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By George Garza

Orange County Emergency Services District #1 firefighters rushed to the scene of a structure fire in the 1100 block of Dogwood on Wednesday night. 

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By George Garza

Vidor area veterans and their families received a big “Thank You” from their neighbors in the community on Wednesday. Dozens of U.S. military veterans who fought in battles ranging from as recently in Afghanistan to those who fought in World War II attended the Vidor Lions Club Veterans’ Day in the Park Celebration at sunset in the “Fields of Freedom” Veterans’ Park on Veterans’ Day. 

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Leadership Southeast Texas has announced the fifty-three members of their Class of 2016 area leaders on the Orange County Team #1, including Orange County Precinct #2 County Commissioner Barry Burton of Mauriceville. This group has been tasked with selecting a community service project in their area and the group has chosen to support the Veterans Advocates of America in Vidor as their class project. 

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By George Garza

The Orange County Water Control and Improvement District #1 Board of Directors recently discussed whether to ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for permission to use leftover wastewater treatment improvement bond money and leftover water well bond money to offset the costs of efforts to reduce trihalomethanes in the District water supply.  

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 By Randall Luker

During their regular meeting Thursday, Vidor City Council will consider offering incentives for development and also hear a plan for a proposed 10- mile toll road connecting IH- 10 near old 90 and FM 105 in north Beaumont. 

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By George Garza

Some of them crawled through minefields fearing that sound of a mine being triggered near them. Others labored in the hot and sweaty bowels of naval vessels to insure that when the Captain ordered “Full speed ahead!” their oceangoing behemoth was ready to leap on the waves. And yet more worked all night to repair ailing aircraft engines so that their planes would be ready for that dawn mission.  

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