KOGT Radio 1600 AM - Orange, Texas

Guess Who = Winner
Donna=20 Benefield

Trivia Winner
Murrey = = Taggert

Orange=20 = County
Government

County Judge
Carl = Thibodeaux

Precinct One
Comm. James = Stringer
JP=20 Joe Parkhurst
Constable Keith=20 Merritt

Precinct Two
Comm. Owen = Burton
JP=20 Derry Dunn
Constable Dee = Aven

Precinct Three
Comm. John=20 Dubose
JP Janice Menard
Constable = John=20 Ford

Precinct Four
Comm. Beamon = Minton
JP=20 Rodney Price
Constable Weldon=20 Peveto

OC Economic Dev. = Corp.
Bobby=20 Fillyaw, Dir.
883-7770

Orange Public = Library=20
Mon-Wed-Fri = 10a-5p
Tuesday =20 10a-8p
Saturday 10a- = 2p

Orange County Dump
Open Wed. = and=20 Sat.

Welcome to KOGT.com = Today is

Happy Holidays
from everyone at=20 KOGT!

Richard Ashmore, of Orange, = and an Adjunct=20 Instructor of Geology at Lamar University and national = award-winning photographer, will exhibit work in an=20 invitation-only professional exhibition at the Buddy = Holly=20 Center Fine Arts Gallery in Lubbock opening this = month. His=20 work will be on view December 18 through February 10, = with an=20 opening reception being held on January 4 and a = closing=20 reception and artists=92 gallery talk being held on = February 1.=20 =93It=92s always a great honor to be asked to show = work with=20 well-known artists in a professional exhibit,=94 said = Ashmore, a=20 self-taught photographer and doctoral student in = Biology at=20 Texas Tech who received his bachelor degrees in = Geology and=20 Earth Science from Lamar in 1999 and his masters = degree in=20 Geology from Texas Tech in 2003. Ashmore, began = documentary=20 photographic work in Big Bend National Park in 1995 = while a=20 geology research assistant of Dr. James and Margaret = Stevens=20 of Lamar University. He will exhibit 22 photographs in = Texas=20 Works 2007-2008, of scenes taken throughout the = Southern and=20 Southwestern United States. For more information about = this=20 exhibit, please contact the staff at the Buddy Holly = Center at=20 806-775-3560.

Orange Police responded to the Shell = Stop on=20 Edgar Brown Dec. 18 where they met with Pansy Harris = of Orange=20 and Christie Combs, 36 ,of Groves. Harris said she was = giving=20 a ride to Combs and stopped at the Star Stop so Combs = could=20 purchase cigarettes. She said while Combs was in the = store she=20 realized her credit card was missing from her purse. = She said=20 she confronted Combs as she came out of the store and = after=20 arguing Combs produced the credit card and gave it = back to=20 her. Harris said the store clerk witnessed Combs = attempt to=20 use the card in the ATM machine inside of the store = but=20 couldn't get any money because she didn't have the PIN = number.=20 Combs was placed under arrest for credit card = abuse.

On=20 Friday, someone robbed the Executive Inn at gunpoint.=20 Antoinette Williams told police that a light skinned = black=20 male entered the hotel, produced a gun and left with = cash. The=20 subject is still at large.

Demetrius Braud of = Orange=20 told police that when he entered his home on Byley = Friday that=20 he discovered a black male inside, burglarizing the = home. The=20 man ran to the back of the house and climbed through a = window.=20 Braud chased him into the backyard and when he = confronted the=20 suspect, he pulled a pistol and began shooting at the = ground=20 in front of Braud. Braud stopped the pursuit and = returned to=20 his home. The burglar left items in a box that he had = planned=20 on taking when Braud came home. But he did get away = with a=20 pistol.

On Friday, December 21, Orange Police = were=20 working a special enforcement assignment in the area = of Autumn=20 Oak Apartments when they noticed a large amount of = smoke=20 coming out of the windows of a vehicle in the parking = lot.=20 When Officer Davis told Ronald Dewayne Brown, 30, to = remove=20 his hands from his pockets, he refused. Davis grabbed = his arm=20 and Brown took a swing at Davis, who backed away. The = punch=20 hit Davis' hand and knocked his flashlight to the = ground.=20 Brown then ran from Davis but he was later apprehended = by Sgt.=20 Bergeron on Bay St. During the pursuit Davis was also = injured=20 while jumping a fence and falling into a pile of = metal. Brown=20 was arrested for the offenses of Evading Detention = Class "B"=20 and Assault on a Peace Officer Felony 3. He was = transported to=20 the Orange County Jail by Officer Melancon

On = Monday,=20 police were dispatched to 2600 Allie Payne apartment = 406 in=20 reference to a subject calling 911 continuously = yelling and=20 using profanity towards the 911 operators. Officers = made=20 contact with a Gerald Dewayne Bemis, 29, who advised = he was=20 calling to talk with the F.B.I.. Bemis was highly = aggressive=20 and uncooperative with officers at the scene and = appeared=20 intoxicated according to reports. But he was inside = his=20 residence with his mother so he was warned about = misusing 911.=20 Some 15 minutes later officers returned as Bemis was = chasing=20 an unknown subject in the parking lot with a bottle. = Officer=20 Roush made contact with Bemis and believed he was = still=20 intoxicated on an unknown substance. He was placed = into=20 custody for public intoxication. He became aggressive, = kicking=20 and spitting at officers as well as the windows in the = patrol=20 car and also banging his head against the partition in = the=20 car. Bemis was also charged with Resisting Arrest, = Search, and=20 Transport.

The first of two trout releases at = Claiborne=20 West Park will be held Thursday, January 17, 2008 = before noon=20 weather permitting. The second release is scheduled on = Thursday, February 7, 2008 also before noon weather=20 permitting. The $5 Texas Freshwater Fishing Stamp = Endorsement=20 (Type 256) is required, in the addition to a valid = fishing=20 license if you take or attempt to take freshwater fish = in the=20 public fresh waters of Texas. This endorsement is = included in=20 freshwater and all-water fishing packages. Those = exempted from=20 fishing requirements, including anglers under 17 years = old are=20 not required to have this endorsement. If you are not = required=20 to hold a fishing license, or if you hold a lifetime=20 combination or lifetime fishing license, this stamp=20 endorsement is not required. The daily bag limit is = five=20 trout. There is no minimum length. Approximately 500 = trout=20 will be released at each of the above dates. All ages = are=20 encouraged to come and enjoy. For more information = call the=20 park office at 745-2255.

The City of Orange Fire Department = responded to=20 a motor vehicle wreck on IH-10 near FM 1136 early = Monday=20 morning. Arriving crews found a large truck pulling = two=20 trailers engulfed in fire. The rear trailer was fully = involved=20 in fire. The City of Orange called for assistance from = Bridge=20 City and Pinehurst fire departments. West Orange and = Little=20 Cypress were called to stand-by. The driver escaped = serious=20 injury but traffic was held up for = sometime.

Christmas = Not=20 Always
About Material = Gifts

Orangefield=20 Junior High Student Council Sponsor Shavon = Fountain and=20 SC President Erica Edgerly decided to donate a = LOT of=20 LOVE to a special organization. Both ladies cut = more=20 than 12 inches off their hair to give to the=20 misfortunate children that have lost their hair = due to=20 illness, cancer or some other cause. Each pony = tail will=20 be package and sent to "Locks of Love" for = Christmas.=20

&nbs= p; =20 Look Left and "Cast Your=20 = Vote" &n= bsp;

The=20 Horizons All Star Cheer - Blue Squad out of = Mauriceville=20 performed during half-time of the Dallas Cowboys game = against=20 the Philadelphia Eagles. The squad qualified for the = honor=20 after winning a competition held at Texas Stadium. = Horizon's=20 Owners & Coaches Orlean & Cheri Billiot, = coaches=20 Kirstin Locke and Mike Prouse worked together to = create the=20 girls winning routine. The squad consist of members = Macie=20 Bell, Madison Bell, Baylee Billiot, Darian Buchanan, = Emily=20 Dalfrey, Ashlyn Edwards, Mackenzie Green, Conner = Hanks,=20 Cassidy Havens, Taylor Kroutter, Allie Landry, Sierra = Locke,=20 Jordan Parker, Reagan Parker, Loni Prouse, Harlie = Sorge,=20 Cortney Stout, Mackenzie Trawhon, Bailey Williams and = Sydney=20 Williams.

School Christmas Holiday=20 Schedule	Dates = Off
St. Mary=20 Catholic School	Dec. 20 - Jan. = 4
West=20 Orange-Cove	Dec. 21 - Jan. = 4
LCM, OF,=20 BC, Vidor, Dewey, C.Christian	Dec. 24 - Jan.=20 4

Fifty-nine = Lamar State=20 College-Port Arthur students qualified for the Fall = Semester=20 President=92s List, which recognizes students who earn = a perfect=20 4.0 grade point average while completing at least 12 = semester=20 credit hours. Another 67 students qualified for the = Dean=92s=20 List, which requires an overall grade point average of = at=20 least 3.6 for the semester. Students qualifying for = the=20 President=92s List from Orange County are: Bridge = City: Amanda=20 Kay Brasseaux. Deweyville: Rose Ann Talbert. Orange: = Laurel L.=20 Daniels. Vidor: Dalia Vargas. Students qualifying for = the=20 Dean=92s List, listed by hometown, are: Bridge City: = Whitney=20 Alyse Anderson, Summer Marie Barnes, Destin Lanae = Hoffpauir,=20 Bobby Lee Hopper, Ashley Nicole Lapeyrolerie, Celena = Marie=20 Norton and Kasi Ann Shaw. Orange: James D. Drake, = Ashley Ann=20 Gregg, Jeffrey Neil Hamilton Jr., Victoria Suzanne = Kubenka and=20 Lexi Elizabeth Morphew. Vidor: Brooke Kimberly Teal = and Ricky=20 Lynn Wallace.

LOCAL WEATHER=20 = RADAR

The West = Orange =96 Stark=20 High School robotics teams competed in a regional = competition=20 at Silsbee High School recently. The inventions team = of=20 Brittany Murillo and Kelli Bilbo placed third. The = arena team=20 of Clayton Gearhart, Patrick Labonte and Luke Domas = placed=20 fourth. Both teams will compete at the State = Competition in=20 February. Also competing at the Silsbee meet was the = WO-S team=20 of Andrew Smith and Jacob LeBlanc. All teams were = required to=20 program and build a robot to perform a challenge. The = State=20 Robotics Competition will be held at Manor High School = in=20 Manor, Texas on Feb. 2. Sponsors are Penny Franklin = and=20 Cynthia Russell.

An = accident Thursday=20 morning on I-10 in Louisiana has claimed the life of = an Orange=20 man. 29 year old Kevin Dickson of Orange was driving = through=20 Toomey, Louisiana when he struck the back of an = 18-wheeler. He=20 was pronounced dead at the scene.

The =93Whee = Club,=94 or at=20 least different versions of it, existed in years = past at=20 high schools around Orange. But only the Stark = High=20 Class of 1966 has a reminder of the club in the=20 yearbook. The club was a small one and kept = secret from=20 teachers, and especially parents. Looking=20 Back

Huel = Fontenot is=20 running for Sheriff of Orange County. "If = you see=20 fit to return me to the office of Sheriff once = again, I=20 promise to administer fair and impartial law=20 enforcement. I want you to be proud of your = Sheriff's=20 Department." more=20

Four = graduates of the=20 Lamar State College-Orange fall 2007 class graduated = with the=20 designation of summa cum laude, with =93highest = honors.=94 Summa=20 cum laude designation includes those students with = grade point=20 averages of 3.8 to 4.0. They were Rachel Marie Trahan, = Orange,=20 Certificate of Completion, vocational nursing; Edward = Miles=20 Stone, II, Vidor, Associate of Science (AS), computer = science;=20 Linda Gail Morris Corley, Vidor, AS, education; and = Adam Wayne=20 Smith, Mauriceville, AS, sociology. Seven students = graduated=20 cum laude, or with =93honors=94 designation, with GPAs = of 3.50 to=20 3.64. They included Emilee Christina Fallin Davis, = Orange, AS=20 communication; Crystal Lynne Ryder Sands, Vidor, = certificate,=20 vocational nursing; Kaci Dyan Morris, Orange, = certificate,=20 pharmacy technology; Jeanna Ruth Goodman Hill, Orange, = Associate of Applied Science (AAS), industrial = technology and=20 certificate, process operating technology; Mandee = Michelle=20 Hilton Davis, Orange, certificate, entrepreneurship; = Julie=20 Anna Ferguson English, Orange, AS, natural science; = and Joseph=20 Gary Mixon, Bandera, AS, computer science.

The West = Orange-Stark=20 High School =96 Texas Future Teachers of America = attended the=20 Texas FTA District Conference recently. Thirty members = attended, earning numerous awards, a scholarship, and=20 advancing to state in several areas: Video- 1st place, = Chapter=20 Scrapbook =96 2nd; Chapter Yearbook =96 2nd; = Educational Issues =96=20 Adrienne =93Nikki=94 Keegan, 2nd; Art contest =96 = Gabrielle Dugas,=20 3rd; Nametag =96 Jamesha Finney, 3rd; Miss FTA =96 = Whitley=20 Sinclair, 2nd; Mr. FTA =96 Kris Welcome, 2nd; and = Scholarship =96=20 Jimicka Brown =96 1st and received a $500.00 = scholarship from=20 the TFTA district. Additionally, WO-S High=92s = Adrienne Keegan=20 was elected District FTA's recording secretary. WO-S = High=20 School FTA advisors are Beverly Robinson and Cynthia=20 Toliver.

DuPont has = issued the=20 call for entries to The DuPont Challenge(C) 2008 = Science Essay=20 Competition. One of the leading science and technology = education programs in the United States and Canada, = the DuPont=20 Challenge(C) is now in its 22nd year of inspiring = students to=20 excel and achieve. more

CHECK OUT = the KOGT Photo=20 Gallery where you can now purchase photos on-line. = Click on=20 Photo Gallery Button on the left. New galleries will = be added=20 regularly, so check it often.

If you have a news = story or see=20 news happening, email us or call the station and let = us know=20 about it.

Do you = have an=20 outstanding warrant in Orange County? Might want = to=20 check the list.

KOGT.com only carries summations of = news=20 stories. For the full story including = interviews, tune=20 in to KOGT Vocal News at 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and = 11:50am, as=20 well as 4:30 and 5:30pm weekdays.

The new = "Orange Proud"=20 print is now available at the KOGT Studios or = online by=20 clicking the "buy stuff" button on the left side = of this=20 page. This Christmas gift will look great = framed=20 in your home or business.

Different sizes are = available. =20 For more info email = KOGT.

You can=20 find out if you, your friends, or your relatives have=20 outstanding warrants in the City of Orange by clicking = on the=20 orangetexas.net=20 website. The City of Orange Municipal Court is = open Monday=20 - Friday from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. Court is held at = 8:30 am=20 on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you have any = questions=20 about an outstanding ticket you may talk to the = Municipal=20 Court staff at 883-1063.

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