BCCC awards Messer, Nickum for service There was a changing of the guard on Monday night for the Bridge City Chamber of Com- merce. The chamber hosted the Taste of the Bayou 55th Annual Banquet at the Bridge City Ele- mentary School on January 12. The 2014 Citizen of the Year, the 2014 Business of the Year, the 2014 Ambassador of the Year were presented as well as the introduction of the 2015 chamber president. The outgo- ing president, Lucy Fields, and ambassador chair, Scot Shaffer, also made some parting re- marks. S. “Mark” Messer, DDS, of Advanced Dentistry, was named as 2014 Citizen of the Year. Messer, son of Shannon and Thelma Loreen Messer, gradu- ated from Silsbee High School in 1965. In December of 1967 he married Rebecca Flag and they have three children: Mar- cy Messer Hudson, Marion Messer and Jeremy Messer and one grandson, Kaden Messer. Dr. Messer was a corpsman in the Navy. He completed avi- ation medical school finishing his naval career in 1969. He attended the University of Maryland, Lamar University and Baylor College of Dentist- ry, graduating in 1975 with his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in only five and-a-half years. In 1975, Messer and his fam- ily came to Bridge City to start his practice. His father, (who received the citizen of the year award in 1988) owned Shannon Messer Real Estate in Bridge City which also officed the original Bridge City Chamber of Com- merce. That office was expand- ed to include Dr. Messer’s orig- inal dental office. He purchased his current lo- cation in 1980. This year, Mess- er will celebrate 40 years of practicing in Bridge City. Dr. Messer has served as a delegate to the TX Dental Soci- ety, Bridge City Chamber and Rotary Club presidents as well as numerous other positions. He has participated in Smiles on Wheel,s Dentistry from the Heart- providing free dentistry to anyone needing it and the Cash for Candy program buy- ing children’s Halloween candy for $1 per pound and sent it to troops in Afghanistan who gave the candy to local children in exchange for information. He is a member of the Bridge City Pentecostal Church and enjoys spending time with his family, attending seminars and traveling in his spare time. Messer said during his ac- ceptance speech his wife Re- becca was from Groves. He asked Dr. Michael Olson if he could use some help in his practice. They’ve been in Bridge City ever since. “It’s been a great life,” Messer said. “Brdige City has been the best place to raise a family and now my grandsons are growing up here. Bridge City has done a lot more for me than I’ve done for Bridge City.” State Farm- Bill Nickum Agency was named as the 2014 Business of the Year. Bill and Ellen Nickum came to Bridge City in August 1965 as newlyweds. Ellen accepted a teaching po- sition with BCISD and is pres- ently employed by the district. Nickum received his BBA in Marketing in 1968 from Lamar State College of Technology. He began his career with State Farm Insurance in 1969 Distributed FREE To The Citizens of Bridge City and Orangefield Week of Wednesday, January 14, 2014 Vol. 56 No. 39 The Record TheRecordLive .com FISHING ORANGE COUNTY Capt. Dickie Colburn Page 1B Sports Commentary Kaz’s Korner Page 2B Caroline Brewton Feature Columnist For The Record Page 2A Evy’s Cajun Kitchen See Page 7A BC before bridges David Ball For e Record January is School Board Rec- ognition Month and Bridge City ISD is joining other dis- tricts across the state to thank these local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for our chil- dren and public schools. “Even though we are making a special effort in January to show appreciation to our board members, we realize their many contributions reflect a year-round commitment. They generously give of themselves to ensure that decisions direct- ly affecting our local schools are made by representatives of this community, people who are close to our schools and know our teachers, parents, and students,” said Mike King, Bridge City ISD. “As elected of- ficials, they are the voice of their communities, serving first and foremost in the best interest of Texas schoolchil- dren.” “Board members shoulder critical responsibilities and of- ten make difficult choices. Their ultimate goal is always focused on the future success of the children in our district,” King said. “It’s more important than ever before that the com- munity sup- ports public education so that today’s students are prepared to be productive cit- izens and the leaders of to- morrow. Our board mem- bers provide vision and leader- ship in their roles as advocates, and they will continue to stand up for public education and guard against anything that takes away from our children or undermines our public schools,” he said. Board members serving Bridge City ISD and years served are: Mark Anderson 10 years, Kirk Ellender 15 years, Thad Hill eight years, Lon Hubbard 15 years, Michael Johnson four years, Jerry Mc- Innis eight years, and Rebecca Rutledge 18 years. “Our district benefits from the tireless work and countless hours contributed by these lo- cal citizens who work without pay. Please help us thank these dedicated volunteers for their efforts to make a difference and their unfailing commit- ment to the continued success of our students now and in the future,” he said. BCISD extends gratitude to school trustees KING Dryden Ferry on the Neches River was replaced by the Rainbow Bridge in 1937. A bridge across the Neches River between Orange and Port Arthur was just a far fetched idea when the Dryden Ferry began operating across the Old River Cove portion of Sabine Lake. One source places the ferry operating as early as 1913. There were no highways only shell roads, and crossing the marsh to get to the shore of the lake was a major engineering project. The strip of water that runs alongside pres- ent day Lake Street was originally a canal dug so that a pile driver mounted on a barge could drive pilings for the base of the trestle bridge that would become one of the longest wooden bridges in the south. Hundreds of telephone pole pilings were driven into the mud. Eight inch by eight inch creosoted timbers were bolted to the pilings and then four inch by eight inch stringers were Dryden Ferry spanned Orange and Jefferson counties Incoming President Scot Schaffer presents Elyse Thibodeaux with the Ambassador of the Year Award. Thibodeaux is now the presi- dent elect. RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux DRYDEN FERRY Page 3A BCCC Page 3A Lucy Fields presented S. Mark Messer, longtime Bridge City Dentist, with the Citizen of the Year award at the Taste of the Bayou annual Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Banquet Monday at the Bridge City Elementary. Bill Nickum was presented the Business of the Year award Monday by outgoing Bridge City Chamber of Commerce President Lucy Fields. Nickum owns the State Farm Insurance Agency located on Texas Avenue. Mike Louviere For e Record Larry Johnson For e Record County commissioners to fill vacancies Personnel issues took center stage at the regular meeting of the Orange County Commis- sioners Court on Monday af- ternoon. Commissioners discussed ei- ther posting and taking appli- cations to fill vacant depart- ment head posts or to hire longtime department employ- ees from within. The department heads are Mark Wim- berley, opera- tions and maintenance department director; Jill Shores, per- sonnel depart- ment director, and Donna Minter, trans- portation department director. John Banken, Precinct 3 commissioner, said if applica- tions are taken, they would have to be taken from all over the United States. David Dubose, Precinct 1 commissioner, he was in favor of promoting from within. Banken said the court should try to promote those individu- als in departments. “Many, many have been loyal through the years,” Banken said. “What are the incentives to stay in a department, work there 20 years, and lose out on a top position?” Banken added he realized there may be someone in the department who is not quali- fied for the position, but he en- couraged commissioners to visit the departments and get to know them. Jody Crump, Precinct 4 com- missioner, said it’s not an in- dictment on the county em- ployees. “We have great employees. If our people are the most quali- fied..... ” he said. CARLTON COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A David Ball For e Record
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BCCC awards Messer, Nickum for serviceThere was a changing of the
guard on Monday night for the Bridge City Chamber of Com-merce.
The chamber hosted the Taste of the Bayou 55th Annual Banquet at the Bridge City Ele-mentary School on January 12. The 2014 Citizen of the Year, the 2014 Business of the Year, the 2014 Ambassador of the Year were presented as well as the introduction of the 2015 chamber president. The outgo-ing president, Lucy Fields, and
ambassador chair, Scot Shaffer, also made some parting re-marks.
S. “Mark” Messer, DDS, of Advanced Dentistry, was named as 2014 Citizen of the Year.
Messer, son of Shannon and Thelma Loreen Messer, gradu-ated from Silsbee High School in 1965. In December of 1967 he married Rebecca Flag and they have three children: Mar-cy Messer Hudson, Marion Messer and Jeremy Messer and one grandson, Kaden Messer.
Dr. Messer was a corpsman in the Navy. He completed avi-
ation medical school finishing his naval career in 1969.
He attended the University of Maryland, Lamar University and Baylor College of Dentist-ry, graduating in 1975 with his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in only five and-a-half years.
In 1975, Messer and his fam-ily came to Bridge City to start his practice.
His father, (who received the citizen of the year award in 1988) owned Shannon Messer Real Estate in Bridge City which also officed the original Bridge City Chamber of Com-merce. That office was expand-ed to include Dr. Messer’s orig-inal dental office.
He purchased his current lo-cation in 1980. This year, Mess-er will celebrate 40 years of practicing in Bridge City.
Dr. Messer has served as a delegate to the TX Dental Soci-ety, Bridge City Chamber and Rotary Club presidents as well as numerous other positions. He has participated in Smiles on Wheel,s Dentistry from the Heart- providing free dentistry to anyone needing it and the Cash for Candy program buy-ing children’s Halloween candy for $1 per pound and sent it to troops in Afghanistan who gave the candy to local children in exchange for information.
He is a member of the Bridge City Pentecostal Church and enjoys spending time with his family, attending seminars and traveling in his spare time.
Messer said during his ac-ceptance speech his wife Re-becca was from Groves. He asked Dr. Michael Olson if he could use some help in his practice. They’ve been in Bridge City ever since.
“It’s been a great life,” Messer said. “Brdige City has been the best place to raise a family and now my grandsons are growing up here. Bridge City has done a lot more for me than I’ve done for Bridge City.”
State Farm- Bill Nickum Agency was named as the 2014 Business of the Year.
Bill and Ellen Nickum came to Bridge City in August 1965 as newlyweds.
Ellen accepted a teaching po-sition with BCISD and is pres-ently employed by the district. Nickum received his BBA in Marketing in 1968 from Lamar State College of Technology.
He began his career with State Farm Insurance in 1969
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FISHING ORANGE COUNTY
Capt. Dickie ColburnPage 1B
SportsCommentary
Kaz’s KornerPage 2B
Caroline BrewtonFeature Columnist
For The RecordPage 2A
Evy’sCajun
KitchenSee Page 7A
BC before bridges
David BallFor The Record
January is School Board Rec-ognition Month and Bridge City ISD is joining other dis-tricts across the state to thank these local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for our chil-dren and public schools.
“Even though we are making a special effort in January to show appreciation to our board members, we realize their many contributions reflect a year-round commitment. They generously give of themselves to ensure that decisions direct-ly affecting our local schools are made by representatives of this community, people who are close to our schools and know our teachers, parents, and students,” said Mike King, Bridge City ISD. “As elected of-ficials, they are the voice of their communities, serving first and foremost in the best interest of Texas schoolchil-dren.”
“Board members shoulder critical responsibilities and of-ten make difficult choices. Their ultimate goal is always focused on the future success of the children in our district,” King said. “It’s more important than ever before that the com-
munity sup-ports public education so that today’s students are prepared to be productive cit-izens and the leaders of to-morrow. Our board mem-
bers provide vision and leader-ship in their roles as advocates, and they will continue to stand up for public education and guard against anything that takes away from our children or undermines our public schools,” he said.
Board members serving Bridge City ISD and years served are: Mark Anderson 10 years, Kirk Ellender 15 years, Thad Hill eight years, Lon Hubbard 15 years, Michael Johnson four years, Jerry Mc-Innis eight years, and Rebecca Rutledge 18 years.
“Our district benefits from the tireless work and countless hours contributed by these lo-cal citizens who work without pay. Please help us thank these dedicated volunteers for their efforts to make a difference and their unfailing commit-ment to the continued success of our students now and in the future,” he said.
BCISD extends gratitude to school trustees
KING
Dryden Ferry on the Neches River was replaced by the Rainbow Bridge in 1937.
A bridge across the Neches River between Orange and Port Arthur was just a far fetched idea when the Dryden Ferry began operating across the Old River Cove portion of Sabine Lake. One source places the ferry operating as early as 1913. There were no highways only shell roads, and crossing the marsh to get to the shore of the lake was a major engineering project.
The strip of water that runs alongside pres-ent day Lake Street was originally a canal dug so that a pile driver mounted on a barge could drive pilings for the base of the trestle bridge that would become one of the longest wooden bridges in the south.
Hundreds of telephone pole pilings were driven into the mud. Eight inch by eight inch creosoted timbers were bolted to the pilings and then four inch by eight inch stringers were
Dryden Ferry spanned Orange and Jefferson counties
Incoming President Scot Schaffer presents Elyse Thibodeaux with the Ambassador of the Year Award. Thibodeaux is now the presi-dent elect. RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux
DRYDEN FERRY Page 3A
BCCC Page 3A
Lucy Fields presented S. Mark Messer, longtime Bridge City Dentist, with the Citizen of the Year award at the Taste of the Bayou annual Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Banquet Monday at the Bridge City Elementary.
Bill Nickum was presented the Business of the Year award Monday by outgoing Bridge City Chamber of Commerce President Lucy Fields. Nickum owns the State Farm Insurance Agency located on Texas Avenue.
Mike LouviereFor The Record
Larry JohnsonFor The Record
County commissioners to fill vacancies
Personnel issues took center stage at the regular meeting of the Orange County Commis-sioners Court on Monday af-ternoon.
Commissioners discussed ei-ther posting and taking appli-cations to fill vacant depart-ment head posts or to hire longtime department employ-ees from within.
The department heads are
Mark Wim-berley, opera-tions and maintenance department director; Jill Shores, per-sonnel depart-ment director, and Donna Minter, trans-
portation department director.John Banken, Precinct 3
commissioner, said if applica-tions are taken, they would
have to be taken from all over the United States.
David Dubose, Precinct 1 commissioner, he was in favor of promoting from within.
Banken said the court should try to promote those individu-als in departments.
“Many, many have been loyal through the years,” Banken said. “What are the incentives to stay in a department, work there 20 years, and lose out on a top position?”
Banken added he realized
there may be someone in the department who is not quali-fied for the position, but he en-couraged commissioners to visit the departments and get to know them.
Jody Crump, Precinct 4 com-missioner, said it’s not an in-dictment on the county em-ployees.
“We have great employees. If our people are the most quali-fied.....” he said.
CARLTON
COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A
David BallFor The Record
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Caroline Brewton
Have you heard of the seven-year itch?
No, I’m not talking about marriage.
I’m talking about your taste buds.
The idea is that every seven years or so, the flavors you en-joy (or don’t enjoy) switch up. In my case, it was lemon, and it happened after my twenty-first birthday. It was too close to a seven-year mark not to do some creative Googling. Thank goodness for Yahoo! Answers. It turns out I’m not crazy, and people really do believe in the seven-year itch.
See, I hated lemon growing up. I thought lemon-flavor ru-ined sweetness. I wouldn’t even squeeze it on salmon.
In fact, I didn’t appreciate bitter tastes at all — or bitter experiences, either. Getting a scrape would ruin my whole day. A bad grade on a test meant my life was going to be horrible. This mentality per-sisted for several years. The lemon — the bitterness — didn’t ruin anything. My atti-tude did.
But the human experience isn’t limited to the sweet things.
I will leave it to deeper think-ers than I to say whether we must experience deep sadness to really understand true hap-piness, but I really do believe sadness and tragedy are essen-tial to our ability to empathize with others.
And that really is necessary. Things don’t have to be per-
fect to be good, and the expec-tation that they will be stands in the way of your own happi-ness. Take it from someone who knows. I used to spend weeks agonizing over an up-coming vaccination. Yeesh.
So when the sad times come, or you’re served lemon cake at your best friend’s bridal show-er, take it in stride. Now I do, thanks to some adult perspec-tive and an excellent lemon-
mousse cake invented by a friend from college.
So what changed? What’s the answer? Seven-year itch?
No. I think the seven-year-taste-bud-rule is something common that mutates out of an old wives’ tale, maybe the more familiar seven-year itch of rela-tionships. Instead of blaming seven-year itch, I like to think that I came to appreciate com-plexity as I grew older. Of course your tastes will change. It doesn’t always accompany a convenient metaphor for your newly-accumulated wisdom.
These days, I enjoy lemon. I can handle a paper cut. That’s what happens when you grow up.
So save that slice of lemon cake for me, okay?
Growing into a seven year itch
It’s no secret Bassmaster is returning to Orange. Area resi-dents have been waiting with baited breath for more infor-mation. The wait is over and information is in the process of being released.
John Gothia unveiled plans Tuesday at the Orange Rotary Club to make this year’s event bigger and better than when Bassmaster Elite Series came to Orange in 2013. The first event broke previous atten-dance records, doubling them with over 30,000 in attendance.
“We built it so it would be more than a fishing tourna-ment,” said Gothia
This year three more events will be added to week’s sched-
ule.Instead of one, there will be
two concerts. Dustin Lynch will perform
on Thursday and Tracy Byrd will headline Saturday’s con-cert.
There will once again be a fireworks display at the conclu-sion of Saturday’s concert.
The kid’s fish tank, which was very popular, will return, once again sponsored by Go-pher Industrial.
A 5K titled “Run Your Bass Off” will be held Saturday morning, sponsored by Invista.
Last year they offered the “High School Experience- Bass Backstage” but didn’t have enough time to fully promote it and intend on expanding it to several hundred high school-ers. It show them the ins and
outs of running televised fish-ing tournaments. The get to meet the fishermen, learn about photography and video and more.
With the popularity of high school fishing teams the top 12 qualifying area teen teams will get the opportunity on Satur-day to fish with 12 of the Elite fisherman in private waters in Vidor and will have their own weigh-in at 2 p.m. on the Bass-master stage one hour before the Bassmaster weigh-in. “That’s growing a lot of excite-ment,” said Gothia.
Art in the Park will also be scheduled for Saturday and will return to Stark Park this year.
The event in 2013 brought an additional economic impact of $2.6 million.
John Gothia presented plans for the upcoming return of the Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament in March to the Orange Rotary Club Tuesday. Three new events will be added to make this year’s event bigger and better. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux
Bassmaster fishing returning to Orange
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Banken said there is suppose to be a committee in place to handle such issues, look at ap-plications and make a recom-mendation to the court.
Douglas Manning, assistant county attorney, said he has previously served on the com-mittee in which the top three or four candidates are nar-rowed down in a closed meet-ing and a decision is made.
There is also a five day dead-line to receive applications.
When the voted was taken, commissioners approved tak-ing applications from within and from outside the depart-ments over a five day deadline.
County Judge Brint Carlton
said he wanted the best people to be selected.
Dubose voted no on all three vacant positions and favored hiring from within. Banken also voted no on one of the po-sitions.
In another personnel matter, the court approved filling the vacant night foreman position due to the retirement of Mi-chael Hale on January 5.
Banken said the new hire will save the county $11,000 a year because his or her salary will be less. Crump said the six-week mandatory waiting period for new hires was waived too for this position.
Lastly, a day and time for the
next commissioners court meeting is still up in the air.
There will be no meeting for next Monday because Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a nation-al holiday. Carlton said he will also be out of town on Tuesday.
Carlton suggested holding the next meeting on Thursday and in Vidor if recording facili-ties are available such as at Vi-dor City Hall.
Some on the court said they couldn’t meet in Thursday but they could meet on Wednes-day. Also, it was still uncertain if the meeting will be held in Vidor or in the commissioners courtroom in Orange.
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as a claims adjuster in Beau-mont. He wanted to pursue an agency and was appointed an agent on March 1, 1973. Bill and Ellen chose Bridge City to establish the business because of the people and a great place to live and rear their family.
Nickum began as a new mar-ket agent meaning he did not have policy holders, even any of his own.
His office was a card table in the corner of the bedroom. He was a door-to-door salesman, building his business one poli-cy at a time. He built his pres-ent office on Texas Avenue in 1984. He said he has been blessed through the years with a very successful agency.
Nickum has own numerous awards with State Farm. He is top agent and leader in the area district for 40-plus years. He has maintained a very dedicat-ed and loyal staff through the years which is the success of any business.
He remains very active in
community activities and orga-nizations as he has for many years.
Past president of Bridge City Chamber, charter member and past president of Rotary Inter-national, 15 year board mem-ber and executive board mem-ber of Texas Workforce Solu-tions, and a deacon of Second Baptist Church.
Nickum said his office staff has more than 90 years of ex-perience collectively.
He added it’s been a tough 10 years with two hurricanes hit-ting Bridge City, but God gives everyone opportunities in life.
“They either make you or break you. Be victorious in ev-erything you do,” he said.
Fields, the 2014 chamber president, said there’s been some ups and downs for the chamber during the year such as the computer crashing the losing an administrative assis-tant. Those challenges have since been fixed.
The chamber started the
year with $51,000 in the coffers and ended the year with $61,000.
They also received a $10,000 grant from the Hotel Occupan-cy Tax committee to refurbish the floors and windows of the Teacherage Museum at the chamber. The also received a $250 grant so they could pur-chase a laptop from Walmart to backup the main computer.
Later in the year, they re-ceived an additional HOT grant for $5,000 to add histori-cal items to the museum.
The museum has also had some out of state visitors.
The chamber added 31 new members over the year. They added a feature to their website in which each member can see which type of business fellow members have.
The chamber has 4,603 fol-lowers on FaceBook.
The chamber participates in and encourages residents to Shop Orange County to keep money in the county. Likewise,
there has been a 17.2 percent increase sales tax revenue.
“What stays local grows lo-cal,” Fields said.
She said there have been cof-fee socials to promote and grow local businesses.
“I’m a transplant to Bridge City 17 years ago. My love for Bridge City has no bounds,” Fields said.
Shaffer, chairman of the am-bassadors, turned over that of-fice to Elyse Thibodeaux.
Shaffer said the chamber couldn’t work without their ambassadors.
“They help the chamber to move forward by coming up with the ideas and doing it. They work extremely hard,” he said.
Thibodeaux said she wants to forward businesses and meet people. She added she got to know half the people in atten-dance at the banquet through the chamber.
Shaffer, meanwhile, gave up his post as chair of the ambas-sadors to become president of 2015 Bridge City Chamber of Commerce.
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bolted to them. Planking was applied and a four foot high railing was constructed to each side to keep the cars from go-ing off the side.
The finished bridge was 16 feet wide and 5,117 feet long. There was barely enough room for one Model T car to pass an-other, but it was a sturdy, safe crossing of the marsh.
A similar bridge was con-structed on the Port Arthur side, but was only about half as long.
On May 8, 1926 there was a formal opening ceremony, even though the ferry had been in operation for some time before that date. Over 3,000 cars at-tempted to make the crossing. The ferry could only carry about six cars and by the end of the day only 1,000 had crossed. Those waiting in line had to at-tempt to back up or try to turn around on the narrow bridges on both sides.
The ferry was a combination of a small tug boat and a barge. The tug was owned by R.C. Crittenden and the barge, about 80 feet long and 24 feet wide was owned by Sy McFar-land, of Orange. Usual capacity was four to six cars. Once the crossing was made, the tug would disconnect from the barge and turn around and re-connect for the return cross-
ing. The crossing usually took only 15 to 20 minutes, however depending on the traffic the waiting time could be over an hour or more.
Sitting in a car waiting for the ferry could be miserable in the summer months. There would be clouds of mosquitoes and the choice was either to sit and fight the mosquitoes or roll the windows up and sit in the heat and sweat.
On the east bank, Henry and Mary Bailey had bought land and built a small business they called a “lunch room”. They would sell fried fish sandwich-es, French fries, and even ice cream cones to those waiting in cars. The food was good and the business successful and continued to operate after the closing of the ferry until a fire destroyed the building in 1997.
To establish the ferry, Or-ange County had contributed $35,000, Jefferson County $30,000 and the State of Texas $65,000. Originally the ferry crossing was free during the day with a five cent charge af-ter 5 p.m. The state later made the crossing free at all times.
When the bridge was first discussed, the parties in North Jefferson County said the ferry was good enough. The state-ment was made that the only people that used the ferry were
fisherman and people from Port Arthur that went to visit people in Louisiana. As more cars became available to more people, the waiting lines got longer and there was more dis-cussion about a bridge.
In May and June of 1929 there was some severe flooding on the Neches River causing the Old Spanish Trail to be closed. People needing to cross from Beaumont to Orange had to use the ferry. The increased number of cars needing to cross changed the attitude of many of those who had been against the bridge and serious discussion of a bridge began.
The bridge that had once been called “a menace to navi-gation” was finally built at the mouth of the Neches River. The bridge opened on Septem-ber 8, 1938. The ferry contin-ued to operate for several months until the highway au-thorities were convinced that trucks could navigate the steep incline of the bridge.
In all the years that the ferry operated there was no major tragedy. There were two fatali-ties when two young men drove through the wooden barriers on the Port Arthur side and their car went into the river and they drowned before they could be rescued.
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FOOTBALL-WEATHER-A MIX BAG
The first college national championship game is now in the record book. In the end it wasn’t even close. The Ohio State Buckeyes, the underdog, whipped up on the Oregon Ducks 42-20. Never bet against Coach Urban Meyer. He may not be the country’s best college coach but he’s one hell of a recruiter. Give him a couple of years and he’ll end up with the best high school talent in the country. One such player is running back Ezekiel Elliott who ran all over that big pasture, from one end to the other. His total effort was 246 yards and four touchdowns. The Buckeyes overcame four turnovers to give Urban Meyer his third national championship with two at Florida. Heisman trophy winner Marcus Mariota, a Hawaii native, started with a bang but couldn’t lead the Ducks to their very first championship. He had the fans on his side and most were pulling for the Ducks. I hate to see college football come to an end. It’s been nice during these cold, wet times. *****Speaking of the weather, it’s been a mixed bag. One very cold day blew in with enough cold to kill a mess of plants. If your lantana, hibiscus, etc were not covered they are probably gone. Some will come back from the roots. We should all be as smart as Carol Bearden who landscapes with evergreens and plants that only need water and feed in the summer. She doesn’t have to do like the rest of us, covering our stuff with sheets, blankets, cardboard. Her place always looks good, come ice or snow no damage to her plants will ever show. *****Well, it’s come time for me to go on down the line. I’d be honored if you hopped on board and came along; I promise it won’t do you no harm.
FRANCE WAKES UP TO TERROR
If any good comes out of the Paris attacks, it is that France, who has had a blind eye to terrorism, has finally realized that it is a real fact. The United States government had tried to persuade France to engage in the war against terror. Now Prime Minister Manuel Valls has declared that France is at war with radical Islam. Valls said, “It is a war against terrorism, against Jihadism, against Islam, against everything that is aimed at breaking fraternity, freedom and solidarity.” Well at least it got his attention. About 500,000 Jews live in France, 5,000 police officers have been deployed to guard more than 700 synagogues and other Jewish institutions across the country. The attacks on the “Charlie Hebdo” satirical newspaper and a Kosher Super Market have convinced many to leave France for the Jewish homeland. The Jews have an extra threat, they are targeted. Over 3.7 million people, including 40 world leaders, participated in Sunday’s rally to express solidarity in the wake of last weeks attacks in France. The White House admits they should have sent someone with a higher profile to the rally but that in no way diminishes the support and help the U.S. has given France since the attacks. The march came together within 36 hours and it would have been impossible to provide proper security for President Obama. In the end, the American people stand shoulder to shoulder with France.
REMEMBERING INEZ HEARN-1918-2015
A longtime special friend Inez Memphis Duplissey Hearn, 96, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11. We had known this wonderful lady for over 50 years. Over the last few years we visited about the times she and the late Fain Holbrook worked together at Orange Montgomery Ward, where she was the manager. Those two were a riot.
Nez survived many hardships in life. She had that pioneer spirit; work hard, laugh a lot, love family and have faith in God. It is said that she would have you in the pea patch or picking mustard greens before sunup but not until she had fed you a pan of homemade biscuits, bacon and eggs.
Nez often worked two jobs to make ends meet but always had enough to share with those in need. When she retired, she moved to her hometown of Lecompte, LA. to care for her mother. She started working with the Counsel for the Aging and was awarded by the governor for her excellent work. She would deliver meals throughout the country-side to senior citizens. Once she ran into a ditch, got a ride home, got another car and finished her route. I asked her what she was doing when she turned the car over? She was 81 at the time. She answered, “Delivering food to the old folks.”
Nez had a strong belief in people looking after one another. If someone was sick or needed help, Nez was the first to offer a helping hand. People around Bridge City who came up in the 60’s and 70’s, remember her great cooking, her nieces, the Young girls and her beautiful granddaughter Theresa Hearn, who happened to be home from Nashville when her grandmother passed away Sunday.
Inez had a great family. Her children Janice, Ray and Harold and their families and sister Joy are a treat to know. I’m thankful that God chose to put me and Nez down in the same place. We’ve lost a wonderful lady who spread joy and love. May she rest in peace. Service will be Wednesday, Jan.
14, 10 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Please see obituary.
CONDOLENCES
We were also sorry to learn about the death of Jessie Lea Young Sartin, 96, who passed away on the same day, Jan. 11, at the same age as Inez Hearn. They were longtime Bridge City residents. Services for Mrs. Sartin will be Thursday, Jan. 15, at the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. Visitation will be Wednesday evening at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Please see obituary. Our condolences to her family.
OUR SYMPATHYDerek Allen Phillips, 27, of Mauriceville passed away Jan.
6. We had known his grandparents, who ran the grocery store on Hwy. 12, and his father Wyatt Paul for many years. Derek was much too young to leave us. May he rest in peace. Please see obituary. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family.
TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME11 Years Ago-2003
New York Giant kicker Matt Bryant is back in Orange County. Bryant has returned to help out his former co-workers at K&C Pawn in Orange where he is displaying commemorative footballs he earned during the 2002 season. *****Home invasion turns deadly for Orange County couple. Joan Ortiz Leleaux, 65, was found dead in a shed. Her husband Emerson Leleaux was found in the house still alive and was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital. Sheriff’s Dept. Deputy Chief John Tarver said Mrs. Leleaux was apparently dragged from the garage to the shed. Walter Wade Rice, Jr., age 30, was arrested and was being held in Dequincy awaiting Orange County authorities.*****Steve Worster, former Bridge City and UT great, has been selected for induction into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame. Worster, number 30, led the Longhorns from 1968 through 1970. Worster was the star of the famous Texas win over Notre Dame in the 1970 Cotton Bowl. *****Orange County still has one player in the NFL playoffs. Jason Matthews and the Titans, beat the Steelers 31-31 in overtime to advance towards the Super Bowl.*****Coach Ronnie Anderson was inducted into the Texas High School coaches Baseball Hall of Fame.*****Former Bridge City coach Glenn Buffaloe, 80, passed away Jan. 9, in Palacios. He died from Alzheimer’s. Ironically his friend and fellow coach Joe Van Breeman died last month from the same thing.*****Two Orange boxers will be competing in the regional Silver Glove championship in Little Rock. Derrick Buford and Cody Richard are both Texas state champions. Silver Glove is for boys under the age of 15. *****Eric B. Ridley completes Marine boot camp. He is the son of Laura Ridley and grandson of Hal and Laverne Ridley. (Editor’s note: Hal has died since and Laverne is in a nursing home.)*****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Danny “Dano” Gene Michael, 53, recently died. A memorial will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 4389 Caribou St. in Bridge City. ***Charlie Permenter, 87, died Jan. 16. ***Janey Grayson died Dec. 15. ***Services for Joan Leleux, 65, who was murdered Jan. 11, will be held at Dorman Funeral Home Jan. 16.
67 Years Ago-1948
On Jan. 2, Chester Holts, 38-year-old, was named sheriff of Orange County. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late sheriff Dick Stanfield. Holts had been a deputy for 18 months. He and his wife Iva have a 19-year-old son, Morgan, a 14-year-old daughter, Nova Dee and a 16-month-old baby girl, Wanda. Holts will be a candidate for the post. (Editor’s note: He was elected and went on to serve for 21 years, the longest tenure by an Orange County sheriff. He and his family made their home in the jail. Chester, his wife and son are all deceased. The two girls live in the Mauriceville area.)*****District clerk is Tom M. Dodd, district judge is F.W. “Dub” Hustmyre, county attorney is Graham “Bubba” Bruce. *****President Harry Truman, in his State of the Union message, asked for a $40 reduction for everyone. He asked that the $3.2 billion loss in federal income be made up by higher corporate taxes. *****Ward Stephenson forms law firm with his father K.W. The firm, Stephenson and Stephenson, is located in the Bancroft Building. Ward was recently admitted to the bar. He was a commander in the U.S. Navy.
57 Years Ago-1958Louis Dugas Jr. seeks a third term as state representative.
He was first elected in 1954. Dugas served as assistant to Sen. Jep Fuller while attending the University of Texas. *****A political fight is brewing in the county judge’s race. Judge Sid Caillavet, Charlie Grooms and former County Clerk and Orange Mayor Joe Runnels, Jr. *****Tommy Gunn, 10 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Gunn, outdid dad and granddad on deer hunt. He bagged a seven-pointer. Nothing for them.
A FEW HAPPENINGS
Judge Carl Thibodaux will be honored Thursday evening, starting at 5:30p.m., at the Expo Center. Under Thibodeaux’s 20 year leadership the county made great strides. Several new buildings have been built. He was a good leader.*****Congratulations to Dr. Mark Messer, named “Citizen of the Year” by the Bridge City Chamber and also to Bill Nickum Insurance named “Business of the Year.” Those two men are great citizens who have, over the last 40 years, contributed much to the betterment of Bridge City.*****The Texas Legislature convened Tuesday. One bill that will be introduced Wednesday by State Rep. Todd Hunter of Corpus Christi is of interest to our area. The bill calls for windstorm insurance that covers homeowners and small businesses in the 14 coastal counties to be spread across the entire state. It’s a relief from policies that cost coastal property owners more than policies in other parts of the state.*****Over the years, since becoming the city of Bridge City’s first city attorney H.D. Pate has gained a lot of knowledge about the law. Few lawyers have more knowledge than Pate. He still practices law in Bridge City. If you have the need for an attorney, H.D. can help you or guide you to someone who can.*****A few folks we know celebrating their birthday. On Jan. 14, Stephanie Sehon, Michelle Connor, Rob Fisher, Joan Lyons, Chris Williams and Brittany Trantham all celebrate. They share birthdays with Faye Dunaway, 73, Jason Bateman, 45, and rapper L.C. Cool J., 46.*****Jan. 15 finds Tyler Reves, Joy Hughes, Don Thompson, Dee Culpepper and Brennan Broussard
all celebrating. They join Saint’s quarterback Drew Brees, 35, actors Mario Van Peebles, 57 and Chad Lowe, 46. This is also the day Charo turns 63. *****On Jan. 16, our friend, a great guy Glenn Oliver chalks up another year. Also celebrating are Brandy Brones, John Green III, Joel Meyers, Clayton Gearhart and Matthew Lee. They share birthdays with race car driver A.J. Foyt, 79, and singers Ronnie Millsap, 71 and Sade’, 55. *****On Jan. 17, former Pinehurst councilperson, a nice lady, Gail Meadows celebrates. It seems like only a couple of months ago I wished her a happy birthday. It was a fast year wasn’t it? Celebrating on this date are Pct. 2 constable David Cayle. (If you don’t like David you don’t like anyone.) and also Attorney John Cash “Jack” Smith. What a trip that guy is. They share birthdays with Muhammad Ali, 84, Betty White, 92, First Lady Michelle Obama, 50, actor Jim Carrey, 52, comedian Steve Harvey, 57 and rocker Kid Rock, 43.*****Jan. 18 finds pretty Ms. Brenda Oliver celebrating as does Terry Bush DeCuir, Laverne Walley, Dylan Huckebay, Tara Thompson and Virginia Sanford. They share birthdays with actor Kevin Costner, 59, and Green Bay Packer Julius Peppers, 34.*****On Jan. 19, Bridge City elementary teacher Beverly Delahoussaye, Steve Griffith, Zach Johnson, Melissa Berry and Gloria Bertrand all celebrate. They share this day with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 84, TV host Bill Maher, 58, Melissa Rivers, 46 and country singer Brantley Gilbert, 20.***Jan. 19 is also Martin Luther King Day.*****On the national front, the GOP presidential field of hopefuls is headed to a full field. Some new, others previous also-rans. John Ellis Bush (Jeb) is running fast to get ahead of the pack. With former V.P. candidate Paul Ryan bowing out, it’s a sure sign his former running mate Willard M. Romney (Mitt) is marching towards a third try. This guy so much wants the Romney name in the history books he’ll expose himself to some more rejection, even after he and his wife said never again. Romney is going to run to the right of John Ellis. He will have plenty of company there. Cruz, Paul, Huckabee, Perry and a dozen more are already calling Jeb a liberal. When the clown show ends by Aug. 2016, everyone will view Hillary Clinton as a breath of fresh air.*****I just received a New Year’s card from Joe and Nancy Chenella but no note in it. They still live in College Station.*****I was disappointed again to not see kicker Matt Bryant make it to the Pro Bowl despite having one of the best kicking percentages in the NFL. Matt is a free agent now plus Atlanta has hired a new coach. Matt has faced that situation before. New coaches often have a kicker they want to bring with them. Hopefully Matt stays and they don’t try to cut his money.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch dines at Novrozsky’s this week and at Robert’s next week. Everyone is always welcome. Good fellowship, good food.
CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK
Alcid Breaux is on his death bed him, and knows da end is near. His nurse Agness, wife Telma, daughter Joyce and two sons Boo Boo and Louis are wit him.
Breaux axe for two witnesses and a camcorder so he can record his last wishes. Wen ready Breaux begins to speak. “Boo Boo, I want you to take the Vermillion houses, my daughter Joyce, you take da apartments on Landry Street, Louis, me I want you to take the offices in da Gocheaux building, Telma, my dear wife, please take all da residential buildings on da banks of Bayou Tech,”
Nurse Agness and da witnesses were shocked, dey didn’t realize his extensive holdings. As Breaux slips away, nurse Agness says, “Miss Telma, you husband must of been such a hard working man to have accumulated all dat property.”
Telma replied, her, “Property? Da ass him had a newspaper route.”
C’EST TOUT
I’ve watched the Dez Bryant catch over and over. He went high up in the air, came down with a perfect 31-yard catch, took two steps, reached for the goal line with the ball. The ball came out when it hit the ground, however Bryant’s knee was down one yard short of the goal line. A referee standing five feet away called it a catch. First and goal from the one. The review booth said not to believe your lying eyes. Many sports writers throughout the country believed that Dallas would get a pay back call against Green Bay. The reason being that in the game against Detroit, played a week earlier, Detroit was robbed in the last minute when officials called pass interference against Dallas rookie linebacker Anthony Hitchens then picked the flag up. No call? It’s not for sure that the Cowboys would have scored from the one but they would have had four tries. During the week, the NFL, embarrassed by the no call the previous week, had called Detroit and apologized. The reason given for the incomplete pass call from the tooth is the “Calvin Johnson rule” in 2010. The same referee ruled the Texans’ go-ahead touchdown against Chicago was wiped out when it was determined Johnson didn’t maintained possession throughout the process. It was deemed ridiculous at the time. The review booth is hanging their hat on the rule book that says, “If a receiver falls to the turf he must keep the ball secure throughout the process,” which I think Bryant did. There’s an interpretation of what constitutes a “Football” act. Lunging towards the goal line apparently isn’t a football act. We have seen it thousands of times where a runner lunges to stick the ball over the goal line. Now the ruling against Bryant says it’s not a common football act. I’ve seen this call twice and I’ve watched a lot of NFL football. The Texan’s and Johnson got screwed and Bryant paid for the previous last week’s call. In closing, I believe the Cowboys would have been a better match up with Seattle than Green Bay will be. The best to Earl Thomas the Seahawks. I’ve known all my life that “payback is hell” and I’ve had it both ways. *****Gotta go. Thanks for your time. Please read us cover to cover, support our family of advertisers when you can. Also catch up-to-the-minute news on our website, therecordlive.com. Take care and God bless.
From the Creaux’s Nest
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Staff at Little Cypress-Mau-riceville Consolidated Independ-ent School District are achievingbig savings with energy-efficientbehavior — and now those goodhabits are earning nationalrecognition.
Little Cypress-MauricevilleConsolidated IndependentSchool District has achieved a 19percent cost savings totaling$394,243 in 30 months sinceforming a strategic alliance withCenergistic, a national energyconservation company, whichwill present the organizationwith its Environmental Excel-lence Award January 12th.
“Reaching this level of savingsat this stage of the program is asignificant achievement. LittleCypress-Mauriceville Consoli-dated Independent School Dis-trict has done an excellent job ofimplementing Cenergistic’s or-ganizational behavior-based ap-proach to energy conservationand maintaining productive ef-forts at all levels of the organiza-tion. e administration and allstaff members are to be com-mended for clearly fulfilling theircommitment to being goodstewards of the organization’senergy dollars and the environ-ment,” said Dr. William S. Spears,Chairman and Founder ofCenergistic.
“Strong support from every-one involved in the organizationhas created an atmosphere of co-operation that should continueto grow and ensure even greatersuccess well into the future,” Dr.Spears said. “I am extremelypleased to present Little Cy-press-Mauriceville ConsolidatedIndependent School Districtwith our Environmental Excel-lence Award.”
According to Dr. Pauline Har-grove, LCM CISD Superinten-dent, “LCM is honored andhumbled to receive the nationalEnvironmental ExcellenceAward! is distinguishedrecognition reflects our commit-ment to be good stewards of allthat is entrusted to us. Our goalis to provide the highest qualityof education possible in themost efficient and effective man-ner. Maximizing taxpayers’ dol-lars through energyconservation benefits everyoneand our environment. isachievement is due to the coop-erative efforts of each person inour district. I congratulate andappreciate each one!” GregPerry, LCM CISD Assistant Su-perintendent concurs. “We arevery excited to be receiving thisEnvironmental ExcellenceAward. Energy savings havebeen stressed continuously sincewe started this program, andnow it is part of our normal dailyoperations. All the LCM facultyand staff are dedicated to beinggood stewards of taxpayermoney, and the savings that havebeen realized in this programare proof that we are being suc-cessful.”
A primary benefit of theCenergistic program is that allcosts come out of the existingutility budget, with savings pro-jected to more than pay for theprogram, as they have done forLittle Cypress-Mauriceville Con-solidated Independent SchoolDistrict. Additional savings canbe redirected to other parts ofthe budget.
e conservation program ex-amines all areas of energy usethroughout Little Cypress-Mau-riceville Consolidated Independ-
ent School District. Cenergistic’sconservation experts — in natu-ral gas and electricity, water andsewer, HVAC systems, EnergyManagement Systems (EMS)and mechanical systems, behav-ior modification, communica-tions, grounds care, dataanalysis, information systemsmanagement, organization de-velopment, construction man-agement, human resources,utility rate structures, and manyother areas of specialization thatpositively impact energy conser-vation — work closely with LittleCypress-Mauriceville Consoli-dated Independent School Dis-trict’s Energy Specialist, Mr.Lockwood Cox. ey train himto analyze all energy usethroughout the organization’ssystems, and to ensure that en-ergy is used as efficiently as pos-sible, following Cenergistic’senergy management program.
e program delivers an envi-ronmental benefit from a re-duced carbon footprint. Energynot used prevents the emissionof carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxideand nitrogen oxides. Accordingto EPA/EGrid figures, in the first30 months of the program, LittleCypress-Mauriceville Consoli-dated Independent School Dis-trict saved 13,849 MMBTU, theequivalent of 109 metric tons ofcarbon dioxide emissions beingprevented, 23 cars removed fromthe road, or 2,785 pine treesgrown for 10 years.
Mr. Cox tracks energy con-sumption — including electric-ity, water, sewer, natural gas andfuel oil — using energy-account-ing software. He compares cur-rent energy use to a baselineperiod and calculates theamount of energy that would
have been used had conservationand management practices notbeen implemented. By trackingconsumption and analyzing en-ergy use, he can quickly identifyand correct areas that need im-mediate attention.
Cenergistic is a technology-powered, data-driven energyconservation company. Cener-gistic helps organizations reduceconsumption of electricity, natu-ral gas, fuel oil and water. Itsproven approach is built on aproprietary methodology, whichoptimizes clients’ infrastructure,improves internal processes andchanges behavior to ensure thatsavings endure. is approachempowers the average client tosave 20 – 30% off expected utilitybills. For the past six years,Cenergistic has earned nationalrecognition from the UnitedStates Environmental ProtectionAgency, including the ENERGYSTAR Partner of the Year – Sus-tained Excellence Award in 2011,2012, 2013 and 2014.
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Cenergistic presented the award to the District on Monday, Jan. 12, during the monthly Board meeting. Those pictured are, fromleft, Don Anderson, Marlene Courmier, Woody Cox, Roy Mazzagate, Greg Perry, Rex Peveto, David Jones, Dr. Pauline Hargrove, JasonWoods, Dr. Leonard Merrill, Phillip Matthews and Tammy Rountree.
Energy savings bring LC-M national accolades
On the weekend ofNov. 22, EthanBourque bagged thesetwo trophy bucks atthe RW Trophy Ranchin Terrel, while huntingwith his grandfatherBo Graham. Ethan is a7th grade student atBridge City MiddleSchool.
Bourque bagstrophy bucks
Mardi Gras paradescheduled
e 12th annual Mardi GrasKrewe of Krewe’s Grande Paradewill be Feb. 7, at 6:00 p.m. etheme for this year’s celebration willbe “Mardi Gras Rocks”. e event isa traditional Mardi Gras Paradewith illuminated floats, decoratedtrailers and Krewe members tossingbeads, cups and trinkets to enthusi-astic spectators.
e Greater Orange AreaChamber of Commerce invites youto stay in our hotels and enjoy His-torical Downtown and the spirit ofMardi Gras. Beginning at 7:30p.m. there will be a concert byJamie Bergeron and the KickingCajuns at the City of OrangeBoardwalk and Pavilion. Food andbeverage vendors will be at theevent (no dogs, no pets, no cool-ers).
Parade applications are available
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Crawfish BreadEVY’S CAJUN KITCHEN
Evelyn Brandone Record
ere’s a scripture that says“Man cannot live by bread alone”but I think I could. I love bread -and this has been a lifelong loveof mine too. It started back whenI was a child and has continuedto present time.
I remember when I was young,and my little Cajun granny call-ing all the grandkids, telling uswhat time the bread would becoming out of her oven. isbread was like no other to me.She made good homemadeFrench bread. Crusty on the out-side, warm and soft on the in-side. All we had to do was showup, slather on the butter and eat.My daddy makes that bread nowand it’s divine! When it rains,you can almost bet there will bebread at his house.
I love all kinds of breadthough, and I love those creativebreads with toppings most of all.
I was introduced to this breadat a anksgiving gathering at anaunt’s house and I knew therewas a new love affair beginning.
It’s a little out of the ordinary,unless you’re from south of In-terstate 10, then as we all know,anything goes.
Crawfish Bread1 stick butter (not margarine)pinch of garlic powder (optional)pinch of paprika (optional)1/2 cup Duke’s mayonnaise1 pound Monterrey Jack cheese,grated2 green onions, chopped1 pound pre-cooked crawfish(boiled and chopped)1 loaf French bread (If I buy thebread, I get the loaf with the garlicbutter spread already on it.)
Pre-heat oven to 325In large bowl, combine butter,
garlic powder, paprika, mayon-naise, cheese, green onions andcrawfish. Stir until thoroughlycombined.
Spread mixture on each half ofbread. Bake for 20-25 minutes,until mixture is completelymelted and beginning to turnlight brown and bubbly.
Cut and serve immediately.is bread goes great withgumbo or etouffee.
Bon appétit!
Community Bulletin Board
Felix is an 8 week old Shep/rottie mix pup. He is supersweet, playful and looking for his forever home. He weighs7.2 lbs, has had first set of shots, worming and dentalexam. He has been started on Trifexis for fleas and heart-worm preventative.
PET OF THE WEEK
at or by calling 883-3536.
CASA Vol orientationAdvocates for Children, Inc. “A
CASA Program” is having a volun-teer orientation at 6 p.m., Tues.,Jan. 27 at 2120 Gloria Dr., Orange.77630.
If you’ve ever thought aboutbeing a CASA volunteer, here isyour opportunity to get the an-swers to all your questions. eyare especially in need of more malevolunteers said Nikki Jones, direc-tor. “Some of these kids have neverhad a father figure, or had one foronly a short period of time.
ere is 30 hours of trainingthat can all be done at the CASAfacility or 20 hours can be homestudy with 10 hours face to face.
Requirements for volunteers areone face to face visit per monthwith your child for and hour. “Ofcourse many go over that, going totheir ball games and birthday par-ties,” said Jones. According toCASA guidelines, being an excel-lent volunteer requires about 12-15 hours a month.
For more information call theoffice at 409-886-2272.
Orange DAR to meete William Diamond Chapter
of e Daughters of the AmericanRevolution of Orange will havetheir monthly
meeting Monday, Jan. 19, at10:00 a.m. e meeting will beheld at St. Paul United MethodistChurch in Bridge City. Refresh-ments will be served.
e program for the meetingwill be “Preservation of FamilyHeirlooms”. It will be presented bySarah Bellian, curator/archivist ofe Museum of the GulfCoast. Any woman 18 years of ageor older who can prove lineal de-scent from a patriot of e Amer-ican Revolution is eligible formembership. Anyone who is inter-ested is encouraged to attend.
Gardeners set plant fair e Orange County Master
Gardener’s Annual Bloomin’ CrazyPlant Fair will be held Saturday,April 11, from 8:00 am – 1 pm, atJewel Cormier Park, 8235 FM1442, Orangefield (Exit 869 S offIH 10). Perennials, annuals,shrubs, tropical, Satsuma’s, limes,lemons, cold-hardy avocados,Texas Superstars and heirloomvegetables are just a few of theunique and hard to find plants wewill have available. Five 10X10booth spaces are available for rentat $25 each. For more informationcontact Sheri Bethard at 409 673-5057.
El Mina Shrine Dancee El Mina Shrine will host a
dance Feb. 14, at 8:00 pm at theOrange County Convention andExpo Center on Hwy. 1442 in Or-ange. Music will be provided by NaNa Sha.
Tickets are $30 per couple and
can be purchased in advance fromPierre DeLaFosse (883-8568 orMike Kelly (886-7729), or theymay be purchased at the door.
No beverages are sold at thecenter, therefore you must bringyour own drinks. Coolers are wel-come. Ice and cups will be fur-nished.
VFW Fundraisere Men’s Auxilliary of the
VFW Post 2775 in Orange willhold a spaghetti and meatballfundraiser Wednesday, Jan. 14, at
6:30 pm. Plates are $7 each andwill be available until 7:30 pm. epublic is invited. For more infor-mation, contact ChairpersonGeorge Wright at 748-9488.
e Men’s Auxilliary is to en-courage and promote the Veteran’sof Foreign War.
BCLL Sign-upsBridge City Little League is ac-
cepting registration for boys andgirls ages 4-16 for Spring 2015.ere will be divisions for baseball,softball, and challenge league. To
take advantage of a discount of $10per child, parents must registeronline () by Jan. 16. BCLL repre-sentatives will be available on Sat-urday, Jan. 17, at the BCElementary cafeteria from 10:00am – 3:00 pm if parents need as-sistance in registering theirchild(ren), but regular registrationcosts will apply on that day ($110-first child; $60-second and thirdchild). If you wait and register afterJan. 17, an additional $20 late feewill apply. Tryouts begin in lateJanuary and opening weekend willbe March 6-7.
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Hill Collins was part of the 1997 Girl’s BasketballChampionship. He has earned numerous awardsincluding 1989 THSCA South Football All StarTrainer, 2009 SETCA West Football All-StarTrainer and 2014 SETCA Hall of Honor inductee.
“For those of you who know Doc and have hadthe privilege of working with him, know he woremany hats when he was at work,” Foreman said,“He never had an assistant but worked diligentlywith the coaching staff, the faculty, the field crewand maintenance, the administration and the
community. It was not unusual to see Doc work-ing on the football field, dragging the infield be-fore a baseball game, fixing a broken water faucet,covering for a teacher, or treating someone in thecommunity that needed him to “patch them up”He was truly a team player!”
Terry Pool coached in Southeast Texas for thepast 31 years. A 1976 graduate of Lamar Univer-sity, he coached all levels of football at Lumber-ton, Hardin-Jefferson, Silsbee, West-OrangeStark, West Hardin, and Nederland. Pool wasHead Football and Athletic Director at WestHardin where he qualified for the playoffs everyyear and was named Coach of the Year in 2002for Hardin County.
In his football coaching career, while he was avarsity defensive secondary coach and varsity de-fensive coordinator, he coached 30 first team AllDistricts, three All State, and a Willy Ray SmithAward winner. Twelve of these players went on toplay college football, four of his former athletesare now head coaches or athletic directors in thestate of Texas and two are college coaches.
Hall of Fame inductee Kenneth Skidmore is alifetime member of the Texas High SchoolCoaches Association. In 1988 he was named asa member of the Texas High School Coaches As-sociation All-Star Football committee. In 1989he was the Texas High School Coaches Associa-tion All Star Football committee chairman. Ken-neth was inducted into the Greater HoustonFootball Coaches Association Hall of Honor in1999. He was named District Coach of the Year11 times in 18 years as head coach. His headcoaching record is 131 wins, 62 losses, and 5 ties.
Skidmore also coached the shot and discusevents in track and field at Barbers Hill. Hecoached young men that qualified for the statetrack meet in the shot put four times winning onestate runner up and two state championships. Hecoached young men, including his son, Ken, whoqualified for the state track meet in the discusthrow six times, winning three state champi-onships in that event.
Well ... somuch for nocold weather
this winter
“You don’t have to worryabout us flaking out,” statedthe first client out of thetruck. “We expect to fish inbad conditions this time ofthe year and we will grind allday long for one shot at theright trout.”
I cannot tell you howmany times those samewords have been a part of the introductionprocess while standing in the predawn shadows atthe launch. Judging by their attire, however, therewas certainly no reason to question their commit-ment to staying the course. ey had donned theirwaders before ever leaving the LaQuinta in BridgeCity and every piece of their high end foul weathergear sported a Simms tag. I don’t know if Simmsmakes underwear as well, but if they do they wereprobably wearing a pair!
I had the boat in the water thirty minutes priorto their arrival and a steady drizzle at that timehad given way to a frigid downpour that showedno sign of breaking up. I had on enough clothesto sufficiently break the 15 mph wind chill of a 38degree morning, but the driving rain had alreadymanaged to creep under the hood of my rainjacket. I wasn’t sharing their enthusiasm as weeased away from the dock, but I reminded myselfthat I was at least getting paid for my discomfort.
e Roseau cane lining the northeast shorelineoffered only minimal relief from the wind as theydid indeed diligently grind away to no avail mostof the morning. We were strategically scatteredout in waist deep water and four hours of castingand changing lures had yielded only five suicidalredfish and not a single trout. I correctly assumedthat none of them had been blessed with a swing
COLBURN-FISHINGCAPT. DICKIE COLBURNFOR THE RECORD
SETCA inducts four former coaches to Hall of Fame, names 2014 coaches of yearBy Mark Dunne Record
Several Orange County coaches will be hon-ored by the Southeast Texas Coaches Associationduring the annual “Hall of Honor Luncheon” onJanuary 31. e annual event will bestow ‘2014Coach of the Year’ honors to the head coaches of17 high school sports , affiliated programs andmedia.
Highlighting the event will be the induction offour former coaches, three with stints in OrangeCounty, into the association’s “Class of 2015 Hall ofFame.” Former Bridge City athletic director ClaudeTarver and West Orange-Stark trainer Mark “Doc”Collins will be inducted along with former coachesTerry Poole and Kenneth Skidmore
e Luncheon will begin at noon at the HolidayInn & Suites Beaumont Plaza, 3950 I-10 South,Beaumont. Tickets for the event are $10.00 to thepublic.
Orange County coaches receiving ‘2014 Coachof the Year’ honors will be Cornell ompson,head football coach for the West Orange-StarkMustangs, Jennifer Fikes, head basketball coachfor the Bridge City Lady Cardinals and Vicki Cas-tiono head volleyball coach for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears. Also being honored willbe Terry Landry of Orange as football official.
According to Mark Former, former WOS coachand president of the Southeast Texas Coaches As-sociation, the Hall of Honor Luncheon will beginat noon at the Holiday Inn Plaza in Beaumont.“We hope to pack the house,” Foreman said,“Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the cere-monies and celebrate with us the careers of fourcoaches whose careers shine a positive light on thegreatness of the Golden Triangle.”
Hall of Fame inductee Claude Tarver began hiscoaching career in Silbee in 1974. In 1985, he ob-tained his first athletic director and head footballcoaching position at Cedar Hill. In 1986, he re-turned to Southeast Texas as the athletic directorand head football coach at Hamshire-Fannettwhere he coached from 1986 to 2002. In 2002,Tarver became the athletic director and headfootball coach at Bridge City, retiring in June 2007with a head coaching record of 158-81-4, ninteenwinning seasons, thirteen playoff teams – five ofwhich reached the state quarterfinals, and six dis-trict champions.
Hall of Fame inductee Mark “Doc” Collinsspent a decade at West Orange-Stark as head ath-letic trainer. He retired from Barbers Hill in 2008.During Collins tenure at WOS and Barbers Hill,he was a part of many successful championshipteams including WOS in football in 1986, 1987and state finalist in 1988. He was trainer for the2011 WOS state track championships. At Barbers
Former Bridge City Cardinal athletic directorClaude Tarver will be among four retiredcoaches to be inducted into the SETCA Hall ofFame on January 31. Also to be inducted areMark ‘Doc’ Collins, Terry Poole and KennethSkidmore. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn
Baseball: Michael Nelson, SilsbeeBoy’s Basketball: Duane Joubert, Kountze
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at a big trout when I startedhearing their cell phones ringingat more frequent intervals.
I had gotten one unexpectedshot at a six to seven pound troutthat shook my lure as I reachedto pick her up, but I knew betterthan even mention that singleopportunity. ey were alreadyplodding my way and their bodylanguage indicated that the fishand the weather had won. I wastoo cold and they were too youngto risk sharing any motivationalinformation!
Rather than return to thelaunch, we opted to hook a leftinto Cow Bayou and run toPeggy’s on the Bayou to warm upand eat a bowl of gumbo or, inJason’s case, two bowls and ashrimp Po Boy. e highlight oftheir morning may have been thefact that a friend heading back totown after lunch agreed to runone of them back to the launch topick up their truck.
After making the slow andseemingly even colder returntrip to the Boat Club alone, I waspleased to find a couple of logsstill glowing in the fireplace.About the time that I was warmenough to dread having to goback outside and load up theboat, my cell phone rang. “HeyCaptain…..we decided to driveover to Lake Charles and gambletonight and were wondering ifyou could fish us on Big Lake to-morrow. It looks like more of thesame weather, but we won’t haveto deal with as much freshwater.” I was suddenly very coldagain!
“Let me get home, make a potof coffee and check with the wife,”I replied. “I might have to goshopping with her or mow theyard or something important likethat. I am much too old and wiseto even consider such nonsenseand my finger tips still haven’tthawed out, but you know … thewater over there will be in bettershape with all of this runoff andmaybe ... meet me at seven o’clocktomorrow morning!”
In talking with a number of BigLake (Calcasieu) guides at theHouston Boat Show last week itwas evident that their big troutbite had improved over the pasttwo months. e trout bite, re-gardless of size, was off much oflast year and a number of theirguides were running over toSabine on a regular basis. eydid have one significant advan-
tage when chasing the gulls in thefall in that they were launching inLouisiana and could keep moreand smaller fish.
Most of the Texas guides trailerto Big Lake only to chase trophytrout in the winter or take advan-tage of the more liberal limitsduring the flounder run everyfall.I have no idea, nor do the BigLake based guides, as to why thetrout bite all but dried up for ascary period of time last year, butit had the recreational fishermenequally concerned.
We have done so well on troutover seven pounds fishing Sabineover the past several years thatthe annual eastern migration ofTexas anglers has decreased sig-nificantly. Having said that, I stillthink your odds of catching atrout over nine pounds is betteron Big Lake than Sabine. I don’tknow that the numbers of fishthat size are any greater, but theship channel basically splits thelake and there is a greater abun-
dance of the type of structure thatattracts big trout.
e secret to consistently lo-cating and catching any fish, es-pecially the wiser trophy trout, iseliminating non-productivewater. at is easier accomplishedon Sabine as there is much lessshell, but that modest advantagealso results in more fishermenbeating up on fewer key spots.ere is virtually no shoreline orflat on Big Lake absent of shell.Isolated reefs tend to take a beat-ing from the oyster fishermen,but there is more than enoughshell for everyone to fish.
Hopefully, it will quit rainingsometime this month and fresh-water will not further scatter thetrout on Sabine. We were alreadyenjoying unusually clearer andsaltier water than usual for thistime of the year so the hit couldbe marginalized. Cold and dirty isa bad combination, but the fishhave to deal with it and they willadjust.Will you?
Sometimes a hot chickena and sausage gumbo is the best partof a cold trip out on the lake.
Referee’s reversal endsCowboy’s playoff hopesKAZ’S KORNERJOE KAZMARFOR THE RECORD
I’ve been watching Na-tional Football League gamesfor more than 60 years andone rule has always beenconsistent—the ground can-not cause a fumble.
at rule basically was true on a pass comple-tion, too, until a few years ago when Detroit’s All-Pro tight end Calvin Johnson went up in the air,made a sensational grab of the pass, nearly did aflip in the air as he landed in the end zone and thenrolled a couple of times to the back of the end zoneand as he was raising the football in the air tri-umphantly, it squirted out of his hands and landedon the ground.
After scrutinizing the play for five minutes, thereplay officials in the booth said it was not a catchbecause Johnson “did not maintain control of theball throughout the process of contacting theground before he regained control of the football,”according to NFL Rule 8, Section1, Article 3, Item1.
is rule came into play late in Sunday’s Divi-sional Championship game at Green Bay late inthe fourth quarter with the Packers leading theDallas Cowboys 26-21 on a fourth-and-two situa-tion from the Green Bay 32 yard line with 4:42 leftin the game.
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo threw thepass intended for 6-foot-2 wide receiver DezBryant near the left sideline who leaped high inthe air and snatched it from the grasps of theshorter Packer defender Sam Shields and camedown with what was ruled a catch at the one yardline.
And because it looked as though the Cowboyswould score the go-ahead touchdown with fourtries, Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthythrew the red flag challenging the decision.
Replays showed the Bryant bobbled the ballwith part of it touching the ground as he rolledinto the end zone, despite the fact the referees saidthe play ended on the one-yard line.
After turning the ball over on downs, the Cow-boys offense never touched the football again andthe result was another heart-breaking playoff lossat Lambeau Field. e last setback oc-curred in what is referred to as the “Ice Bowl” in1967 when the Packers scored on the final play ofthe game and won 21-17 with the wind chill factorregistering minus 48 degrees.
e Cowboys had several chances to win thisgame Sunday, blowing a 21-13 third-quarter leadand not getting enough pressure on hobbled quar-terback Aaron Rodgers throughout the game.
Green Bay (13-4) takes its good fortune to Cen-
tury Link Field in Seattle to play against the de-fending world champion Seahawks Sunday. Seattle(13-4) is an early 7½-point favorite for the right togo to Super Bowl XLIX in a game that kicks off at2:05 p.m. Orange time.
e Seahawks were the only team that didn’thave to struggle too hard to win in the divisionalchampionship round.
ey used a plethora of huge plays to subdue thefeisty Carolina Panthers 31-17 Saturday night inSeattle to become the first defending Super Bowlchampion to win a playoff game since New Eng-land in January 2006.
Strong safety Kam Chancellor broke the gamewide open with his 90-yard interception return fora touchdown midway through the fourth period.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was at hisbest against the Panthers, directing six offensiveplays of 25 yards or more, including a franchise-playoff record 63-yard touchdown pass to Jer-maine Kearse plus two earlier catches of 33 yardseach.
Wilson threw for 268 yards and three touch-downs and scored a passer rating of 149.2, the fifthhighest in NFL post-season history. Wilson nowhas a career passer rating of 109.6 in the playoffs,the highest all-time for any quarterback with atleast 150 pass attempts.
e two AFC games were exciting with thehighly-favored New England Patriots overcomingtwo 14-point deficits to subdue the BaltimoreRavens 35-31 as quarterback Tom Brady threw forthree touchdowns and scored once on a run.
Dez Bryant reacts to the reversal of his incred-ible catch against Green Bay this past Sundayafternoon.
See KAZMAR, PAGE 3B
AFC, NFC titlegames set forthis weekendKAZ’S FEARLESSFORECASTJOE KAZMARFOR THE RECORD
NFC SEATTLE (13-4) over
GREEN BAY (13-4) 2:05 p.m.Sunday at Century-Link Fieldin Seattle (FOX)—e Sea-hawks are on a good roll nowwith everybody playing for eachother as they stand two victoriesaway from another world cham-pionship. But things won’t beeasy as the Packers come to townwith a big chip on their shoul-ders as they seek revenge for the36-16 whipping the Seahawksgave them in the season openerin September. And that was donewith Green Bay quarterbackAaron Rodgers healthy. e Sea-hawks’ defense will get him outof his comfort zone Sunday andmake him hobble around Cen-tury-Link Field looking for re-ceivers to throw to. I look for thefinal score to read Seattle 27,Green Bay 19.
AFCNEW ENGLAND (13-4)
over INDIANAPOLIS (13-5)5:40 p.m. at Gillette Field inFoxborough, MA. (NBC)—isgame pits a veteran head coach(Bill Belichick) and his prizedquarterback (Tom Brady) againsta less-experienced coach (ChuckPagano) and upstart quarterback(Andrew Luck). ese same twoteams met in Indianapolis duringWeek 11 with the Patriots win-ning quite handily 42-20. Butthings could be a bit different onSunday with the Colts defenseand Luck much improved. Indi-anapolis has won seven of its lasteight games, but will come upjust short, 34-31.
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Baltimore ran up 428 totalyards of offense with Ravensquarterback Joe Flacco connect-ing on four touchdown passes.
New England (13-4) will hostIndianapolis (13-5) Sunday at5:40 p.m. after the Colts stymiedDenver’s Peyton Manning andupset the Broncos 24-13 at MileHigh Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Manning’s replacement at In-dianapolis, Andrew Luck, wasbrilliant in his first road playoffwin, connecting on 27-of-43passes for 265 yards and twotouchdowns. His offensive linesurrendered zero sacks.
e media already is buzzingabout Sunday’s game being thelast one of Manning’s career andthe swan song of head coachJohn Fox, after the Broncosspent a ton of money obtainingfree agents defensive end De-Marcus Ware, cornerback AqibTalib and safety T.J. Ward, allthree of whom made all-Pro thisyear. e Broncos have wonfour straight AFC West titles butkeep coming up short in theplayoffs, or the “real season” asFox calls it. Although Fox had afour year record of 46-18, hethought the time was right forthis decision to part ways withthe Broncos.
e real season continues forthe Colts, who are seven pointunderdogs to New England forthe right to play in the SuperBowl.
I still believe Seattle and NewEngland will earn that right Sun-day!!!
KWICKIES…It was great that
Houston Astros versatile CraigBiggio finally got into the presti-gious Baseball Hall of Fame. Itcouldn’t have happened to a nicerguy. It’s a shame that Jeff Bagwelldidn’t get voted in with Bidge.Unfortunately, I don’t feel thesame way about Roger Clemens.
And while on the subject ofHalls of Fame, it was great thatPort Arthur native Jimmy John-son was a first-time finalist tothe Pro Football Hall of Fameafter 16 years. e former DallasCowboys Super Bowl winningcoach will be considered at theannual selection committeemeeting Jan. 31 in Phoenix.
Orange’s Earl omas III alsomust not be too happy about theNFL’s interpretation of Rule 8,Section 1, Article 3, Item 1 aboutmaintaining control of the foot-ball throughout the process ofcontacting the ground before re-gaining control of the football.e rule cost Earl a brilliant in-terception in Seattle’s 31-17 vic-tory over the Carolina PanthersSaturday night.
A tip of the Korner Kap to Or-angefield’s Colby Choate whowas instrumental in Saturday’svictory by the Texas All Starswho defeated the Louisiana AllStars 17-10 in overtime of theEBS Border War Football Show-case played at Cowboy Stadiumon the McNeese State campus inLake Charles. e former Bobcatstandout scored a touchdownand then made the game-win-ning interception which endedthe overtime period.
e Lamar Cardinals appear
to have a much better men’s bas-ketball team for the 2014-15 sea-son than in previous years.First-year head coach Tic Priceapparently has revived the Red-birds as they posted their thirdSouthland Conference victory infour league outings, slippingpast Texas A&M-Corpus Christi66-64 on the road Monday nightafter overpowering CentralArkansas 84-65 Saturday at theMontagne Center on the LamarCampus in Beaumont. e BigRed shot a sizzling 61 per centfrom the field in the first halfSaturday night before Priceturned the game over to the re-serves in the second half. After aslow start the Cardinals cur-rently stand at 9-7 for the sea-son.
JUST BETWEEN US…OhioState went into Monday night’snational championship collegefootball game with a distinct ad-vantage over Oregon. e nextsemester had not started so theBuckeyes could practice asmuch as they wanted or neededto last week. But Oregon’sclasses already were in session,so the Ducks were limited toonly 20 hours of practice lastweek as per the NCAA rules.e extra practice time paid offfor the Buckeyes who blasted theDucks 42-20 despite being a six-point underdog and committingfour turnovers. is was thethird national championship forOhio State head coach UrbanMeyer, who garnered similarhonors in 2006 and 2008 at theUniversity of Florida.
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Nineteen Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School boys claimed 22honors on this year’s District 10-4A Football team. Athletic Directorand Head Coach, Randy Crouch, introduced them to the Board ofTrustees at Monday night’s Board meeting.Those selected for the All-District Teams include Carter Beck – DLSecond Team, Kade Bland – LB Honorable Mention, Reese Bromley– WR First Team and Return Specialist Second Team, Marvis Brown– OL First Team, Tyler Brown – K Second Team, Trey Chandler – DBSecond Team and WR Honorable Mention, Robert Green – RB FirstTeam, Dylan Gruber – DB First Team, Taylor Hulsey – OL SecondTeam and DL First Team, Sam King – DL Second Team, Mitchell Lee– TE Second Team, Bay Quebodeaux – LB First Team, Ethan Reed –OL First Team, Coby Roddy – WR Second Team, Marlon Sanders –DB Honorable Mention, Chris Schilz – P Second Team, Jake Sonnier– QB Honorable Mention, Drake Trawhon – LB Second Team, andChris Winters – RB Honorable Mention.Pictured are Carter Beck, Robert Green, Tyler Brown, Coby Roddy,Kade Bland, Ethan Reed, Chris Schilz, Drake Trawhon, Mitchell Lee,Dylan Gruber, Chris Winters, Bay Quebodeaux, Marvis Brown, TreyChandler, Marlon Sanders, Reese Bromley, Taylor Hulsey, and SamKing. Not pictured – Jake Sonnier.
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Deaths and MemorialsAnthony Pietrowicz Jr.Orange
Anthony “Tony” Bernard JohnPietrowicz Jr., 58, of Orangepassed away Friday, Jan. 9, at hisresidence.
Tony was born Sept. 5, 1956 inBayonne, NJ to Jean (Swirida) andAnthony Bernard John Pietrow-icz Sr. Hewas a vet-eran, servinghis countryin the USArmy. Tonyhad a lovefor natureand the out-doors; youcould alwaysfind himwith a rodand reel in his hand. He was a de-voted father and grandfather; hisgrandchildren were the center ofhis world. Tony never met astranger and he was a loving per-son who will be missed dearly; es-pecially by his beloved dog,Sparkle.
He was preceded in death byhis parents and son, JasonPietrowicz.
Tony is survived by his wife,Terri Pietrowicz of West Orange;daughters, Melinda “Mindy” Van-Devender and husband, Bubba ofNederland, Heather Smith of Or-ange, Brooke Smith of BridgeCity; grandchildren, Blake, Balen,Whitney, Ashlyn, Hunter,Kennedy, Karlee, Kaleigh,Kayson, Chelsie, Bryce and greatgrandchild, Ella Kay. He is alsosurvived by his sister, VeronicaSessbrueger of Lake Tahoe, NV;brothers, James Ryan of Salt Lake,UT, Edward Pietrowicz and wife,Ruth of Texas City.
A memorial service will be heldon Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 3:00 pmat Dorman Funeral Home, with agathering of family and friendsfrom 2:00 pm until service time.Cremation arrangements wereentrusted to Dorman FuneralHome.
Condolences may be sent tothe family at www.dormanfuner-alhome.com.
Jessie SartinBridge City
Jessie Lea Young Sartin, 96, ofBridge City, died Sunday, Jan. 11,at Silsbee Oaks Health Care inSilsbee.
Funeral services will be held at10:00 a.m. ursday, Jan. 15, atthe United Pentecostal Church inBridge City. Officiating will bethe Rev. J.W.Harrell andthe Rev. Al-fred Gibson.A gravesideservice willfollow at2:30 p.m.ursday atL e e s v i l l eCemetery inLeesville, La.
Visitationwill be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00p.m. Wednesday, Ja. 14, at Clay-bar Funeral Home in Bridge City.Visitation will continue ursdaymorning at the church from 8:30a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
Born in Vernon Parish, La.,March 4, 1918, Mrs. Sartin wasthe daughter of Henry Colemanand Exie (Perkins) Young. Shewas a homemaker and member ofthe United Pentecostal Church inBridge City.
Preceded in death by her hus-band of 69 years, Willie “Bill”Sartin, Mrs. Sartin is survived byher brother, John C. Young andhis wife, Pam, of Lake Charles;niece, Shirley Gilley of BridgeCity and a host of other nieces
and nephews.Serving as pallbearers will be
Chris Geane, Jack McDuffie,Travis Ashworth, Russell Young,Jackie Sartin and Don Holston.Honorary pallbearers will be PaulRubel, John Toups, Dalton Des-latte and Bill Henagan.
e family would like to ac-knowledge, with grateful appreci-ation, the love and care providedto Mrs. Sartin by the staff of Hall4 at Silsbee Oaks Health Care.
Derek PhillipsMauriceville
Derek Allen Phillips, 27 ofMauriceville passed away Tues-day, Jan. 6, in Beaumont.
Derek was born on March 10,1987 in Or-ange, toJ a n e l l eLundy andWyatt PaulPhillips. Hewas a mem-ber of Powerof PraiseC h r i s t i a nCenter inOrange. Hee n j o y e dworking in sales with Allied Pru-dential in Beaumont. Derek alsoenjoyed traveling, cars and carracing. He was a loving person,who lived life to the fullest andwill be missed dearly.
He is survived by his father,Wyatt Paul Phillips and wife, Laciof Vidor; mother, Janelle LundyHill of Mauriceville; daughterLondyn Bryant (Phillips) of Beau-mont; sisters, Mindy Wilson ofOrange, Shala Carr of Beaumont;nephews, Jayson Zeigler Jr. of Or-ange, Jarvis Ford of Orange;nieces, Cailen Hallock of Beau-mont, Skyelar Hallock of Beau-mont.
A funeral service was heldTuesday, Jan. 13, at Power ofPraise Christian Church in Or-ange; with Dr. PA Hardin officiat-ing. Burial was to follow atAutumn Oaks Memorial Park inOrange.
Honoring Derek as pallbearerswere Terry Dodson, StevanSmith, Cash McCarson, EthanJohnson, Jason Zeigler and CodyHallock.
Perry BurrWinnie
Perry R. Burr, of Winnie,passed away peacefully Jan. 7, atthe age of 89. He was born in Or-ange, on Sept. 30, 1925, to MattieSmith and Perry Roy Burr.
Perry spent his entire child-hood in theOrange area.Upon gradu-ation hejoined theM e r c h a n tM a r i n e sserving onthe Tulla-h o m a .When hon-orably dis-charged, hedecided to continue his militaryservice by joining the Navy, serv-ing on the USS Casablanca.When his tour ended, he re-turned to Orange and attendedMcNeese Junior College on afootball scholarship. At the end ofthe 1947 season, he was recruitedby LSU, where he continued hisfootball career and obtained a BSin business.
He was employed for a timewith DuPont and then PhillipsPetroleum in Beaumont. In 1950,he moved to Winnie, where hemet and married his wife of 61years, Letha F. Dugat. After ashort stint as business manager atEast Chambers ISD, he obtained
his real estate license and em-barked on a long and prosperouscareer in commercial and resi-dential real estate and construc-tion. He and Letha spent timetraveling Central America. Afterretiring, he spent many hourshoning his woodworking skillsbuilding furniture for his family.ey spent many summers enjoy-ing their condo in Galveston withfamily and friends, sailing andplaying golf.
Perry is survived by his wife,Letha Burr; step-daughters, Car-olyn Cormier and her husband,Rodney, of Winnie and CatherineGood and her husband, Don, ofNorth Carolina; grandchildren,Travis Saunders and his wife,Debbi, of Austin; Natalie Richterand her husband, Jay; BlayneNolen and his wife, Monica; andStace Farrow and her husband,Rusty; all of Winnie; and LeslieLaVictoire and Perry LaVictoire,both of North Carolina; and nu-merous great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by hisparents and great-grandson,Sawyer Farrow.
Mr. Burr, Perry and PaPa was avery quiet and caring man.
His committal was held atBroussard’s Crematorium, Beau-mont, under the direction ofBroussard’s, Winnie.
Memorial contributions in hishonor may be made to the FirstUnited Methodist Church ofWinnie, P.O. Box 1570, Winnie,Texas 77665, or the charity ofyour choice.
Marjorie StansburyOrange
Marjorie E. Stansbury, 80, ofOrange, passed away Jan. 9, atBaptist Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services were at 10:00a.m., Tues-day, Jan. 13,at St. MaryC a t h o l i cChurch inOrange withthe Rev.Joseph P.Daleo offici-ating. Burialfollowed atA u t u m nOaks Me-morial Park Cemetery in Orange.
Born in Port Arthur, on March10, 1934, she was the daughter ofVirgil John Anderson and Han-nah eriot Anderson. Marjeloved being outdoors, campingand enjoyed spending time withher family and friends.
She was preceded in death byher parents, Virgil and HannahAnderson; daughter, PaulaMooneyham; brothers, DanielAnderson, Leo Anderson andLeonard Anderson and sisters,Agnes Bertrand and DorothyBoudreaux.
She is survived by her children,David Stansbury and wife, Carolof Orange, Resa Woolman andhusband, Walter of Lake Charles,Michael Stansbury and wife,JoAnn of Orange, Phillip Stans-bury and wife, Kathleen of Rock-port, Darryle Stansbury and wife,Twila of Moses Lake, Wa.,Cheryle Mooneyham and hus-band, Bill of Shenandoah,Stephen Stansbury and wife,Sheila of Nederland and JonStansbury and wife, Susan ofLumberton; sister, eresa Bon-nette; grandchildren, Robin, Dale,Darren, Wade, Janet, Aaron, JohnMichael, Tiffany, Amber, CherylCharles, Jeff, Patrick, Amber,Adam, Andrew S., Luke, Ben,Mitchell, Jacob, Evangeline,Jaqueline, Heather, Kenneth,
Holly, Candi, Jonathon, Caleb,Dyllon, Andrew M. and Samueland 21 great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers wereDale Stansbury, Darren Stans-bury, Wade Woolman, AaronWoolman, Adam Stansbury, LukeStansbury, Ben Stansbury,Mitchell Stansbury, and KennethStansbury.
Honorary pallbearers wereJohn Michael Stansbury, AndrewMooneyham, Jacob Stansbury,Jonathon Stansbury, AndrewStansbury, and Samuel Mooney-ham.
e family wishes to expressspecial regards to Dr. MiguelCastellanos, Dr. Steven Mazzolaand the doctors and staff at Bap-tist Hospitals in Orange andBeaumont for their excellent care.
Jack TaylorWoodville
Jack Reuben Taylor, 89, ofWoodville, died Saturday, Jan. 10,at Silsbee Convalescent Center.
He was born on Aug. 20, 1925,to Nancy and George Taylor inPort Arthur, and was a graduateof South Park High School Classof 1942. Jack was a United StatesNavy veteran having served inWorld War II. He was a lovinghusband, daddy, and Paw Paw.Jack was a member of the VFW1806, Masonic Home and Schoolof Texas, and a 32 Degree MasterMason for South Park Lodge.
Survivors include his wife of 54years, Velma Taylor; daughter,Jacqueline Woods and her hus-band, James, of Farmer Branch;son, Daren Cassidy and his wife,Donna, of Beaumont; daughter,Jennie LeBlanc and her husband,Joe, of Orange; son-in-law, BillTolar of Woodville; nine grand-children; and 21 great-grandchil-dren.
He is preceded in death by hisparents; sister, Lula Richardson;brother, George W. Taylor, Jr.; andone daughter, Diana Tolar.
A gathering of Mr. Taylor’sfamily and friends will begin at10:00 a.m. with his funeral serviceto follow at 2:00 p.m., ursday,Jan. 15, at Broussard’s, 1605North Major Drive, Beaumont.His interment will follow at Mag-nolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
Rob MartinezBeaumont
Rob Martinez, 52, of Beau-mont passed away Tuesday, Jan.6.
A funeralservice wasSunday Jan.11, at the fu-neral home,with a visita-tion follow-ing until6:00 p.m.
Mr. Mar-tinez wasborn June 4, 1962 in Houston toRoberto C. and Elia (Landa)Martinez. For over 20 years heworked as a chemical engineerfor Arkema. He enjoyed livemusic, art receptions and hang-ing on a back patio with friends.He was involved in and sup-ported the local arts, music andnightlife.
He is preceded in death by hisbrother, Alex Martinez and issurvived by his parents; sisterand brother-in-law, Areli andEddie Duran; nephew, GiovanniDuran; niece, Alexa Duran;nephew, Edgar Duran and wife,Jessica and niece, Nyana Duranall of Beaumont.
Tommy TrahanOrange
Tommy Trahan, 59, of Orange,passed away Jan. 7, at his home inOrange.
Born in Orange, on June 14,1955, Tommy was the son ofLenis Tra-han, Jr. andH e l e n( L e B l a n c )Trahan. Hewas a 1973graduate ofWest Or-ange HighS c h o o l .Tommy wasan animallover. He was an avid sports fan,and enjoyed working with chil-dren by coaching and refereeinglittle league.
He was preceded in death byhis parents; brother, Mike Tra-han; and his grandparents.
He is survived by his brother,Jerry Trahan; sisters and brothersin law, Debbie Berliew and hus-band, Bobby, all of Orange andCindy LeBoeuf and husband,Ricky, of Seabrook. He was a lov-ing uncle to his nieces andnephews, Holley Cahal and hus-band, Robb, Misty Hogden, PeggyBerliew, Bridget Freeland, Bran-don LeBoeuf and wife, Brianne,and Justin LeBoeuf and wife,Heather; and nine great niecesand great nephews.
Cremation arrangements areunder direction of Claybar Fu-neral Home. A mass intentionwill be scheduled at a later date.
Alfred PevetoVidor
Alfred Lloyd “ Al “ Peveto, 84,of Vidor, passed away Tuesday,Jan. 6, at his residence.
Born Oct. 19, 1930 in Orange,to Edmon and Lois (Deaton)Peveto, he was a member of theNorthwest Baptist Church inVidor, he worked as a rice farmerand then later as a mechanic forthe DuPont Beaumont WorksPlant where he retired after 31years of service. Al also servedhis country as a member of theFirst Marine Division of theUnited States Marine Corp dur-ing the Korean War, where he re-ceived an honorable dischargeand a Purple Heart. Al was alsoa member of the Vidor MasonicLodge #1286 A. F. and A. M.,member of the Scottish Rites, amember of the Military Order ofthe Purple Heart and a memberof the American Legion Post0393 in Cleveland.
Al is preceded in death by hisparents.
ose who will most cherishhis memory are his wife of 62years, Jeanell Peveto; daughter,Marty Taylor and husband,Hyman; son, Vernon Peveto andwife, eresa; granddaughter, Sa-vannah Peveto; brother, EdPeveto and wife, Gloria; brotherin law, Ken Stephenson and wifePam; sister in law, Joyce Chesserand his special friend, J. D.Walker.
Graveside services to honorAl’s life were Friday, Jan. 9, at theJett Cemetery in Orange. Offici-ating was Mr. J. D. Walker, friendof the family. Military Honorsand interment followed services.
For those who desire memo-rial donations, please make a do-nation in memory of Al to theSoutheast Texas Veterans Serv-ice Group to assists them in hon-oring our nation’s veterans, PostOffice Box 12352, Beaumont,Texas 77702.
Clyde LeleuxOrange
Clyde Leleux, 93, of Orange,passed away Jan. 12, at OakwoodManor in Vidor.
Funeral services will be at 10:00am, ursday, Jan. 15, at ClaybarFuneral Home in Orange. Offici-ating will be Chaplain Kevin Trin-kle. Burial will follow at HillcrestMemorial Gardens in Orange.
Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday Jan. 14 atClaybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Kaplan, La, Feb. 24,1921, he was the son of AlbertLeleux and Anna (Guidry)Leleux. Clyde served in C. C.Camp and the U.S. Army inWorld War II and retired fromcivil service and as a guard for thePort of Orange. He loved hunting,fishing, and working in his gar-den. He was a member of Oak-wood Baptist Church. Clydeloved his children and grandchil-dren dearly.
He is preceded in death by hiswife, Billie Leleux; parents, Albertand Anna Leleux; and six broth-ers and sisters.
He is survived by his children,Loretta Barton and husband,Johnny of Orange and BarbaraCloud Menard and husband,Kenneth of Orange; grandchil-dren, Johnny Ray Bendo, Jr., MitziWhitney and husband, Winston,and Jason Bendo and wife, Rita;great-grandchildren, Amy Bendo,Winston “Deuce” Whitney, Jr.,and Jackalyn Whitney and hisbrother, Lurcey Leleux.
Inez HearnBridge City
Inez Memphis Hearn, 96, long-time resident of Bridge City,passed away Jan. 11, at MagnoliaManor in Groves.
She is preceded in death by herparents, Richard and Mattie Du-plissey; husband, Leslie Hearn;brothers, BillDupl i sse y,Carl Duplis-sey, PercyDuplissey ;and sister,Demple Dal-ton.
Inez issurvived byher children,Janice Over-man, Harold Hearn and RayHearn all of Bridge City; sixgrandchildren; 22 great grand-children; and five great-greatgrandchildren.
Her surviving sisters include,Joy Young of Bridge City, KayGrayson of Woodworth, LA, Bil-lie Jean Malone of Alexandria,LA, and Ruth Willis of Pineville,LA.
Inez was born in Lecompte, LADec. 17, 1918, the third of ninechildren. She graduated fromLecompte High School in 1934.Inez worked at MontgomeryWard in Orange and Port Arthurbeginning in 1950 for 26 years,many of those as a manager. Shealso worked at Beall’s part-timeduring some of those years.
After retiring, she moved backto Lecompte to take care of hermother and started working forthe Rapides Parish Council onAging. She was awarded OlderWorker of the Year in 1998 by thegovernor of Louisiana. Inez re-tired from there when she was 82.She was a member of the FirstBaptist Church of Lecompte for27 years and later attended FirstBaptist of Bridge City after mov-ing back.
Funeral services will beWednesday, Jan. 14, at 10:00 a.m.at Claybar Funeral Home. eservice will be conducted by theRev. Lynn Ashcraft, interim pas-tor at First Baptist Bridge City,and Darrell Segura. GrandsonDaren Hearn of Bridge City willdeliver the eulogy. Special musicwill be performed by BreannaOverman.
Graveside services will be onWednesday, Jan. 14, at 3:00 p.m.at Alexandria Memorial Gardensin Woodworth, LA with servicesconducted by the Rev. John A.Hebert.
Serving as pallbearers will beJeffrey Overman, Daren Hearn,Scott Malagarie and DavidHearn, Maxie Neely of BridgeCity, Kerry Hearn of San Antonio,Kevin Malagarie of Pearland, andKevin Malagarie Jr. of Baytown.
Honorary pallbearers are DowGene Anderson of Bridge City,John Paddison and Jake Paddisonof Nashville, TN, Corey Mala-garie of Alvin, Kris Hearn of PortNeches, and Brad Hearn of Beau-mont.
e family would like to send aspecial thank you to the staffs ofMagnolia Manor Nursing Homeand Harbor Hospice for the excel-lent care they provided Inez.
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The state of TexasTo any and all Unknown Heirs and all Persons interested in the Estate of
Emma Renee Gunter Dyer, Deceasedcause No. P13940
in county court at law, orange county, Texas
The alleged heir(s) at law in the above numbered and entitled estate filed an AMENDED APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRS, for Independent Administration and Letters of Administration Pursuant to Section 401.003 of the Texas Estates Code in this estate on November 6, 2014 requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Emma Renee Gunter Dyer, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.
The court may act on this application at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next after the expiration of 10 days from the date of publication of this citation, at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division, Orange, Texas 77630.
All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention or response in writing with the County Clerk of Orange County, Texas.
Given under my hand and the seal of the County Court at Law, Orange County, Texas at the office of the Orange County Clerk in Orange, Texas on November 25, 2014.
Karen Jo Vance, County Clerk,Orange County, Texas
By: Brandy Robertson, DeputyBrandy Robertson
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of GARY WARE, Deceased, were issued on the 21st day of November, 2014, in Cause No. P17042, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: SANDRA LYNN WARE.
The residence of such Executrix is 4408 Bob Hall Road, Orange TX 77632
All persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED November 21, 2014
Sandra WareSANDRA LYNN WAREIndependent Executrix
NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF
GARY WARE, DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ERNEST GENE WALLES, Deceased, were issued on the 18th day of November, 2014, in Cause No. P16991, pend-ing in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: EMMA SUE WALLES.
The residence of such Executrix is 1600 Ogden, Vidor TX 77662
All persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED November 18, 2014
Emma Sue WallesEMMA SUE WALLESIndependent Executrix
NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ERNEST GENE
WALLES, DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CURTIS L. ARMSTRONG, Deceased, were issued on the 7th day of January, 2015, in Cause No. P17076, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: BEVERLY JEAN ARMSTRONG BURCH.
The residence of such Executrix is 1104 Rivedale Road, Grenada, MS 38901.
The resident agent is Rex Peveto, 11i Border Street, Orange, TX 77630
All persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED January 7, 2015
Beverly Jean Armstrong BurchBEVERLY JEAN ARMSTRONG BURCH,Independent Executrix
NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF
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that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Billie Bryant Becker, Deceased, were issued on January 13, 2015, in Cause No. P17087, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Steven Bryant Wolford and Della Becker Hutchison, Indepenent Co-Executors.
All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.c/o steven bryant Wolforddella becker Hutchisonstephen c. HowardAttorney at law903 W. Green, orange, Texas 77630
dATEd the 13th day ofJanuary, 2015Stephen C. HowardStephen C. HowardAtt. for ApplicantsState Bar No.: 10079400903 W. GreenOrange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 883-0202Facsimile: (409) 883-0209E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE TOCREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES JOSEPH BLANCHARD, Deceased, were issued on January 9, 2015, in Cause No. P-17074, pending in the County Court at Law of OraNgE County, Texas, to: ROBERT FISHER.
all persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o Steve ParkhurstAttorney at Law1009 Green Ave.Orange, Texas 77630DATED the 9th day ofJanuary, 2015
Steve Parkhurst
Steve Parkhurstattorney for rOBErT FISHErState Bar No.: 007972061009 green ave.Orange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 883-0892Facsimile: (409) 670-0888E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE TOCREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BETTY JANE PARSONS, Deceased, were issued on January 9, 2015, in Cause No. P-17073, pending in the County Court at Law of OraNgE County, Texas, to: KENNETH WAYNE PARSONS.
all persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o Steve ParkhurstAttorney at Law1009 Green Ave.Orange, Texas 77630DATED the 9th day ofJanuary, 2015
Steve Parkhurst
Steve Parkhurstattorney for KENNETH WaYNE ParSONSState Bar No.: 007972061009 green ave.Orange, Texas 77630Telephone: (409) 883-0892Facsimile: (409) 670-0888E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE TOCREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES KENNETH EADS, Deceased, were issued on December 17, 2014, in Cause No. P17032, pending in the County Court at Law, of ORANGE County, Texas, to: LINDA GAIL EADS.
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.
LINDA GAIL EADSc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630
DATED the 9th dayof January, 2015Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for LINDA GAIL EADSState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 South Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-882-9014Fax 409-882-0564E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE TOCREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JamES aNThONy mEChE, Deceased, were issued on January 5, 2015, in Cause No. P17078, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: SaNDRa LyNN BROuSSaRD mEChE.
All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.
c/o: Paul m. Fukudaattorney at Law312 Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630
DATED the 6th dayof January, 2015
Paul M. FukudaPAUL M. FUKUDAAttorney for Sandra Lynn Broussard MecheState Bar No. 00789915312 Border StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-883-4357Fax 409-883-6263
Catholic News ServiceStaff Report
Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka on Tues-day, launching a call for reconciliation in a country still healing from a 26-year civil war and emerging from a hard-fought presiden-tial election that high-lighted ethnic and reli-gious tensions.
The pope’s arrival in Colombo marks the start of his second visit to Asia as pontiff, un-derscoring his focus on the developing world and a continent that is home to 60% of the world’s population but just 12% of the global Catholic community. Pope Francis travels to the Philippines on
Thursday for the sec-ond leg of his trip.
The pope was greet-ed in Colombo by Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Maithripala Sirisena. He won a close election last week, de-feating Mahinda Raja-paksa, who as president had long enjoyed the backing of Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese Buddhist ma-jority but was criticized for failing to use his strength to heal the country following the civil war.
Tuesday, the pope ad-dressed the difficulties of healing after the devastating war be-tween government forces and the Libera-tion Tigers of Tamil Ealam, which ended in 2009. He urged Sri Lan-ka’s multiethnic, multi-
religious population to promote “human dig-nity, respect for human rights and the full in-clusion of each member of society.”
“Sri Lanka for many years knew the horrors of civil strife and is now seeking to consolidate peace and to heal the scars of those years,” Pope Francis said. “The process of healing…needs to include the pursuit of truth….as a means of promoting justice, healing and unity.”
The pope’s comment appeared to refer to the establishment of an in-vestigation into abuses during the war and the possibility of bringing perpetrators to justice. Mr. Rajapaksa resisted an international inves-
tigation. Mr. Sirisena also opposes an inter-national inquiry but has pledged to set up a credible domestic body.
Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, arrives in the faith’s main bastion in Asia this week. WSJ’s Ramy Inocencio previews the pontiff ’s path from ca-thedrals to palaces and grandstands.
The pope greeted well-wishers during a procession in his open-top Popemobile. Forty brightly decorated ele-phants were arranged by the start at the air-port. Yellow-and-white Vatican flags flew along the roads into the Sri Lankan capital.
The pope has singled out Asia as a special priority since his March 2013 election, seeing opportunity in a continent that has a small, but growing Catholic population. In 2010, about 3% of Asians were Catholic, compared with 72% of Latin Americans and a third of Europeans, ac-cording to the Pew Re-search Center.
Sri Lanka and the
Philippines embody different challenges for the Catholic Church. In Sri Lanka, Catholics make up just 7% of the population, dwarfed by a large Buddhist com-munity that constitutes more than two-thirds of Sri Lankans.
The Philippines is home to half of Asia’s Catholics. With 80 mil-lion faithful, it has the third-largest Catholic community in the world.
Wednesday, he will travel to Madhu, a town in northern Sri Lanka that is predominantly Tamil and home to an important sanctuary that was the site of a 16th-century massacre of Christians.
Sri Lanka is still di-vided along ethnic and religious lines. The U.N. said in 2011 that 40,000 civilians were killed in the last phase of the war, and tensions remain high over re-sponsibility for war crimes during the con-flict, the release of po-litical prisoners and the return of confiscated land.
Pope Francis Calls for Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
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3 temporary positions; approx 9 months; Du-ties: to operate tractors in the soybean and rice fields for planting, fertil-izing and maintenance of the crop in the fields. Harvesting of the soy-bean and rice. Must be able to walk, stand, stoop and reach ground level crop. Work is done in all weather condi-tions. General Farm La-bor. $10.18 per hour; 35 hrs a week; OT varies, not guaranteed. Job to begin on 3/1/15 through 12/1/15. 3 months ex-perience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent resi-dence at the end of the work day; Transporta-tion and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon com-pletion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Anthony Plattsmier Farms located in Wash-ington, LA . Qualified applicants may call employer for interview (337)945-7397. Appli-cants may apply for this position at their near-est SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beau-mont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
8 temp positions; ap-prox 10 months; Duties: to operate farm equip-ment during the field maintenance; planting of sugarcane by hand; operating farm equip-ment during harvesting of sugar cane; farm and field sanitation duties; operation and perform-ing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, hu-mid weather, bending and 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 worker. Test-ing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.18 per hour; 35 hrs a week; OT varies, not guaranteed; Job to be-gin on 3/1/15 through 12/31/15. 3 months of experience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation pro-vided to workers who can not reasonably re-turn to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transpor-tation and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon com-pletion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Dufeco Planting Co., Inc. located in Convent, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for in-terview (225) 206-0463. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office lo-cated at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
4 temp. positions; ap-prox 9 months; job to begin 3/1/15 through 11/30/15; Duties: Hand picking of blueber-ries, hand weeding in blueberry fields, hand picking of sweet corn, tractor driving infields during harvesting, semi-driving for grain hauling during harvest-ing, servicing irrigation pumps in the fields. $10.18 per hour; 35 hr a week; OT varies but not guaranteed; 3 months experience require in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation pro-vided to workers who can not reasonably re-turn to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transpor-tation and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during con-tract. Employment of-fered by Holley Planting Co. located in Monroe, LA. Worksite located in Bastrop, LA . Quali-fied applicants may call employer for interview (318) 547-9524. Appli-cants may apply for this position at their near-est SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beau-mont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
5 temp positions; ap-prox 10 months; Duties: to operate farm equip-ment, furrow irrigation, hand hoeing of weeds, minor equipment repair, crop spraying, assisting with hand planting of the cotton, corn and soy-bean crop and assisting with harvesting of crop. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to worker. Test-ing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.18 per hour; 35 hrs a week; OT varies, not guaranteed. Job to be-gin on 2/15/15 through 12/15/15. 3 months ex-perience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent resi-dence at the end of the work day; Transporta-tion and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon com-pletion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Logan Farms Partner-ship Farms located in Gilliam, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview (318) 464-4412. Appli-cants may apply for this position at their near-est SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beau-mont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
6 temp. positions; ap-prox 10 months; Du-ties: to operate tractors in the sugar cane fields during the prepara-tion of the fields for the planting season. To as-sist with the planting and the harvesting of the sugar cane during the harvesting season. Must be able to walk, stand, stoop and reach ground level crop. Work is done in all weather conditions. $10.18 per hour; OT house varies not guaranteed; Job to begin on 3/1/15 through 1/1/16. 3 months of ex-perience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent resi-dence at the end of the work day; Transporta-tion and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon com-pletion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Palo Alto, Inc. located in Donaldsonville, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview (225) 473-4303. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
12 temporary positions; approx 10 months; Job to begin on 3/1/15 through 1/1/16; Du-ties: To opérate farm equipment during field maintenance; planting of sugarcane by hand; operating farm equip-ment during harvesting of sugar cane; farm and field sanitation duties; operation and perform-ing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment; Able to work in hot, hu-mid weather, bending and 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 worker. Test-ing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. 3 months experience in job offered required. $10.18 per hour; 35 hrs a week; OT varies, not guaranteed. All work tools provided. Hous-ing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their perma-nent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and sub-sistence expenses to the worksite will be pro-vided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract.. Employment offered by Rodrigue Planting Company lo-cated in Vacherie, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for an interview at (225) 265-4282. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
5 temp positions; ap-prox 10 months; job to begin 3/10/15 through 1/10/16; Duties: to op-erate tractors in the sugar cane fields dur-ing the preparation for the planting of the sugar cane crop. To assist with the hand planting of the crop and to assist with the harvesting of the matured sugar cane crop during the harvest-ing season. Shovel work in the fields and fertilizing of the crop. General Farm Labor. Must be able to work in hot, humid weather, bending and stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be re-quired to take a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate ter-mination. $10.18 hr; 35 hrs a week; OT may vary but not guaranteed.; 3 months experience re-quired in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transpor-tation provided to work-ers who can not rea-sonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and sub-sistence expenses to the worksite will be pro-vided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during con-tract. Employment of-fered by Triple K & M Farms, Inc. located in Thibodaux, LA . Quali-fied applicants may call employer for interview at 985-446-3270. Appli-cants may apply for this position at their near-est SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beau-mont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
4 temp positions; ap-prox 9 ½ months; Du-ties: to operate farm equipment; planting of sugarcane by hand, farm, field and shed sanitation duties; op-eration and perform-ing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bend-ing or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, work-ers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing posi-tive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.18 per hour; Job to begin on 3/1/15 through 1/1/16. 3 months experience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transpor-tation provided to work-ers who can not rea-sonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and sub-sistence expenses to the worksite will be pro-vided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Welcome Plantation, Inc., Wel-come North, L.L.C., and Sweet River Farms, Inc. located in St. James, LA. Worksite located in Lakeland, LA. Qualified applicants may call em-ployer for interview at (225) 473-9548 or may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.
Field Workers
14 temp positions; ap-prox 10 months; Du-ties: to operate farm equipment; planting of sugarcane by hand, farm, field and shed sanitation duties; op-eration and perform-ing minor repairs and maintenance of farm ve-hicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bend-ing or stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, work-ers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing posi-tive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.18 per hour; Job to begin on 3/1/15 through 1/1/16. 3 months experience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transpor-tation provided to work-ers who can not rea-sonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and sub-sistence expenses to the worksite will be pro-vided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Welcome Plantation, Inc., Wel-come North, L.L.C. and Sweet River Farms, Inc. located in St. James, LA. Qualified appli-cants may call employer for interview at (225) 473-9548 or may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office lo-cated at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.
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