Reading winners
      From left, Demetrielle Washington, Andrew Reimers, Taylor Pousson and Steven Perry claimed top positions in the Little Cypress-Mauriceville finals of the 104th Annual Miriam Lutcher Stark Reading Contest. Declamation winner was Reimers, reading a speech given by Bob Keeshan to the National Educati...
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MMS band takes UIL honors
      The Mauriceville Middle School Band under direction of Jaime Yim impressed all six judges at the recent University Interscholastic League Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. They were awarded "Superior" ratings, the highest scores given in the contest.
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Remembering the dream
      Fifth-graders at Vidor Middle School listen as the Ozen High Choir sings at the "I Have a Dream" program. Social studies classes were treated to a live history lesson April 18, as the Revs. Oveal Walker and Eddie Williams of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Beaumont provided selections from Dr. Mar...
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Haiku winners
      West Orange-Stark Middle School poetry winners Ashabiki Mayfield and LaKendrick Sonnier with teacher Ginger Jacoby. WO-S Middle School students win state poetry honors West Orange- Stark Middle School seventh-grader Lakendrick Sonnier has earned top honors in a Poetry Society of Texas statewide co...
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Battlin' Bears score music honors
      Officers of the three LCM Battlin' Bear Bands display their group's Winter Park Music Festival awards. From left, front row: Rebecca Kent, In Hwi Cho, John Ware and Drew Vandagriff. Second row: Aaron Kitchens, Paul Broussard, Brett Heil, Cody Schatte, Monica Hambrick, Melinda Jaarah, Courtney Gall...
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Strutters win big at state meets
      The Bridge City Strutters and director Cathy Riley claimed the prestigious title of Team National Champions after competing in Kilgore and Denton. At the Gussie Nell Davis Classic, they performed numbers in the prop, kick, jazz, novelty and open divisions, taking home 12 teams trophies. The offic...
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Honor society initiates OC students at Lamar
      Ninety-six Lamar University juniors and seniors were initiated into the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi during the organization's annual spring ceremony in the Setzer Student Center. Seniors elected to membership must have a 3.5 GPA and rank in the upper 10 percent of their graduating cla...
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Garden club
      The Leaf and Petal Garden Club will install officers during its annual picnic at 6 p.m. today at the Sunset Grove Country Club. Members should RSVP to hostesses Beverly Blalack, Charlotte Conn or Sue Haliburton. For information, call Barbara Dawes, publicity chairman, at (409) 886-5817.
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On the road again
      Barbara Prouse, Charlotte McShan, Joseph Reese and Ronecia Fults represented the Little Cypress- Mauriceville Transportation Department in this year's School Transportation Road-E-O. Area winners will travel to Corpus Christi to compete with drivers from throughout the state.
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Student of the Month
      Greater Orange Area Chamber Education Committee members are shown with Community Christian School student Sarah Kain, who took the chamber's most recent Student of the Month honors. President of the student council, Kain is active with the National honor Society; Yearbook, Drama, Bible and Journal...
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Awards program
      West Orange-Stark High invites the community and parents to an awards day program for students in grades nine through 12 on at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the varsity gym. Matthews Smith, program campus manager for Communities Schools of Southeast Texas at DeQueen Elementary in Port Arthur, will be gue...
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LC-M meetings
      Meetings to discuss possible services for homeschooled and private school students eligible to attend Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools are set for Thursday at the LCM Education Center. A 5 p.m.
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Senior outing
      The next Lamar-Orange senior citizen trip will travel to Crowley, La., to tour the Crystal Rice Heritage Farm on Tuesday. Features include a Cajun buffet lunch, a display of antique cars, exhibits in the Francine Blue Rose Museum, agricultural information about rice and crawfish and country store ...
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Movie night
      The Mauriceville Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization and MadNonnie.com will screen the movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks" at 8:30 p.m. Saturday on the Mauriceville Middle School football field. Admission is $5 per family.
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Free workshop
      Home and business owners, nursery and landscape workers are invited to the free public workshop on tree damage sponsored by the Jefferson County Extension Service at 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the Extension Auditorium, 1225 Pearl St., Suite 200 in Beaumont.
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Vendors sought
      The Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau is accepting food and craft vendors for the third annual Texas Cajun Heritage Festival, set this year from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 17 at the city of Orange boat ramp on Simmons Drive. For information, or to sign-up, call (409) 883-1011.
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Bank donates to Oates
      Lorena Oates Elementary Principal Robert Reid is presented the book "Rosa" by Texas State Bank's Orange branch manager Ginny Davis. Written by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier, the book tells the story of famed civil rights figure Rosa Parks. Collier's exhibit "Defining Moments" is ...
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Rocket launch
      West Orange-Stark High senior Fabian Green prepares to launch a rocket project for his technology systems class, now studying types and modes of transportation." Instructor Nathaniel Collins assigned students the task of building rockets from scrap material. Green's rocket performed well, travelin...
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LSC-PA spring graduates
      Lamar State College-Port Arthur will award 94 associate degrees and 29 technical certificates to 123 graduates during the Spring Commencement at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center, 1800 Lakeshore Drive.
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