The Orange County Go Texan Committee will be hosting a Team Roping at Tin Top on October 29th. We will be selling BBQ plate lunches and BBQ sandwiches during the day. This is our main fundraiser for the year. All proceeds go to our scholarship fund. Last year we were able to award 1 $2500 scholarship to a student at each of the 5 county high schools. … [Read more...] about Team Roping At Tin Top
Jacobs Wins Vidor Science Fair
Vidor Middle School 2016 Invention Fair was held on October 11. The event, sponsored by the Science Dept., helps the 6th grade students explore the imaginations and intellectual thoughts. Lane Jacobs (with trophy) was the overall winner. Mrs. Robin James said this event is modeled after the long time Science Fair that Dupont used to put on at the D.E.R.A. in Orange. … [Read more...] about Jacobs Wins Vidor Science Fair
Red Cross Receives Car
Mazda North American Operations has increased its support to the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) by donating 16 vehicles to the American Red Cross. Mazda was the first American automobile manufacturer to join the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program, and by continuing to provide support and donations this year, Mazda is the only automobile manufacturer to be a member of the ADGP at the million dollar level. Craig Salsberry, Regional General Manager for Mazda, was in Orange recently to present one of the 3 Mazda CX-5 SRVs that Mazda donated to the Texas Gulf Coast Region of the … [Read more...] about Red Cross Receives Car
Richard “Rick” George Stevens
Richard “Rick” George Stevens, 66, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, passed away on October 12, 2016, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 16, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on December 7, 1949, he was the son of George W. Stevens and Margaret “Margie” Alford Stevens. He was a 1968 graduate of West Orange High School, after which he attended Lamar … [Read more...] about Richard “Rick” George Stevens
Collecting and Care: Cars
Featuring a 1911 Hupmobile, 1922 Ford Model T and a 1950 Crosley Super Sport Collecting and Care: Cars is a panel style discussion about the preservation and restoration of historic automobiles using the Stark collection vehicles as examples. Join us, Saturday, October 22, 2016, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at the Stark Museum of Art Lobby, as we have a discussion about topics relating to car preservation and restoration. Go behind the scenes and learn about how the Stark Foundation maintained these historic automobiles and the tremendous work put into bringing them back to life. … [Read more...] about Collecting and Care: Cars
Kiwanis Collecting For Rainbow Room
The Kiwanis Club of Orange would appreciate your help in collecting new, unopened items for the local Rainbow Room. As children are removed from volatile environments, they are left with only the clothes they have on. The Rainbow Room gives that child the necessities and comforts of home during a very difficult time. The Rainbow Room needs our help in filling their closet with new clothes, new jackets for winter, new toys and books. Please join us this Saturday after the Granger 5K from 10-1 with a Link sale and Gift Drive. Every new gift donated will receive a free lunch sponsored by Spanky’s … [Read more...] about Kiwanis Collecting For Rainbow Room
Band Contest Is Saturday
Ragball Benefit For Klink
Helen Elaine Mattox
Helen Elaine Mattox, 88, of Gist, Texas, passed away on October 11, 2016, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 14, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Reverend Jeremy Walton and Reverend Sonny Jewell officiating. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 31, 1928, she was the daughter of Stafford Odom Peveto, Sr. and Lorena (White) Peveto. Helen loved spending time with her family and cooking for them, … [Read more...] about Helen Elaine Mattox
Ronald Elo Ahlgrim
Ronald Elo Ahlgrim, age 74 passed at his home with his family by his side on Sunday, October 9, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Dorman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Greg Edwards officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Ronnie was born on July 30, 1942 in Columbus, Texas to Jenette Mary Schmidt Ahlgrim and Elo August Ahlgrim. He was a retired welder and taught welding at Lamar for many years. Ronnie was an avid and lucky hunter and fisherman. He will be greatly missed for his jokes he loved to tell. Ronnie is preceded … [Read more...] about Ronald Elo Ahlgrim
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