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ORANGE-Two Bridge City
women are among 33 Lamar
University-Orange students who
will receive associate degrees,
diplomas or certificates of comple-
tion at commencement exercises
Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. at the
Lutcher Theater in Orange.
Dorma Brandon Brones of 249
Cherry Lane and Katherine
Elizabeth Poole Ray of 340 White
Oak will be awarded certificates in
vocational nursing.
Orange area degree recipients
are Kathie Ann Harison Williams,
associate of arts in academic
studies; Theresa Lynn Roccaforte
Franz and Jerlyn Rilea James, as-
sociate of science in academic
studies; Charles D. Ashmore and
Terry M. Williams, associate of ap-
plied science in digital electronics
systems technology; Cynthia
Yvette Broussard and Tina Marie
McHugh Edgerton, AAS in
general secretrary; Joseph D. Wes-
son, AAS in industrial electronics
technology; and Judy Marilyn Guil-
lory Kelley, Karen Ann Riggs and
Carol L. Wardell Wetherington,
AAS in technical accounting.
Other degree recipients are Myra
Katherine Rasberry Sherwood,
Port Arthur, AAS in academic
studies; Judy Kay Anderson, Vin-
ton, AAS in mid-management; and
Barbara Marketta Pace Wagoner,
Vidor, AAS in technical account-
ing.
awarded for resident entrants with
a “Shop Bridge City” gift certificate
awarded in the amount of $25 for
second place and in the amount of
$15 for third place winner. Winners
may use their certificates at any
Bridge City merchant.
The Chamber of Commerce also
has gift certificates available to
anyone showing support for the
“Shop Bridge City” campaign.
Entry forms for the resident
house decorating contest are avail-
able at Choc’s Furniture, Big Red
The six-term senator spoke last to
the newly-elected members of the
Legislature at University of Texas
LBJ School of Public Affairs Pre-
Legislative Conference and to the
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Doug Peveto
Peveto Installed
as District Deputy
Grand Master
Doug Peveto of the Winfree
Community, was installed Decem-
ber 3, as District Deputy Grand
Master of Masonic District 25-A of
the Grand Lodge of Texas.
Peveto, a York Rite Mason and a
32nddegre, K.C.C.H. Scottish Rite
Mason, was appointed to this posi-
tion by Grand Master Leonard P.
Harvey in Waco.
Peveto is a Past Master of Bridge
City Lodge No. 1345, and a dual
member of Madison Lodge No. 126
in Orange. He is also a member of
several appendant bodies and is
presently serving as Tiler of the
Texas Lodge of Research.
AsD.D.G.M., Pevetowill present
the programs of the Grand Master
to all of the lodges in District 25-A,
and will be the Grand Master’s per-
sonal representative to the lodges
in this district in 1989.
Letters to Santa, page
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The Bridge City Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor its fourth
annual Christmas lighting contest,
Operation Sparkle, for residences
and businesses.
The competition is open to all of
Bridge City and Orangefield, and
this year has been extended to Mc-
Lewis residents and the business
community, as well.
This year, there will be an entry
fee of $2 for residences with the
deadline being Friday, December
16, at 3 p m. Judging will take place
on Tuesday and Wednesday,
December 20-21, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Entrants would need to leave their
decorative lights on during this
judging time.
minute left to play.
The Cardinals staged a comeback
as Jerry Wiegreffe and Barret
Broussard nailed back-to-back
three pointers to pull BC within
one, 56-55, with 20 seconds left in
the game.
Bridge City would get no closer,
however, as they were shutout the
remainder of the game, while Lin-
coln added a couple of insurance
points for the final score.
Lansford led Bridge City with 13
points while Jason Smalley had 12
and Broussard, 11.
Against Orangefield, Broussard
added 3 three-pointers to
Lansford’s 12 points as the Car-
dinals won and improved their
record to 7-3 on the year.
See TOURNEY, page 9
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Lamar University-Orange
holds Commencement
Operation Sparkle
Underway for Residences
and Businesses
Diplomas for general office clerk
wil be awarded to Barbara Lynn
Stewart Blackwell and Connie Sue
Morgan Cassidy, both of Orange.
Vocational nursing students
qualifying for certificates are
Valerie Tina Moore Blanchard.
Tammie Louise Jenkins Boyett,
Natalie Elizabeth Banks Brooks,
Cheryl L. Lawrence Collier, Laurie
Diane Goleman Ferris, Brenda
Louise Hebert, Beverly Joyce Hud-
son Mooney, Cheryl Dencse
Rougeau, Jamie Dawn Trumbull
Thompson, Phillip Benjamin
Thompson and Patricia Ann Roys-
ton Waters, all of Orange.
Also, Karen Sue Culbertson
Coleman. Kountze; Joannie Mar-
garet Tatum Hebert, Vidor; Shirley
Faye Martin Milner. Beaumont;
and Brenda Yvonne Ramsey Wil-
liamson, Kirbyville.
Commencement exercises will
begin with a medley of Christmas
music played by Geraldine Parris.
LU-O music instructor. Dana Car-
penter, a LU-O student, will sing
“The Star Spangled Banner” and
the Lamar University Alma Mater.
Bennie Ener, minister of the -40th
Street Church of Christ in Orange,'
will give the invocation and the
benediction.
Orange attorney Louis Dugas Jr.
will be the guest speaker.
Lamar University pq^sonnel
See LAMAR, page 9
BC Boys Take Third Place in
1 Orangefield Tourney
by Brian Richardson
Although they played without
their 6-6 "twin towers', the Bridge
, City boys basketball team still
managed to cop third place honors
in the Orangefield Tournament.
With big postmen Shane Dronett
and Jason Mathews away on col-
lege visitations this weekend, the
Cardinals used Mark Lansford's 12
points to defeat Orangefield 45-42
in the third place game.
Bridge City began the tourna-
ment by defeating Johnson’s
Bayou. Next, the Cards faced the
• Lincoln Bumblebee Jayvee squad
and were defeated 58-55 despite
leading late in the game.
At the end of the third quarter,
Bridge City led Lincoln 40-37. But,
in the final period, the Bees capital-
ized on Cardinal turnovers to gain
the lead, 56-49, with a little over one
Christmas Tree
Lighting, Vanished
Children’s Alliance,
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Air Conditioning, Perry’s Frame
Shoppe, Jeannie’s Fashions and the
Chamber office at 150 W.
Roundbunch between 9 a m. and 3
p.m.
Local businesses will be include
with their window decorations this
year for the first time in conjunc-
tion with the Chamber contest and
the city of Bridge City’s beautifica-
tion committee. Efforts are under-
way to gain interest in different
projects to make our community
more appealing to tourists with this
being one such project.
All businesses are invited to join
in the lighting contest by phoning
the Chamber office at 735-5671 for
more information. Business con-
A first place trophy will be” testants will be awarded a “travel-
ing trophy” with the wincr in the
1988 cotnest having to compete
again in 1989 to vie for the trophy.
The deadline for business entries
is Friday, December 16, at 3 p.m.,
with judging to take place Tuesday
and Wednesday. December 20-21,
between 6 and 9 p.m. Entrants are
asked to have the windows lit
during these hours.
If anyone would like more infor-
mation on either contest, you may
call Charlotte Chaisson at the
Chamber office at 735-5671.
and also received a Top Project
Award.
Students attended workshops on
“How to Market Yourself-The Job
Interview”, “Elementary Educa-
tion”, “Financial Aid”, and
“Entrance and Exit Requirements
of the Teacher Education
Program”.
School attending the convention
were Bridge City, Little Cypress-
Mauriceville, Kountze, Nederland,
Orangefield, Thomas Jefferson
and Vidor. West Brook sent writ-
ten contest entries.
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| NEW TOYS NEEDED!!
i Help make some child’s Christmas brighter.
1 Donations have been very, very slow for new toys
I to be given with the distribution of the food baskets
I sponsored by the Bridge City-Orangefield Christmas
| Food Basket Committee.
I Bring your donations by the Penny Record office,
I 2070 Texas Avenue, by 5 p.m., Thursday, December
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1 “We desperately need toys for 48 children, ages 3
j months to 12 years,” said a spokesman for the com-
J mittee. So far, only four toys have been donated.
Sen. Parker Predicts Appeal
will be Overturned in Lawsuit
FT A MEMBERS WIN BIG AT CONVENTION - Pictured in front are Wen-
die Yancey, Laura Hagen, Kim Tran, Kelly Baker and Jill Hagen; back
row, Trey Ainsworth, Frances Guilhas, Charla Ricks, Brandie Yancey
and Dana Morgan.
Bridge City Students Bring
Home 10 Trophies from FTA
Convention —
The District V Future Teachers
of America District Convention
was held on Saturday, December 3,
at Vidor High School. Attending
for the Bridge City Chapter bf FT A
were members Trey Ainsworth,
Kelly Baker, Christy Durham,
Kathryn Gunn, Frances Guilhas,
Petra Henley, Dana Morgan, Char-
la Ricks, Kim Tran, Brandie Yan-
cey and advisor, Faye Parish.
Charla Ricks was elected as Dis-
trict V Recording Secretary for the
1988-89 school year.
The chapter fared very well in the
district contests, according to Mrs.
Parish. Out of 10 contests, Bridge
City brought home 10 trophies, five
of which wer first place trophies.
Brandie Yancey placed first in
the Miss FTA speaking contest,
and Trey Ainsworth placed first in
the Mr. FTA speaking contest.
They will compete for Miss and Mr.
FTA at state convention to be held
March 2-3, in Fort Worth.
Laura Hagen placed first in the
poetry competition and Wendy
Yancey placed first in the theme
competition. The theme and poem
will advance to state. Jill Hagen
placed first in art.
Frances Guilhas earned the right
to compete in the scholarship com-
petition at state by turning in a
scholarship portfolio and winning
with it. The chapter yearbook
placed second and the scrapbook
traced second, both of which will
(Bance to state.
In the nametag competition, the
Bridge City chapter placed third,
Blue Santa Day
Toys for Tots
Need Donations
ORANGE-The American
Legion Post 250 is collecting good
used and new toys to be given away
to needy children up to 11 years
old. The toys will be distributed to
the children December 17 at 10
typ. at the Post Home located on
,^^.lbar Road in Orangefield.
Donations have been slow com-
ing in and your help is needed. Toys
can be left in the box at
McDonald’s on Texas Avenue and
the Bridge City Police Station by
December 16.
joint convention of the Texas As-
sociation of School Administrators
and the Texas Association of
School Boards.
The minimum tax effort proposal
will cost the state between $600 mil- ♦
lion and $1 billion, according to
Parker.
“1 believe that the Legislature
could find the money. I believe we
could avoid the Supreme Court
having to deal with the issue,” he
said.
“The answer to the problems with
the school financing system lies in
• using the present accountable cost
provisions spelled out in the 1984
schixd reform laws,” Parker said.
The laws included the development
of accountable costs or actual costs
funding principles which have
never been fully funded by the
Legislature.
“Had the state funded public
education at the level recom-
mended by the accountable cost
study mandated by House Bill 72,
we would not be involved in this
lawsuit today," Parker saidf.
“Now that the suit has been
filed," Parker continued, “I would
hope the Legislature would ap-
proach the system without using
Robin Hood methods and instead
go to the mechanism we have in
place using the accountable cost
provisions to give us a realistic
figure of what it cost to deliver a
quality education to a child."
The celebrated lawsuit that
resulted in the Texas school financ-
ing system being declared uncon-
stitutional, will be overturned on
appeal, predicted State Sen. Carl
Parker, chairman of the Senate
Education Committee.
“Rather than waiting for the case
to end up before the Texas
Supreme Court, which could be
June or later, Legislators should
deal with the issue during (he com-
ing Legislative session,” Parker
said.
Parker supports a financing
proposal in which the state would
determine the actual cost of an
education for each school child and
set a minimum taxing level
statewide based on those costs. The
state would ensure that every dis-
trict would be provided the funding
to cover the costs. Districts who ex-
ceeded the minimum taxing effort
would be rewarded.
“I predict the (Texas) Court of
Appeals will overturn the Judge
Harley Clark ruling and 1 predict
the Legislature will have the oppor-
tunity to be completely irrespon-
sible and wait on the Supreme
Court to deal with the issue,"
Parker said. “I hope it won’t.”
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