The Lutcher Theater
Service Guild will
meet on Thursday,
January 8, beginning
at 5:00 p.m. in the
lobby of the third
floor. Members will
have the opportunity
to sign up for
upcoming shows.
The Orange County
Aggie Moms will meet
at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 13,
in the dinning hall
of the Salvation
Army Building, at
the corner of MLK
and Strickland
Drive. Book award
applications will be
available at each
meeting. For
information please
call Judy Williams
at 409-330-4698.
The West Orange
–Stark Middle School
Guidance Office is
seeking volunteers
to participate in a
new Mentor Program
which will begin in
Spring 2009 for
students in grades
six, seven, and
eight. Mentors who
participate in the
program will be
asked to meet with a
WO-S Middle School
student 15 – 30
minutes per week for
the remainder of the
school year. Mentor
training will be
provided. To sign up
to participate in
the program, contact
Dana Cruse or Billie
Brown at 882-5522.
Community-wide
Fellowship for
persons age 50 and
above at North
Orange Baptist
Church. If you are
age 50 or above you
are invited to a
covered dish dinner
on Tuesday, January
13 at 6:00 pm in the
gym of North Orange
Baptist Church,
located at 4775 N.
16th Street. Bring
your favorite
covered dish for a
time of fellowship
and an inspirational
program. This
Fellowship is
sponsored by the
North Orange Baptist
Senior Adults. For
additional
information call
Patsy Willie at
886-1644 or Jimmy
Womack at 883-2400.
Scott McIntosh is
pastor of North
Orange Baptist
Church.
Bridge City High
School has several
copies of the 2005,
2006, 2007, and 2008
yearbooks available
for sale; we also a
few of other years
as well. If you are
interested in
purchasing a
yearbook, please
email
genevieve.garrison@bridgecityisd.net
or call 735-1554
after 2:00 pm. We
are also working on
a special project
with the past years’
books. We have
discovered that the
school is missing
1958, 1959, 1960 and
1965. If anyone
would be so kind to
let us borrow these
for a few weeks, we
would greatly
appreciate it.
Orange County
Diabetes Prevention,
Awareness and Health
Education Program
presents Do Well, Be
Well with Diabetes.
An educational
program for people
with pre diabetes
and type 2 diabetes.
The primary goal is
to help participants
learn how to manage
their blood glucose
in the ranges
recommended by the
American Diabetes
Association. Class
Schedule for 2009 is
as follows: January
12-16 & 10; April
6-10 & 13; May 11-15
& 18; June 15-19 &
22; July 27-31 &
August 3; September
14-18 and 21;
October 26-30 and
November 2. Classes
will be held at the
Lamar State
College-Orange and
Holiday Inn Express
Hotel I-10E in
Orange from 6 pm to
8 pm. To
Pre-Register call
the Orange County
AgriLife Extension
Office at
409-882-7010.
Classes are free to
all participants.
Grant funding
provided by Nelda C.
& H. J. Luther Stark
Foundation.
Missy Jones’
Community Support
Group has
established a fund
to help Missy and
her family during
this time of great
need.
Contributions may be
mailed to the
following: Bridge
City State Bank,
P.O. Box 887, Bridge
City, Texas 77611.
Account Name : Missy
Jones’ Community
Support Group.
Account Number:
1118506.
Contributions may be
delivered to BC Bank
in Bridge City or
Orange.
The Lamar State
College-Orange
Accelerated
Certification for
Educators (ACE)
Program will once
again host a Master
Reading Teacher (MRT)
certification class.
The next course will
begin on January 26,
2009. This course
prepares current
certified teachers
to pass the TExES
master reading
teacher state exam.
All area
reading-language
arts teachers are
encouraged to
participate. There
are only two
admission
requirements - you
must currently be a
certified Texas
teacher and have at
least three years of
teaching experience.
Teachers will
receive a foundation
of reading
knowledge,
prevention and
intervention
training, knowledge
of reading
difficulties
training, the skills
needed to be a
master reading
teacher, and an
understanding of
principles of
assessment and
instruction design.
MRT classes will
begin January 26,
2009 and run through
May 2009. The class
will be held once a
week on Monday
evenings from 5:00 -
9:00 p.m.
Registration begins
December 1 through
Friday, January 9,
2009. The tuition
deadline is Friday,
January 16, 2009.
Call as soon as
possible to reserve
a seat in the class.
For more information
and/or to receive an
application, please
call (409) 882-3053
for (409) 882-3043.
Orange County
Diabetes Prevention,
Awareness and Health
Educational has
provided the 2009
Diabetes Support
Group schedule. The
Support Groups will
be held at the
Holiday Inn Express
Hotel & Suites off
I-10E in Orange. The
following classes
will be held from 12
noon to 1 pm,
February 11, March
11, May 6, June 10,
July 8, August 12,
September 9 and
October 14. World
Diabetes Day will be
November 14 from 9
am to 3 pm at the
Hotel. The Annual
Christmas Gathering
will be December 9
from 5 pm to 7 pm at
the Hotel. To
Pre-Register for the
following Support
Groups call the
Orange County
AgriLife Extension
Office at
409-882-7010. The
Support Group is
free and open to all
participants.
The Class of 2009
Project Graduation
is selling “Mustang
Prints” for
driveways,
sidewalks, or
streets. For a small
fee of $5.00 our
2009 Seniors will
decorate your
driveway, sidewalk
or street with a
“Mustang Madness”
Horseshoe Print.
Please call Cori
Norwood (Project
Grad Parent) at
409-330-5215 if you
are interested.
Child Find/Child Serve is a
requirement which ensures that school districts
regularly identify, locate, and appropriately place
children and students with special needs. Little
Cypress-Mauriceville CISD wants to effectively meet
these requirements. If you know of a child or young
adult, ages 3 to 21, that has a special need and is
not receiving services, or if you are the parent of
such a child or young adult, please contact the
Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Special Programs
Office at 883-6970.
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD
welcomes and encourages participation by parents,
grandparents, business and industry, and community
members in all of its schools. There are a number of
ways to be involved. These include the District
Education Improvement Committee, Campus Improvement
Committees, as volunteers who serve on a weekly
basis, or as special interest speakers who share
their special knowledge or skills with students on a
one-time or short-term basis. To learn more or sign
up for one or more of these activities, please call
Sherry Combs at 883-2232, extension 3, or e-mail her
at scombs@lcmcisd.org.
