Orange County Damage Assessment

ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRESS RELEASE #13 SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS IN ORANGE COUNTY 

Orange County Emergency Management Officials are continuing recovery efforts and will be out in affected areas over the next several days assessing and documenting damage. These teams will be in Sheriff's Office vehicles or Road and Bridge vehicles.

To assist in assessing and documenting the damage, the teams may be taking photographs and using drones during daylight hours. 

We urge all citizens to continue to self-report their damages and complete the IMELDA DAMAGE SURVEY located on Orange County's website www.co.orange.tx.us.

The objective of this survey is to:
• Assess and identify damages and needs within the community
• Effectively allocate money, materials, and resources
• To pinpoint areas most affected for priority response
• Provide disaster relief organizations with an accurate list of affected homes 

Citizens need to understand this survey:
• Will NOT register you with FEMA
• Does NOT replace your personal insurance claim
• Does not guarantee assistance to your property
• Will be shared with our disaster relief organizations database for relief distribution 

Vidor Children's Checkers Club

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME VIDOR CHECKERS? 

The time has arrived for us to kick off season #2 of the Vidor Children's Checkers Club!

If this year comes anywhere close to matching last year's excitement and fun, we will be doing well. Last year, the Vidor Children's Checkers Club kicked off its' first year with a bang. We had plenty of members and plenty of fun learning the game of Checkers. 

Checkers is a MENSA game that deals with solving problems, thinking, studying, analyzing, visualizing and competition. Our children advanced each week and we held several tournaments throughout the year and saw their level of play improve dramatically. To top the year off, our Club in Vidor hosted the USA National Children & Youth Checkers Championship. David Austin and Tessa Franks claimed the USA runner-up National Champions trophy. They both also won the Texas State Championship.

This club is for beginners, those with experience and advanced players. Our club has a Facebook site "Vidor Children's Checkers Club". Check it out to find out more information. If you would like for your child to participate, please come for our first meeting on Thursday, September 19 at Vidor Elementary School at 3:30 in Mrs. Waldrop's room. Be there to ask questions and find out for yourself what all the excitement is all about. 

The club is taught by National Ranked and Texas State Champion Watson Franks. We will be training especially to compete in next summer's 2nd Annual USA National Children's Checkers Championship.
for more info, call or text Watson Franks at 409-201-2543


Watch Vidor HS and JH choirs Perform At Astros Game

Video Courtesy of Sally Peschka Andrews via Facebook

Labor Day 2019

In observance of Labor Day , City of Vidor offices, except for the Police and Sanitation Departments, will be closed . The Sanitation Department will run its normal Monday route. Customers are advised to have their cans out by 6:00 a.m. Anyone desiring to make a payment to either the Sanitation Department or the Municipal Court may use the appropriate drop box located in the rear parking lot of City Hall Municipal Building. 

City Pool Season Coming To a Close

The Vidor City Pool's last day to be open for the 2019 summer will be Saturday Aug. 17th. The Vidor City Pool would like to thank you for your support and a successful summer.