employer for interview at 337-945-9120 or call their nearest SWA office at 409-839-8045 us-ing job #417255.

FIELD WORKERS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON AUDIT

The Orange County Navigation and Port District is accepting formal proposals for:

AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE PORT’S FINANCIAL RECORDS

If your firm is interested in performing this audit, Pro-posal Specifications may be obtained from Tommy J. Harmon, Director of Administration and Finance at the address below:

Orange County Navigation and Port District1201 Childers Road (77630)

P.O. Box 2410Orange, Texas 77631-2410

409-883-4363If proposals are to be delivered through the U.S. Postal Service, care should be taken that ample time is allowed before expiration of the proposal opening. Sealed formal proposals will be accepted until 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the address above.Fax (Facsimile Machine) is not an accepted mode of delivery.

Proposals must be sealed and have the notation - SEAL PROPOSAL “OUTSIDE AUDIT” conspicuously writ-ten on the outside of the envelope. Failure to respond may result in removal from the Port’s Proposal List. A “NO QUOTE” is considered a response.

The Port District reserves the right to waive any or all formalities and/or technicalities or to reject any or all proposals if in the best interest of the Port of Orange.

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Madgielean DeLoach, Deceased, were issued on February 27, 2012, in Cause No. P16056, pending in the County Court, Orange County, Texas, to: James Berry DeLoach, Sr.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.c/o James Berry DeLoach, Sr.1610 14th StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 22nd day ofMay, 2012

Jim Sharon Bearden JIM SHARON BEARDENAttorney for James Berry DeLoach, Sr.State Bar No.: 01983000Attorney at Law116 S. Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 883-4501Facsimile: (409) 883-0259

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of MARION SNIDER YORK, Deceased, were issued on May 16, 2012, in Cause No. P-16155, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: CONNIE GUILLORY.

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

c/o Representative, Estate of MARION SNIDER YORKA2636 Linscomb RoadOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 16th day ofMay, 2012

Michael CattMICHAEL CATTAttorney for CONNIE GUILLORYState Bar No.: 03818500Carlton & Catt, P.C.805 Henderson AvenueOrange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 886-5531Facsimile: (409) 886-5926

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DOMESTIC CITATION BY PUBLICATION/PC (NO CHILDREN) - CDVPUBWD

THE STATE OF TEXASTO: Nikki Lee Cantrell

Respondent NOTICE:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you. The petition of Staci Amber Cole, Petitioner, was filed in the 260th District Court of Orange County, Texas, on May 17, 2012, against Nikki Lee Cantrell, numbered 120479-D, and entitled

"In the Matter of the Marriage of"Staci Amber Cole and Nikki Lee Cantrell

The suit requests a divorce.The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or

decree dissolving the marriage and providing for the division of property which will be binding on you.

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court at Orange, Texas this May 18, 2012.

VICKIE EDGERLY,District ClerkOrange County, Texas

By: Charlean Lindsey Deputy

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING

CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JUDITH M.

BATCHELOR, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that original letters testa-mentary for the Estate of JUDITH M. BATHCELOR, Deceased, were issued on the 21st day of May, 2012, in Cause No. P16158 pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, Probate Division to TIMOTHY BERT BATCHELOR.

The residence of such executor is 4704 SAXON LANE, ORANGE, TX 77632.

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

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APARTMENTSMOVE IN WITH DEPOSIT ONLY (before June 1st.), THe Village Apartments in Bridge City is now leasing 1 bedroom/1 bath apartments starting at $450 monthly to $475 monthly, that includes water/sewer and trash. We also have 2 bedrm. / 2 bath ALL BILLS PAID apart-ment for $750 monthly, with a month to month lease. The office is located at 245 Tenny Street, Bridge City, and we also offer after hour appointments. Give us a call @ (409) 735-7696 or 474-9731 or 504-9952.

THE VILLAS AT COW Bayou located at 3650 Fish Hook in Bridge City, now has 1&2 bed-room openings! Enjoy comfort-able living in a quiet, secluded surrounding. Located in the Bridge City School District with convenient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas, we are close to all area refineries! Covered parking, washer/dryer connections are provided. We supply your City of Bridge City water, trash & sewer! Please call today and ask about our move-in special! Call to make an appointment for your personal tour! 409-735-8803.

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The Vietnam WarA tribute to those lost from Orange County

Sponsored by the Stark ’64 Veterans Association as an overdue eulogy to our brothers from Orange County who returned from Vietnam draped in an American flag.

Never Forget!

The immediate goal of the Stark ’64 Veter-ans Association is to build and dedicate the Orange County Vietnam War Memorial as a permanent salute to those from Orange County who gave all in the war of our generation. They are the 28 men included in this special Memorial Day Trib-ute. Extended research was conducted but we welcome ad-ditional information from informed persons.

Planning and fund-raising are underway for the Orange County Vietnam War Memorial. We are

in need of contributions large and small. To inquire about this project or to provide new information on any of our individual heroes, please contact:

Jerry Gatch, CommanderStark ’64 Veterans Association5 Circle DOrange, TX [email protected] contributions are very welcome

and may be mailed to the address above. Checks should be made payable to Stark ’64 Veterans Association.

May God bless and protect our troops and veterans!

Honoring Orange County Heroes

SP4 Robert Warren Alverson, Jr.United States Army

“Butch”

As a child, Butch was a Boy Scout and somewhat of a class clown in school. As a teen, he took up surfing down at Galveston and dreamed of going to Australia to surf. Butch was attending Lamar as an art major when he shocked his family and friends by dropping out to join the Army and to be a paratrooper.

Butch became trained as a dust-off medic and earned the distinction of Medical Parachutist. Flying in darkness from Camp Eagle on an urgent medevac mission in Thua Thien Province, his helicopter became disoriented in zero-visibility rain and fog and crashed into the sea at Cau Hai Bay. Three of the five men on board were killed. Butch was the last man from Orange County to be killed in Vietnam.

DOB: 17 Feb 1949Date of Casualty: 2 Oct 1970Place: Cau Hai BayUnit: 326th Medical Battalion, 101st Airborne DivisionAge at Death: 21Cause of Death: Helicopter dust-off medic; non- hostile, weather related crashReligion: MethodistMarital Status: Married – left one unborn sonHigh School and Class: Vidor HS 1967Family Contact: Juanita Alverson, mother

VIDOR

Jimmy grew up as a ridin’ & ropin’ country boy. He rode horses and worked cattle whenever he got the chance and belonged to the FFA at school.

Jimmy had a unique sense of humor that endeared him to most people. After his parents were killed in a car wreck, Jimmy lived with his sister and attended school in Vidor. Official DOD records show Houston as home of record.

DOB: 28 Feb 1943Date of Casualty: 26 Mar 1968Place: Quang Nhai Province Unit: 11th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal DivisionAge at Death: 25 Cause of Death: Land mineReligion: BaptistMarital Status: Married, left two daughtersHigh School and Class: Vidor HS 1961Family Contact: Wanda Barnett Hightower, daughter

PFC Jimmy Dalton BarnettUnited States Army

“Jimmy”

VIDOR

ORANGE (Bancroft) SGT Evans Blane Crocker, Jr.

United States Army“EB”

DOB: 26 Aug 1947Date of Casualty: 2 May 1968Place: Ashau ValleyUnit: 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry DivisionAge at Death: 20Cause of Death: Direct RPG hit, unit overrun while ill in hospitalReligion: Church Of ChristMarital Status: EngagedHigh School and Class: West Orange 1965Family Contact: Eugene Crocker, brother

EB always liked the outdoors – hunting, fishing and especially riding horses. He attended Lamar for less than a year before being drafted into the Army.

“Tex,” as he was known to his combat buddies in Vietnam, was a natural leader and led many recon patrols for his battalion. Because of his repeated brave leadership he was promoted to Sgt with only about 18 months in service. He was slightly wounded on a recon patrol once but returned to duty after a few days.

A few months later, EB was down with Malaria when his camp was overrun and VC infil-trated the medical area where he was being treated. When he died, EB was only two months away from return to “the world” and discharge from the Army.

Orange County Vietnam KIA Statistics• No one knows for sure how many boys and men from Orange County went off to fight the

Vietnam War. But we do know that 28 of them died there: 16 from Orange, 10 from Vidor and two from Bridge City.

• The first (1964) and last (1970) to be killed from Orange County were both from Vidor. • The most deadly year of the war for those from Orange County was 1968 when 11 of our sons

lost their lives. However, none died during the infamous Tet Offensive in January and February of 1968.

DOB: 4 Dec 1944Date of Casualty: 9 Jan 1969Place: Quang Nam Province Unit: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine DivisionAge at Death: 24Cause of Death: GrenadeReligion: ProtestantMarital Status: EngagedHigh School and Class: Lutcher Stark HS 1963

Tony’s family is believed to have relocated to Oklahoma. No living relative could be located.No additional information available.

ORANGE SGT Anthony Clark ArmbrusterUnited States Marine Corps

“Tony”

DOB: 26 Jun 1950 Date of Casualty: 18 Jun 1969Place: Binh Long ProvinceUnit: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse)Age at Death: 18Cause of Death: Mortar or artillery fire; died of woundsReligion: BaptistMarital Status: SingleHigh School and Class: Vidor HS 1968Family Contact: Jean Evelyn Becker, sister

VIDOR SP4 Walter Ward BeckerUnited States Army

“Ward”

Ward’s father was formerly the pastor of Lakeview Baptist Church north of Vidor. Ward played football for Vidor High School for two years and then, in his senior year, became president of the DECA Vidor HS chapter.

Ward’s plans included a college degree and a career in business. He worked after school and weekends to buy his own car, which he was quite proud of and kept spit-shined. Ward loved his family, his car and his dog.

A good scholar, Ward enlisted in the Army to get it out of the way before going to college. Of-ficial DOD records show Beaumont as home of record.

DOB: 21 Jan 1947Date of Casualty: 12 Sep 1968Place: Ham Luong River near Kien HoaUnit: USS Hunterdon County (LST-838), Task Force 116Age at Death: 21Cause of Death: Small arms fire, ambushed from both banks while on river patrolReligion: ProtestantMarital Status: Single

No additional information available.

EN3 Carl Richard CroneU.S. Navy (Brown Water Navy)

ORANGE

USS Hunterdon County (LST-838)

Vietnam soldiers did not die in vain

DOB: 26Apr1951DateofCasualty: 8Dec1969Place: CamRanhBayUnit: 566thTransportationCo. 1stLogisticsCommandAgeatDeath: 18CauseofDeath: Non-hostileaccidentReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: EngagedHighSchoolandClass: DeweyvilleHSFamilyContact: DeborahRayHolst,sister

ORANGE PFC Jimmy Lee FombyUnited States Army

“Jimmy”

JimmygrewuponafarmandranchintheHartburgareasouthofDeweyville,aboutamileintoNewtonCountythoughtheirmailingaddresswasalwaysOrange.At6’1”,hewasajokerandthelifeofanyfamilygathering.Asachild,Jimmywashookedinthemouthbyabulland,ashegrewolder,thescaronhisleftcheektookontheappearanceofasingledimple.

Jimmywasespeciallygiftedwhenitcametotraininghorsesbytreatingthemasclosefriends.Inthesurroundingarea,hebecameknownasa“HorseWhisperer,”andneighborswouldoftenbringproblemmountstoyoungJimmy.

IntheArmy,Jimmywastrainedasaheavyequipmentmechanic.IntheCamRanhBaycom-poundmotorpooloneday,anenginefellonhischest. Hewasmedicallyexaminedandthenreturnedtoduty.Undiagnosedinitially,however,wasaresultingbloodclotwhichfoundit’swayintoJimmy’sbrainafewdayslatercausinghisdeathdespiteemergencybrainsurgery.

Tragically,Jimmy’smotherMinnieRaySebolt,wasabystandershootingcasualtyonthestepsoftheJeffersonCountyCourthouseonMarch14,2012.

DOB: 6Jan1944DateofCasualty: 20Jul1966Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion, 9thMarineRegiment 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 22CauseofDeath: LandmineorboobytrapReligion: ProtestantMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1963FamilyContact: RonGriggs,brother

VIDOR PFC Brent Ike GriggsUnited States Marine Corps

“Brent”

Inhighschool,Brentwasknownasaprettytoughcharacter.ThatpersonaservedhimwellintheMarineCorpsandinVietnam.

Brent’sunit inVietnam,1stBn,9thMarines,sufferedtheworstKIArate inMarineCorpshistory.“TheWalkingDead”wasadoptedastheunitnicknameandtheirunitpatchwasrede-signed.

Brentcompletedlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinservicepriortohisdeath.OfficialDODre-cordsshowBeaumontashomeofrecord.

IntheArmyforthreeyearspriortobeingsenttoVietnam,JChadpreviouslyservedwiththe82ndAirborneatFortBraggandwasalsostationedinOkinawa.InMay1965,hewasamongtheveryfirstparatroopersdeployedtoVietnam.JCwasshotandkilledbyaVCsniperwhileguard-ingfriendlySouthVietnamesetendingtheirricefields.

JCwasthe firstmanfromOrangetodie inVietnamandthesecondfromOrangeCounty.Untilthe1980s,therewasablackVFWpostinOrangenamedafterJamesC.Guillory.OfficialDODrecordsshowLosAngelesashomeofrecord.

ORANGE SP4 James Clifton GuilloryUnited States Army

“J.C.”DOB: 21April1941DateofCasualty: 27Dec1965Place: NotreportedUnit: 2ndBattalion,503rdInfantry, 173rdCombat AirborneBrigadeAgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: SmallarmsfireReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: Married,left2sonsand 2daughtersHighSchoolandClass: WallaceHS1959

JC grew up in Orange as one of eight children. He playedguardontheWallacefootballteam.Atsomepointafterhighschool,hetraveledtoCaliforniatostaywithrelativesanden-teredservicefromLosAngeles.

ORANGE MAJ Norman Lee DupreUnited States Army

“Norman”

Norman had completed more than 20 years in service prior to his final tour in Vietnam.There,MajorDupre servedasCommanderof the114thAssaultHelicopterCompany.WhilepilotingaHueygunshiponacombatassaultmissionalongthecoastoftheMekongDeltare-gion,hishelicopterwashitbygroundfireinit’sarmamentsystem.Oneoftheon-boardrocketscaughtfirewhichblewoffthetailsectionoftheaircraft.MajorDuprefoughtvaliantlytoma-neuverhishalfchopperouttoseasothatitwouldnotcrashintoenemyhands.

Thecrashedaircraftwasrecoveredfromshallowwatersjustoff-shorewithinafewhoursofthecrashthankstotheheroiceffortsunderfireofaChinooksalvagehelicopterandacrewofbraveswimmingriggers.ThebodyofMajorDuprewasfoundstillstrappedinthepilot’sseat–havingguidedthecrashpathasbesthecouldallthewaydown.Ofthethreeothersonboard,onedoorgunnersurvivedbutthebodiesoftheco-pilotandsecondgunnerwereunfortunatelyneverfound.

NormanwasrecommendedforaSilverStarforhisbraveryandsacrificethatdaybutitap-parentlywasneverawarded. HisbereavedmotherisbelievedtohavemovedfromOrangetoCameron,La.afterNorman’sdeath.

DOB: 16Jan.1930DateofCasualty: 26Sept.1966Place: VinhBinhProvinceUnit: 13thAviationBattalion,1stBrigade, 1stAirCavDivisionAgeatDeath: 36CauseofDeath: HelicoptercrashedatseaReligion: EvangelicalMethodistMaritalStatus: Married

DOB: 25Mar1944DateofCasualty: 2Apr1967Place: Undisclosed;believed tobeCambodiaUnit: 196thLightInfantryBrigade, AmericalDivisionAgeatDeath: 23CauseofDeath: SpecialopscombatReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: Orangeschoolsthrough9th grade.VintonHS1962FamilyContact: BarryRandolph,bestfriend

ORANGE SGT Alfred Kindell EvansUnited States Army

“Alfred”

AfterhisfamilymovedtoVinton,Alfredandhisbestfriend,BarryRandolph,wouldregularlywalkbetweenVintonandOrangetovisiteachother.

Yearslater,inastrangetwistoffate,BarrywasservingonhonorguardandescortdutyoutofPresidioSanFranciscoforKIAscomingoutofVietnam.WhenAlfred’sbodycamein,BarrywasassignedtoescortAlfredhometohismotherinVinton.Barrybroughthisbestfriendhometorestandhesaysitwasthehardestthingheeverdid.

AlfredservedthreeyearsinGermanyandreenlistedbeforebeingsenttoVietnam.

Franklin’sparentssenthimtoOrangefromKirbyvilleto livewithhissister intheseventhoreighthgrade.Hewasapparentlystillintheareawhenheenteredservicethoughnofurtherinformationwasavailable.

FranklinhadservedoversixyearsintheMarineCorpspriortobeingkilledinVietnam.HewasthesecondcasualtyofthewarfromOrangeandthethirdfromOrangeCounty.


ORANGE PFC Franklin Delano Roosevelt Gilbert

United States Marine Corps“Franklin”

No Picture Available

DOB: 17Sep1941DateofCasualty: 28Feb1966Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarines, 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: Friendlyfireaccident infreefirezoneReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: Single,leftonesonHighSchoolandClass: CarrJrHi;HSunknown

On Memorial Day families in every countyacrosstheUnitedStatesremembertheirlovedoneswhogavetheirlivesinorderforotherstolivefree.

People might consider those whogave their lives in Vietnam died invain.Whatweasapeoplefailtore-alize is that as horrific as the Viet-namWarwas, itwas justonebattlezoneinaglobalconflictagainstthespread of communism. Vietnam isthe place where leaders in Americasaid “NO FURTHER,” a line wasdrawnandbraveyoungmenweresentintoharmswaytoaddresstheissue.

ThemenportrayedinthisissuearetrueHE-ROES!!! They were sent into a war zone andmadetooperateunderspecificrulesofengage-ment,whichatthetimedidnotseemtomakeany since. Yet they performed their duty withprofessionalismandperseveranceandgavetheultimatesacrifice.

TheireffortsIpersonallyholdinawe!Theirsacrifices showed the enemies of freedom-loving people that through perseverance anddoggeddetermination,the“communistdream”WOULD NOTwinout.Eachofthesemende-servehonorsabovetheMedalofHonorforthejobtheyaccomplished!

In 2004 I had the opportunity to travel toVietnam and walk the battlefields on whichthesemendied.Whilethere,Iwasoftendrawnto specific areas off the beaten path. Now Icannot help but wonder if the spirits of someoftheseyoungwarriorswerewithmekeepingmesafe,becausetherearestillhiddendangersonthosebattlefields—oldlandminesorunex-plodedordnance.

Ihavelookedatthefacesofeachoftheyoungmeninthisarticleandfeelacomradeshipthattranscendstimeandspace.

CurrentlyIamaWarrantOfficerinthe3rdBattalion/8thRegiment,ArmyComponentof

theTexasStateGuardandIfeeltheyhavebeenwithuswhenwearedeployedtoassisttheciti-

zensofthegreatStateofTexasdur-inganycrisis,shouldertoshouldertheyarewithmytroops.Iloveeachone like a brother and know thatwhenIplacemyheadonmypillowatnightyouandIcanrestbecausethese HEROES are still on stationwatching over us and keeping usfree!

Tomyfallenbrothersonthisup-comingMemorialDay,Ipersonally

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Hooo RahWO1 Mike McNair Texas State GuardProfessor of Military & Diplomatic History

Mike McNair

Most area high schools of the time lost graduates in the Vietnam War: Vidor - nine; Lutcher Stark - six; Orangefield - two Little Cypress - two; Wallace – two; West Orange - one; M.B. North - one; Bridge City - one; Deweyville - one; Buna – one; and Unknown - two.

DOB: 10Jan1935DateofCasualty: 23Dec1964Place: BelievedtobeinLaosUnit: DetA-113, 5thSpecialForcesGroupAgeatDeath: 29CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfirewhileonpatrol withARVNtroopsReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: MarriedHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1954

VIDOR SGT Emmett Harvey HornUnited States Army (Green Beret)

“Harvey”

HarveywasaGreenBeretandthefirstVietnamcasualtyfromVidororOrangeCounty.Hehadserved10yearsintheArmyandwasheadedforafullcareer.Hiswidow,Mrs.SusanHorn,hadbeendischargedfromtheWomen’sArmyCorpsjustsixmonthspriortoHarvey’sdeath.

UnderGeneralOrdersNo.19 issuedon28May1965,Harveywasawarded theSilverStar(posthumously).Inpartthecitationreads:“…SergeantHornwasaccompanyingacombatpatroloftheArmyoftheRepublicofVietnamonamilitarymissionthroughenemycontrolledterri-torywhenthefriendlyelementwasambushedbytheVietCong….withfortitudeanddetermi-nation,hemovedfrompositiontopositiontoestablishadefenseperimeter,todirectthefireofthefriendlytroops,andtoadministerfirstaidtothewoundedmembersofthepatrol.Whenoneofthefriendlymortarcrewsencountereddifficultyindirectingtheirfire,hepersonallyem-ployedthe60-mmmortarindirectfireagainstVietCongtroopconcentrations…whilemovingfromhiscommandposttothepositionoftheVietnameseleader…hewasmortallywoundedbyenemygunfire.SergeantHorn’sconspicuousgallantryisinthehighesttraditionsoftheUnitedStatesArmyandreflectsgreatcredituponhimselfandthemilitaryservices.”

HarveywasdescribedandpicturedinSSGBarrySadler’sautobiography“I’mALuckyOne.”AlsoacameomentioninthesongofthesamenameonSadler’sblockbusteralbum,“BalladsofTheGreenBeret.”

TheVFWPostinVidoristheE.HarveyHornVFWPost8246.

LeegrewupinVidorasoneofsixchildren. HewasanArmyReservistwhowasactivatedandsent toVietnam. Prior tobeingactivated,LeeattendedLamarandworkedat theBeau-montPortofTrade.Lee’sbattalioninVietnam,2/27/25Wolfhounds,wereconsideredtheeliteinfantrymenofthe25thInfantryDivision.Leewasoneof11meninhisplatoonwhowerethefirsttofallduringtheall-handsbattletodefendDiamond1FireBaseonFeb.23-24,1969.TheWolfhoundssustainedtheirhighestnumberofcasualtiesoftheVietnamWarduringthatlongandfiercebattle.

LeewaspromotedposthumouslyfromPFCtoCPL.

VIDOR CPL Lee Albert KeithUnited States Army

“Lee”DOB: 9Jul1944DateofCasualty: 23Feb1969Place: Diamond1FireSupport Base,TayNinhProvinceUnit: 2ndBattalion,27thInfantry, 25thInfDivision(Wolfhounds)AgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire–platoon ambushedandoverrunwhile onpatroloutsideperimeterReligion: MethodistMaritalStatus: Married,leftonesonHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1963FamilyContact: VioletKeithEmfinger,sister

JerrywasactiveinBoyScoutsinOrangeandisbelievedtohaveachievedEaglerank.Later,heenjoyedworkingoncarsandhadajobatWeingarten’swhilegoingtohighschool.

JerrywasintheArmyovereightyearsandplannedtomakeitacareer.HewasKIAduringhissecondVietnamtourandposthumouslypromotedfromSSGtoSFC.

ORANGE SFC Jerald Thomas McKenzieUnited States Army

“Jerry”

DOB: 15May1941DateofCasualty: 23Aug1968Place: QuangNgaiProvinceUnit: 11thLightInfantryBrigade, AmericalDivisionAgeatDeath: 27CauseofDeath: SmallarmsfireReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: Married,lefttwodaughtersHighSchoolandClass: LutcherStarkHS1959FamilyContact: LindaMcKenzieHanks,sister

Don was starting fullback on the Vidor Pirates football team that went 12-1-0 in 1964-65.ThatyearhewasnamedtotheAllDistrictteamHewasdescribedbyaPiratesteammateas,“…small,butmanwasthatguyfast!”TheDonMintonMemorialScholarshipisannuallyawardedtoagraduatingboyathletefromVidor.

DonwasoneofalimitednumberofdrafteeswhowereconscriptedtotheMarineCorpsattheinductioncenter.

ApictureofDonsnappedbyawarcorrespondentinmid-battleappearedonthecoverof“Life”magazineOct.28,1966.

VIDOR CPL Don Wayne MintonUnited States Marine Corps

“Don”

DOB: 23Jul1946DateofCasualty: 4May1967Place: QuangTinProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarineRegiment 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire,shotinlegand bledtodeathduringbattleReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1965FamilyContact: BeamonMinton,uncle

DavidgrewupasanormalboyinBridgeCitybut,inJuly1964,tragedystrucktheyoungman.Horsingaroundas17year-oldboysarepronetodo,hisbestfriendjumpedinfrontofDavid’scartoscarehimashedrovedownTexasAve.BothboysdodgedinthesamedirectionasDavidhitthebrakesandhisclosestfriendwasdead.Severaloftheirschoolfriendswerewalkingdownthestreetatthetimeandwitnessedthehorriblejokegonewrong.

AlthoughnooneplacedanyblameonDavid,hewasdevastatedanddistraught–aswasmostofthetightcommunityofBridgeCity.Evidently,Davidsoughtawaytoescapethepainfulstig-mathatBridgeCityheldforhim.HemovedinwithrelativesinLittleCypresswherehefinishedhisJunioryearin1965.Afterthat,DavidwenttostaywithabrotherinDallasbut,apparentlydidnotenrollinschool.

DraftedinDecember1965fromDallas,DavidwasselectedattheinductioncentertoentertheMarineCorpsratherthanthetraditionalArmypath.HewastrainedasacombatMarineandthenasafieldradiooperatorbeforebeingorderedtoVietnam.

Davidwaskilledwhenatruckinwhichhewasapassengerstruckalandmine.Atthetime,hehadonlytwomonthsremainingonhisVietnamtour;andthenewbornsonawaitinghimathome,DavidThadPredmore,wassixweeksold.

OfficialDODrecordsshowDallasashomeofrecord.

Bridge City LCPL David Martin PredmoreUnited States Marine Corps

“David”

DOB: 18Oct1946DateofCasualty: 1Jul1967Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 11thMotorTransportBattalion, 1stMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: LandmineReligion: ProtestantMaritalStatus: Married,leftasonheneversawHighSchool: BridgeCityandLittleCypress

VIDOR SP4 Vanny Chris MahanaUnited States Army

“Chris”

Duringschoolyears,ChrisworkedwithhisfatherwhowasaplumberinVidor.Aftergradua-tion,heworkedatC.P.EvansGroceryStoreinBeaumontpriortobeingdrafted.

Chrishadlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinserviceatthetimeofhisdeath. Hewasposthu-mouslypromotedtoSP4fromPFC.In1968,aBronzeStarmedalwith“V”claspforvalorwasawardedposthumouslytoChris’sparentsatalocalNationalGuardhonorceremony.Inpart,thecitationreads:

“SP4Mahanadistinguishedhimselfbyheroisminactionon19Feb1967whileservingasagrenadierwithCompanyD,2ndBattalion,5thCalvary,1stCavalryDivisionduringanightam-bushpatrolnearBongSonintheRepublicOfVietnam.….grenadeswerethrownatthesquad.SpecialistMahanamovedovertopushacomradeintohisfoxholeandwasmortallywoundedbyanexplodinggrenade.SpecialistMahana’sselflessactionstandsinkeepingwiththehigheststandardsofmilitaryserviceandreflectsgreatcredituponhimself,hisunitandtheU.S.Army.”

DOB: 28Jul1946DateofCasualty: 19Feb1967Place: BinhDinhProvinceUnit: DCo,2ndBattalion, 5thCavalry, 1stAirCavalryDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: GrenadeReligion: LDSMormonMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1965

ChrisgrewupinVidorwithninebrothersandonesister.Hisearly speed driving habits made for a white-knuckle ride forsomeofhispassengers.

TommywasbornandraisedinOrangeandgrewupprotectiveofhisthreeyoungersisters.Fromanearlyage,hewouldtalkaboutbecomingaMarine.TommyjoinedtheMarineCorpspriortohighschoolgraduationandenteredactivedutyaweekaftergettinghisdiploma.

Followingbootcampandadvancedtraining,TommywasassignedtoHawaiiandimmediatelyrequestedduty inVietnamwhichwaseventuallyapproved.Prior tobeingkilled,Tommyhadbeenpreviouslywoundedincombatandreturnedtoduty.

Posthumously,Tommy’smotherwaspresentedtheBronzeStarwith“V”claspforvalor.Thecitationreadsinpart:

“CompanyD,1stBattalion,3rdmarineshadcomeunderheavymortarfire.TheysustainednumerouscasualtieswhenLCplMusickunhesitatinglycommenceddeliveringammunitiontomachinegunteamsandmovingcasualtiestothelandingzone,ignoringthehostilefire. Mu-sick’scourage,boldinitiative,andselflessdevotionsavedthelivesofseveralMarinesandwasinkeepingofthehighesttraditionsoftheMarineCorpsandtheUSNavalService.Hegallantlygavehislifeintheserviceofhiscountry.”

Atthetimehewaskilled,TommywascarryinghisbadlywoundedcommandingofficertotheLZfordustoffevacuation.

ORANGE

DOB: 25Feb1947DateofCasualty: 16Aug1968Place: QuangTriProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarines, 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: MortarattackReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: LutcherStarkHS1966FamilyContact: BarbaraMusickBridges,sister

LCPL Thomas Wayne MusickUnited States Marine Corps

“Tommy”

SGT Hugh NorwoodUnited States Army

“Gibb”DOB: 1Sep1946DateofCasualty: 29Jul1967Place: MekongDeltaUnit: 5thBattalion(Mechanized), 60thInfantry, 9thInfantryDivisionAgeatDeath: 20 CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire; diedwhilemissingReligion: PentecostalMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: Orangefield1965FamilyContact: WilbertDuhon,lifetimefriend

ORANGE (McLewis)

GibbwasraisedasacountryboyaroundOrangefieldandlovedtohunt.HeattendedLamarTechbeforebeingdraftedinJanuary1966.

Gibbwasservingastheweaponsplatoonscoutwhileonpatrolwhenhewasshotandbecameseparatedfromhisplatoon.

HewasposthumouslypromotedfromSP4toSGT.

Manner of death for Or-ange County soldiers who died in Vietnam: Various battlefield explosions - 11; Small arms fire – nine; Heli-copter crash – three; Special ops undisclosed – two; Acci-dent – two; and Friendly fire mishap - one.

Vietnam soldiers did not die in vain

DOB: 26Apr1951DateofCasualty: 8Dec1969Place: CamRanhBayUnit: 566thTransportationCo. 1stLogisticsCommandAgeatDeath: 18CauseofDeath: Non-hostileaccidentReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: EngagedHighSchoolandClass: DeweyvilleHSFamilyContact: DeborahRayHolst,sister

ORANGE PFC Jimmy Lee FombyUnited States Army

“Jimmy”

JimmygrewuponafarmandranchintheHartburgareasouthofDeweyville,aboutamileintoNewtonCountythoughtheirmailingaddresswasalwaysOrange.At6’1”,hewasajokerandthelifeofanyfamilygathering.Asachild,Jimmywashookedinthemouthbyabulland,ashegrewolder,thescaronhisleftcheektookontheappearanceofasingledimple.

Jimmywasespeciallygiftedwhenitcametotraininghorsesbytreatingthemasclosefriends.Inthesurroundingarea,hebecameknownasa“HorseWhisperer,”andneighborswouldoftenbringproblemmountstoyoungJimmy.

IntheArmy,Jimmywastrainedasaheavyequipmentmechanic.IntheCamRanhBaycom-poundmotorpooloneday,anenginefellonhischest. Hewasmedicallyexaminedandthenreturnedtoduty.Undiagnosedinitially,however,wasaresultingbloodclotwhichfoundit’swayintoJimmy’sbrainafewdayslatercausinghisdeathdespiteemergencybrainsurgery.

Tragically,Jimmy’smotherMinnieRaySebolt,wasabystandershootingcasualtyonthestepsoftheJeffersonCountyCourthouseonMarch14,2012.

DOB: 6Jan1944DateofCasualty: 20Jul1966Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion, 9thMarineRegiment 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 22CauseofDeath: LandmineorboobytrapReligion: ProtestantMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1963FamilyContact: RonGriggs,brother

VIDOR PFC Brent Ike GriggsUnited States Marine Corps

“Brent”

Inhighschool,Brentwasknownasaprettytoughcharacter.ThatpersonaservedhimwellintheMarineCorpsandinVietnam.

Brent’sunit inVietnam,1stBn,9thMarines,sufferedtheworstKIArate inMarineCorpshistory.“TheWalkingDead”wasadoptedastheunitnicknameandtheirunitpatchwasrede-signed.

Brentcompletedlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinservicepriortohisdeath.OfficialDODre-cordsshowBeaumontashomeofrecord.

IntheArmyforthreeyearspriortobeingsenttoVietnam,JChadpreviouslyservedwiththe82ndAirborneatFortBraggandwasalsostationedinOkinawa.InMay1965,hewasamongtheveryfirstparatroopersdeployedtoVietnam.JCwasshotandkilledbyaVCsniperwhileguard-ingfriendlySouthVietnamesetendingtheirricefields.

JCwasthe firstmanfromOrangetodie inVietnamandthesecondfromOrangeCounty.Untilthe1980s,therewasablackVFWpostinOrangenamedafterJamesC.Guillory.OfficialDODrecordsshowLosAngelesashomeofrecord.

ORANGE SP4 James Clifton GuilloryUnited States Army

“J.C.”DOB: 21April1941DateofCasualty: 27Dec1965Place: NotreportedUnit: 2ndBattalion,503rdInfantry, 173rdCombat AirborneBrigadeAgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: SmallarmsfireReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: Married,left2sonsand 2daughtersHighSchoolandClass: WallaceHS1959

JC grew up in Orange as one of eight children. He playedguardontheWallacefootballteam.Atsomepointafterhighschool,hetraveledtoCaliforniatostaywithrelativesanden-teredservicefromLosAngeles.

ORANGE MAJ Norman Lee DupreUnited States Army

“Norman”

Norman had completed more than 20 years in service prior to his final tour in Vietnam.There,MajorDupre servedasCommanderof the114thAssaultHelicopterCompany.WhilepilotingaHueygunshiponacombatassaultmissionalongthecoastoftheMekongDeltare-gion,hishelicopterwashitbygroundfireinit’sarmamentsystem.Oneoftheon-boardrocketscaughtfirewhichblewoffthetailsectionoftheaircraft.MajorDuprefoughtvaliantlytoma-neuverhishalfchopperouttoseasothatitwouldnotcrashintoenemyhands.

Thecrashedaircraftwasrecoveredfromshallowwatersjustoff-shorewithinafewhoursofthecrashthankstotheheroiceffortsunderfireofaChinooksalvagehelicopterandacrewofbraveswimmingriggers.ThebodyofMajorDuprewasfoundstillstrappedinthepilot’sseat–havingguidedthecrashpathasbesthecouldallthewaydown.Ofthethreeothersonboard,onedoorgunnersurvivedbutthebodiesoftheco-pilotandsecondgunnerwereunfortunatelyneverfound.

NormanwasrecommendedforaSilverStarforhisbraveryandsacrificethatdaybutitap-parentlywasneverawarded. HisbereavedmotherisbelievedtohavemovedfromOrangetoCameron,La.afterNorman’sdeath.

DOB: 16Jan.1930DateofCasualty: 26Sept.1966Place: VinhBinhProvinceUnit: 13thAviationBattalion,1stBrigade, 1stAirCavDivisionAgeatDeath: 36CauseofDeath: HelicoptercrashedatseaReligion: EvangelicalMethodistMaritalStatus: Married

DOB: 25Mar1944DateofCasualty: 2Apr1967Place: Undisclosed;believed tobeCambodiaUnit: 196thLightInfantryBrigade, AmericalDivisionAgeatDeath: 23CauseofDeath: SpecialopscombatReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: Orangeschoolsthrough9th grade.VintonHS1962FamilyContact: BarryRandolph,bestfriend

ORANGE SGT Alfred Kindell EvansUnited States Army

“Alfred”

AfterhisfamilymovedtoVinton,Alfredandhisbestfriend,BarryRandolph,wouldregularlywalkbetweenVintonandOrangetovisiteachother.

Yearslater,inastrangetwistoffate,BarrywasservingonhonorguardandescortdutyoutofPresidioSanFranciscoforKIAscomingoutofVietnam.WhenAlfred’sbodycamein,BarrywasassignedtoescortAlfredhometohismotherinVinton.Barrybroughthisbestfriendhometorestandhesaysitwasthehardestthingheeverdid.

AlfredservedthreeyearsinGermanyandreenlistedbeforebeingsenttoVietnam.

Franklin’sparentssenthimtoOrangefromKirbyvilleto livewithhissister intheseventhoreighthgrade.Hewasapparentlystillintheareawhenheenteredservicethoughnofurtherinformationwasavailable.

FranklinhadservedoversixyearsintheMarineCorpspriortobeingkilledinVietnam.HewasthesecondcasualtyofthewarfromOrangeandthethirdfromOrangeCounty.


ORANGE PFC Franklin Delano Roosevelt Gilbert

United States Marine Corps“Franklin”

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DOB: 17Sep1941DateofCasualty: 28Feb1966Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarines, 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: Friendlyfireaccident infreefirezoneReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: Single,leftonesonHighSchoolandClass: CarrJrHi;HSunknown

On Memorial Day families in every countyacrosstheUnitedStatesremembertheirlovedoneswhogavetheirlivesinorderforotherstolivefree.

People might consider those whogave their lives in Vietnam died invain.Whatweasapeoplefailtore-alize is that as horrific as the Viet-namWarwas, itwas justonebattlezoneinaglobalconflictagainstthespread of communism. Vietnam isthe place where leaders in Americasaid “NO FURTHER,” a line wasdrawnandbraveyoungmenweresentintoharmswaytoaddresstheissue.

ThemenportrayedinthisissuearetrueHE-ROES!!! They were sent into a war zone andmadetooperateunderspecificrulesofengage-ment,whichatthetimedidnotseemtomakeany since. Yet they performed their duty withprofessionalismandperseveranceandgavetheultimatesacrifice.

TheireffortsIpersonallyholdinawe!Theirsacrifices showed the enemies of freedom-loving people that through perseverance anddoggeddetermination,the“communistdream”WOULD NOTwinout.Eachofthesemende-servehonorsabovetheMedalofHonorforthejobtheyaccomplished!

In 2004 I had the opportunity to travel toVietnam and walk the battlefields on whichthesemendied.Whilethere,Iwasoftendrawnto specific areas off the beaten path. Now Icannot help but wonder if the spirits of someoftheseyoungwarriorswerewithmekeepingmesafe,becausetherearestillhiddendangersonthosebattlefields—oldlandminesorunex-plodedordnance.

Ihavelookedatthefacesofeachoftheyoungmeninthisarticleandfeelacomradeshipthattranscendstimeandspace.

CurrentlyIamaWarrantOfficerinthe3rdBattalion/8thRegiment,ArmyComponentof

theTexasStateGuardandIfeeltheyhavebeenwithuswhenwearedeployedtoassisttheciti-

zensofthegreatStateofTexasdur-inganycrisis,shouldertoshouldertheyarewithmytroops.Iloveeachone like a brother and know thatwhenIplacemyheadonmypillowatnightyouandIcanrestbecausethese HEROES are still on stationwatching over us and keeping usfree!

Tomyfallenbrothersonthisup-comingMemorialDay,Ipersonally

wanttosayTHANKYOU!Simper Fidelis – Great Job –

Hooo RahWO1 Mike McNair Texas State GuardProfessor of Military & Diplomatic History

Mike McNair

Most area high schools of the time lost graduates in the Vietnam War: Vidor - nine; Lutcher Stark - six; Orangefield - two Little Cypress - two; Wallace – two; West Orange - one; M.B. North - one; Bridge City - one; Deweyville - one; Buna – one; and Unknown - two.

DOB: 10Jan1935DateofCasualty: 23Dec1964Place: BelievedtobeinLaosUnit: DetA-113, 5thSpecialForcesGroupAgeatDeath: 29CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfirewhileonpatrol withARVNtroopsReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: MarriedHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1954

VIDOR SGT Emmett Harvey HornUnited States Army (Green Beret)

“Harvey”

HarveywasaGreenBeretandthefirstVietnamcasualtyfromVidororOrangeCounty.Hehadserved10yearsintheArmyandwasheadedforafullcareer.Hiswidow,Mrs.SusanHorn,hadbeendischargedfromtheWomen’sArmyCorpsjustsixmonthspriortoHarvey’sdeath.

UnderGeneralOrdersNo.19 issuedon28May1965,Harveywasawarded theSilverStar(posthumously).Inpartthecitationreads:“…SergeantHornwasaccompanyingacombatpatroloftheArmyoftheRepublicofVietnamonamilitarymissionthroughenemycontrolledterri-torywhenthefriendlyelementwasambushedbytheVietCong….withfortitudeanddetermi-nation,hemovedfrompositiontopositiontoestablishadefenseperimeter,todirectthefireofthefriendlytroops,andtoadministerfirstaidtothewoundedmembersofthepatrol.Whenoneofthefriendlymortarcrewsencountereddifficultyindirectingtheirfire,hepersonallyem-ployedthe60-mmmortarindirectfireagainstVietCongtroopconcentrations…whilemovingfromhiscommandposttothepositionoftheVietnameseleader…hewasmortallywoundedbyenemygunfire.SergeantHorn’sconspicuousgallantryisinthehighesttraditionsoftheUnitedStatesArmyandreflectsgreatcredituponhimselfandthemilitaryservices.”

HarveywasdescribedandpicturedinSSGBarrySadler’sautobiography“I’mALuckyOne.”AlsoacameomentioninthesongofthesamenameonSadler’sblockbusteralbum,“BalladsofTheGreenBeret.”

TheVFWPostinVidoristheE.HarveyHornVFWPost8246.

LeegrewupinVidorasoneofsixchildren. HewasanArmyReservistwhowasactivatedandsent toVietnam. Prior tobeingactivated,LeeattendedLamarandworkedat theBeau-montPortofTrade.Lee’sbattalioninVietnam,2/27/25Wolfhounds,wereconsideredtheeliteinfantrymenofthe25thInfantryDivision.Leewasoneof11meninhisplatoonwhowerethefirsttofallduringtheall-handsbattletodefendDiamond1FireBaseonFeb.23-24,1969.TheWolfhoundssustainedtheirhighestnumberofcasualtiesoftheVietnamWarduringthatlongandfiercebattle.

LeewaspromotedposthumouslyfromPFCtoCPL.

VIDOR CPL Lee Albert KeithUnited States Army

“Lee”DOB: 9Jul1944DateofCasualty: 23Feb1969Place: Diamond1FireSupport Base,TayNinhProvinceUnit: 2ndBattalion,27thInfantry, 25thInfDivision(Wolfhounds)AgeatDeath: 24CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire–platoon ambushedandoverrunwhile onpatroloutsideperimeterReligion: MethodistMaritalStatus: Married,leftonesonHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1963FamilyContact: VioletKeithEmfinger,sister

JerrywasactiveinBoyScoutsinOrangeandisbelievedtohaveachievedEaglerank.Later,heenjoyedworkingoncarsandhadajobatWeingarten’swhilegoingtohighschool.

JerrywasintheArmyovereightyearsandplannedtomakeitacareer.HewasKIAduringhissecondVietnamtourandposthumouslypromotedfromSSGtoSFC.

ORANGE SFC Jerald Thomas McKenzieUnited States Army

“Jerry”

DOB: 15May1941DateofCasualty: 23Aug1968Place: QuangNgaiProvinceUnit: 11thLightInfantryBrigade, AmericalDivisionAgeatDeath: 27CauseofDeath: SmallarmsfireReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: Married,lefttwodaughtersHighSchoolandClass: LutcherStarkHS1959FamilyContact: LindaMcKenzieHanks,sister

Don was starting fullback on the Vidor Pirates football team that went 12-1-0 in 1964-65.ThatyearhewasnamedtotheAllDistrictteamHewasdescribedbyaPiratesteammateas,“…small,butmanwasthatguyfast!”TheDonMintonMemorialScholarshipisannuallyawardedtoagraduatingboyathletefromVidor.

DonwasoneofalimitednumberofdrafteeswhowereconscriptedtotheMarineCorpsattheinductioncenter.

ApictureofDonsnappedbyawarcorrespondentinmid-battleappearedonthecoverof“Life”magazineOct.28,1966.

VIDOR CPL Don Wayne MintonUnited States Marine Corps

“Don”

DOB: 23Jul1946DateofCasualty: 4May1967Place: QuangTinProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarineRegiment 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire,shotinlegand bledtodeathduringbattleReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1965FamilyContact: BeamonMinton,uncle

DavidgrewupasanormalboyinBridgeCitybut,inJuly1964,tragedystrucktheyoungman.Horsingaroundas17year-oldboysarepronetodo,hisbestfriendjumpedinfrontofDavid’scartoscarehimashedrovedownTexasAve.BothboysdodgedinthesamedirectionasDavidhitthebrakesandhisclosestfriendwasdead.Severaloftheirschoolfriendswerewalkingdownthestreetatthetimeandwitnessedthehorriblejokegonewrong.

AlthoughnooneplacedanyblameonDavid,hewasdevastatedanddistraught–aswasmostofthetightcommunityofBridgeCity.Evidently,Davidsoughtawaytoescapethepainfulstig-mathatBridgeCityheldforhim.HemovedinwithrelativesinLittleCypresswherehefinishedhisJunioryearin1965.Afterthat,DavidwenttostaywithabrotherinDallasbut,apparentlydidnotenrollinschool.

DraftedinDecember1965fromDallas,DavidwasselectedattheinductioncentertoentertheMarineCorpsratherthanthetraditionalArmypath.HewastrainedasacombatMarineandthenasafieldradiooperatorbeforebeingorderedtoVietnam.

Davidwaskilledwhenatruckinwhichhewasapassengerstruckalandmine.Atthetime,hehadonlytwomonthsremainingonhisVietnamtour;andthenewbornsonawaitinghimathome,DavidThadPredmore,wassixweeksold.

OfficialDODrecordsshowDallasashomeofrecord.

Bridge City LCPL David Martin PredmoreUnited States Marine Corps

“David”

DOB: 18Oct1946DateofCasualty: 1Jul1967Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 11thMotorTransportBattalion, 1stMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: LandmineReligion: ProtestantMaritalStatus: Married,leftasonheneversawHighSchool: BridgeCityandLittleCypress

VIDOR SP4 Vanny Chris MahanaUnited States Army

“Chris”

Duringschoolyears,ChrisworkedwithhisfatherwhowasaplumberinVidor.Aftergradua-tion,heworkedatC.P.EvansGroceryStoreinBeaumontpriortobeingdrafted.

Chrishadlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinserviceatthetimeofhisdeath. Hewasposthu-mouslypromotedtoSP4fromPFC.In1968,aBronzeStarmedalwith“V”claspforvalorwasawardedposthumouslytoChris’sparentsatalocalNationalGuardhonorceremony.Inpart,thecitationreads:

“SP4Mahanadistinguishedhimselfbyheroisminactionon19Feb1967whileservingasagrenadierwithCompanyD,2ndBattalion,5thCalvary,1stCavalryDivisionduringanightam-bushpatrolnearBongSonintheRepublicOfVietnam.….grenadeswerethrownatthesquad.SpecialistMahanamovedovertopushacomradeintohisfoxholeandwasmortallywoundedbyanexplodinggrenade.SpecialistMahana’sselflessactionstandsinkeepingwiththehigheststandardsofmilitaryserviceandreflectsgreatcredituponhimself,hisunitandtheU.S.Army.”

DOB: 28Jul1946DateofCasualty: 19Feb1967Place: BinhDinhProvinceUnit: DCo,2ndBattalion, 5thCavalry, 1stAirCavalryDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: GrenadeReligion: LDSMormonMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1965

ChrisgrewupinVidorwithninebrothersandonesister.Hisearly speed driving habits made for a white-knuckle ride forsomeofhispassengers.

TommywasbornandraisedinOrangeandgrewupprotectiveofhisthreeyoungersisters.Fromanearlyage,hewouldtalkaboutbecomingaMarine.TommyjoinedtheMarineCorpspriortohighschoolgraduationandenteredactivedutyaweekaftergettinghisdiploma.

Followingbootcampandadvancedtraining,TommywasassignedtoHawaiiandimmediatelyrequestedduty inVietnamwhichwaseventuallyapproved.Prior tobeingkilled,Tommyhadbeenpreviouslywoundedincombatandreturnedtoduty.

Posthumously,Tommy’smotherwaspresentedtheBronzeStarwith“V”claspforvalor.Thecitationreadsinpart:

“CompanyD,1stBattalion,3rdmarineshadcomeunderheavymortarfire.TheysustainednumerouscasualtieswhenLCplMusickunhesitatinglycommenceddeliveringammunitiontomachinegunteamsandmovingcasualtiestothelandingzone,ignoringthehostilefire. Mu-sick’scourage,boldinitiative,andselflessdevotionsavedthelivesofseveralMarinesandwasinkeepingofthehighesttraditionsoftheMarineCorpsandtheUSNavalService.Hegallantlygavehislifeintheserviceofhiscountry.”

Atthetimehewaskilled,TommywascarryinghisbadlywoundedcommandingofficertotheLZfordustoffevacuation.

ORANGE

DOB: 25Feb1947DateofCasualty: 16Aug1968Place: QuangTriProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,3rdMarines, 3rdMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: MortarattackReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: LutcherStarkHS1966FamilyContact: BarbaraMusickBridges,sister

LCPL Thomas Wayne MusickUnited States Marine Corps

“Tommy”

SGT Hugh NorwoodUnited States Army

“Gibb”DOB: 1Sep1946DateofCasualty: 29Jul1967Place: MekongDeltaUnit: 5thBattalion(Mechanized), 60thInfantry, 9thInfantryDivisionAgeatDeath: 20 CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire; diedwhilemissingReligion: PentecostalMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: Orangefield1965FamilyContact: WilbertDuhon,lifetimefriend

ORANGE (McLewis)

GibbwasraisedasacountryboyaroundOrangefieldandlovedtohunt.HeattendedLamarTechbeforebeingdraftedinJanuary1966.

Gibbwasservingastheweaponsplatoonscoutwhileonpatrolwhenhewasshotandbecameseparatedfromhisplatoon.

HewasposthumouslypromotedfromSP4toSGT.

Manner of death for Or-ange County soldiers who died in Vietnam: Various battlefield explosions - 11; Small arms fire – nine; Heli-copter crash – three; Special ops undisclosed – two; Acci-dent – two; and Friendly fire mishap - one.

DOB: 2June1950DateofCasualty: 19Mar1970Place: NearChuLaiUnit: 196thLightInfantryBrigade, AmericalDivisionAgeatDeath: 19CauseofDeath: LandmineReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: Married,lefttwostep-daughtersHighSchoolandClass: OrangefieldHS,1969

DouggrewupinafamilyofeightchildrenintheOrangefieldandMcLewiscommunities.InVietnam,hewasapassengerinatrooptransportvehiclewhenithitalandmine.

Doughadlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinserviceatthetimeofhisdeath.Posthumouspromo-tionfromPFCtoCPL.


ORANGE CPL Preston Douglas SharpUnited States Army

“Doug”

DOB: 10Oct1940DateofCasualty: 4May1968Place: CanThoUnit: 16thCombatAviationGroup 1stAirCavDivisionAgeatDeath: 27CauseofDeath: Non-hostilevehicleaccident, diedofinjuriesReligion: PentecostalMaritalStatus: Married,lefttwosonsand twodaughtersHighSchoolandClass: VidorHS1958FamilyContact: EvaSweatStatum,Sister

VIDOR SSG Donald Jeane SweatUnited States Army

“Don”

DongrewupinVidorastheonlyboyamongsevensistersandwasalwaysplayingtricksonthem.HelovedtohuntandfishinSoutheastTexasandSouthwestLouisiana.BeforegoingtoVietnam,DonbroughthiswifeandchildrentoVidortostaywithhisfamilywhilehewasgone.

DondiedinaSaigonfieldhospitalonemonthaftersustainingsevereinternalinjuriesinajeeprolloveraccident.Hehadbeenasoldierformorethansixyears.

DOB: 23May1947DateofCasualty: 13Aug1968Place: QuangNamProvinceUnit: 2ndBattalion,5thMarines, 1stMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 21CauseofDeath: Specialopscombat- diedofburnwoundsReligion: PentecostalMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: BunaHS1965

VIDOR LCPL Darrell Lynn TrumbleUnited States Marine Corps

“Darrell”

DarrellgrewupinVidorbutfinishedhighschoolwhilelivingwithhissisterinBuna.Hediedinthe106thMilitaryHospitalinYokohama,Japanfromsevereburnssustainedin

combatonAug.6,1968.No additional information available.

DOB: 19Oct1948DateofCasualty: 8Oct1968Place: NearDaNang,DMZUnit: 1stReconBattalion, 1stMarineDivisionAgeatDeath: 19CauseofDeath: Possibleboobytrap– diedofburnsReligion: RomanCatholicMaritalStatus: MarriedHighSchoolandClass: BridgeCityHS1966FamilyContact: LadyEllenClark,sister

BRIDGE CITY PFC Daniel Earl WintersUnited States Marine Corps

“Danny”

Danny’sfatherwasaWestPointgraduateandDannywasorientedtowardsthemilitaryfromanearlyage.Oneoffourchildren,heattendedamilitary-styleCatholicschoolinMississippiforafewyearsbeforefinishinghighschoolinhishometownofBridgeCity.

Dannyisdescribedassomeonewhowasalwayswelldressed,walkederectandhadagreatsenseofhumorwithacontagiouslaugh.EveryonelikedDanny.Hisgoalinlifewastobecomeadentist.

Danny enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after graduation and married his childhoodsweetheart,JohnnieLeeSample,sixdaysbeforeleavingforVietnam.

Dannysufferedsevereburnsover80percentofhisbodyinanunexplainedexplosionwhileonbattlefieldreconpatrolneartheDMZ.Hedied10dayslaterinamilitaryhospitalinYoko-hama,Japan.

DOB: 1Sep1947DateofCasualty: 22Feb1968Place: ThuaThienProvinceUnit: AlphaCo,2ndBn, 501stInfantry, 101stAirborneDivisionAgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: SmallarmsfireReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: LutcherStarkHS1966FamilyContact: SandyeSmithVandervoort,sister

ORANGE PFC Jerry Walton SmithUnited States Army

“Jerry”

Jerrylovedtheoutdoors,especiallydeerseasoninSETexas.Asachild,heregularlyplayedwargameswithneighborhoodkidsandalwaystalkedaboutbeingasoldier.

Athisparentsinsistence,JerrytriedayearofJuniorCollegeafterhighschoolandthenlefttobecomeaU.S.Armyparatrooper.HewantedtobeaGreenBeret.Jerryhadlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinserviceatthetimeofhisdeath.

PetercamefromaclosefamilyofeightchildreninOrange.HewasamemberofMountZionBaptistchurchandsanginthejuniorchoirasayoungster.Heplayedhighschoolfootballforayearbeforehisfatherdiedin1966.

Petergaveupfootballtoworknightsandweekendstohelpsupporthiswidowedmotherandyoungersiblings.Asthesurvivingheadofhousehold,hewasgivenadefermentfromthedraft.Aftergraduation,however,PeterwaivedthedefermentandjoinedtheArmyinordertoprovidearegularmonthlyallotmentchecktohismother.

Peterbecameacombatengineertrainedtodisarmlandminesandboobytraps.Hewasthensent toVietnamwherehe servedwith the famedand fearedBlackhorseRegimentandmaderankquickly.Peterhadcompletedlessthanoneyeartotaltimeinservicepriortobeingkilledinaction.

ORANGE SP4 Peter Garland ThompsonUnited States Army

“Peter”DOB: 19Jan1948DateofCasualty: 19Oct1968Place: BinhDuongProvinceUnit: 919thEngineerCompany, 11thArmoredCavalry Regiment(Blackhorse)AgeatDeath: 20CauseofDeath: Smallarmsfire;diedofwoundsReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: SingleHighSchoolandClass: M.B.NorthHS1967FamilyContact: DavidThompson,brother

DOB: 2Nov1942DateofCasualty: 2Apr1969Place: BinhDuongProvinceUnit: 1stBattalion,16thInfantry, 1stInfantryDivisionAgeatDeath: 26CauseofDeath: Grenade,diedofwoundsReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: MarriedHighSchoolandClass: WallaceHS1961FamilyContact: SandraWhiteGreen,sister

Orange SP4 Lenwood White, Jr.United States Army

“Lenwood”

LenwoodmovedtoFortWorthafterHSgraduation.Later,hewasdrafted,trainedasacom-batmedicandsenttoVietnam.Hesurvivedforninedaysafterreceivingmultiplefragmenta-tionwoundsfromagrenadeduringbattle.

Lenwoodhadjustoveroneyearinservicewhenhewaskilled.OfficialDODrecordsshowFortWorthashomeofrecord.

• From 1964 through 1966, only five men from Orange County were killed in Vietnam. Their average age was 27. As the troop buildup exploded in 1966 and draft boards got more aggressive, 23 of our sons died from 1967 through 1970 and the av-erage age dropped to 21.5.

The Stark ‘64 Veterans Association would like to thank the following persons who personally contributed greatly

to the research and presentation involved with this project:-LloydMcDonald-SamKittrell-JudyStanfieldDorman-MikeLouviere-Dr.AndrewHayes-CarolynGriffith

-WandaHoltsReinert,images-MikeMcNair,guestcolumnist-NicoleGibbs(TheRecordNewspapers),finallayout-JerryGatch,projectcoordinator

DOB: 10June1946DateofCasualty: 1Dec1968Place: TayNinhProvinceUnit: 116thAssaultHelicopterCo. 1stAviationBde,1stAirCavAgeatDeath: 22CauseofDeath: Non-hostile;helicoptercrashReligion: BaptistMaritalStatus: Married,leftonestep-daughterHighSchoolandClass: LittleCypressHS1964FamilyContact: CharlesRicks,brother

ORANGE SP4 Larry Eugene RicksUnited States Army

“Larry”

Larry grew up in Little Cypress as a country boy very much into hunting, fishing and theoutdoors.HehadahorsenamedGingerthathetrulyloved.GingerwasveryfastbutLarryalsorodeherinparades.Afterhighschool,LarrybeganworkingattheDuPontplantasanapprenticecarpenter,butthenhesurprisedeveryonebyquittingtojointheArmy.

InVietnam,LarryservedintheverydangerousjobofdoorgunneronaHueyassaulthelicop-terflyingfromthebaseatCuChi.Thecrashofhishelicopterinaricepaddyhappenedwhileonacombatassaultmissionbutwasblamedonmetalfatiguewhichcausedthetailrotortobreakoff.Basically,itwaslackofpropermaintenancewhichwasunfortunatelycommonduringtheseyearsofthewar.Bothdoorgunnerswerekilled.

OfficialDODrecordsshowLufkinashomeofrecord.

“TheVietnamWarwasarguablythemosttraumaticexperiencefortheUnitedStatesinthetwentiethcentury.Thatisindeedagrimdistinctioninaspanthatincludedtwoworldwars,theassassinationsoftwopresidentsandtheresignationofanother,theGreatDepression,theColdWar,racialunrest,andthedrugandcrimewaves.”

- DONALD M. GOLDSTEIN, intro, The Vietnam War

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