Getting checked…

Published 5:55 pm Tuesday, June 13, 2017

City of Orange Mayor Jimmy Sims shows off his bandages from participating in the 2017 Gift of Life Men’s Healthcare Screenings event on Saturday. West Orange Mayor Roy McDonald, right, a cancer survivor, stands by for moral support as Sims went through the testing. Former Orange Council member Charles Guillory said, “It is not a man thing, it is a life or death thing.” Guillory, a prostate cancer survivor, encourages men to sign up for such events. The Gifty of Life will hold another screening 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Saturday, June 24 at Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center in Port Arthur. To register, call 409-860-3369.