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Itty Bitty Storytime

Itty Bitty Storytime

Itty Bitty Storytime

The Vidor Public Library held Itty Bitty Storytime on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Library clerk Sarah Screws read “Dino-Valentine’s Day” by Lisa Wheeler.

Fire claims Boone Street home

On January 30, 2025, at approximately 10:40AM, OCESD#1 was called for a residential structure fire on Boone Street. Upon arrival, crews found a single-story residential home that was fully involved and had mostly burned out. Crews quickly advanced a single handline to start extinguishing the fire.
The Vidor Public Library held Wonder Readers Craft Hour on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The students created marbled shaving cream paintings and string art for the project. They tried several different mediums to see what they liked best.

The Vidor Public Library held Wonder Readers Craft Hour on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The students created marbled shaving cream paintings and string art for the project. They tried several different mediums to see what they liked best.

WONDER READERS

Arrests made after Orange carjacking

On Monday, January 27th, 2025, at 6:07 PM, officers with the City of Orange Police Department were dispatched to 3333 Ridgemont Drive in reference to an aggravated robbery. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim and learned that his Dodge Challenger had been taken.

Finance Committee Begins Budget Hearings

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday began the first in what will be weeks’ worth of hearings on the budget for the 2026-2027 biennium. Chair and Houston Senator Joan Huffman unveiled the base proposal last week, which would appropriate $332.
Each enclosure was built around a Meyers lemon citrus tree for weather protection. This is a detailed process beginning with extensive pruning of each tree, placing large containers then filling with water (35-gallon each), wrapping trees with multiple layers of burlap, placing 4 by 8-foot wood lattice panel above the t-posts (securely fastening with tie wraps), and completing the enclosure using a 20 by 30-foot tarp (securing with rope) and duct tape (image: John Green).

Each enclosure was built around a Meyers lemon citrus tree for weather protection. This is a detailed process beginning with extensive pruning of each tree, placing large containers then filling with water (35-gallon each), wrapping trees with multiple layers of burlap, placing 4 by 8-foot wood lattice panel above the t-posts (securely fastening with tie wraps), and completing the enclosure using a 20 by 30-foot tarp (securing with rope) and duct tape (image: John Green).

Developing a Recovery Plan- Freeze Aftermath

The coldest winter weather of the season has now come and gone with warmer weather to remain! Gardeners, we now must deal with the aftermath of having multiple days and nights of frigid, sub-freezing temperatures and the havoc plants have endured.