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Vol. 21, No. 20
May 26 – June 1, 2016
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IN GOD’S HANDS
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THE EXAMINER
May 26 – June 1, 2016
The blame game
Photos by Sharon Brooks
Why Fire Station No. 11 remains
shuttered months after construction
By Sharon Brooks
City Editor
It’s the city’s fault … or the
architect’s … or the mechanical engineer’s … maybe the
manufacturer’s. Whoever is to
blame, and that depends on
who you ask, the new Fire Station No. 11 remains shuttered
months after construction was
completed and firefighters
were expected to be move into
the new facility.
The real problem, according to most parties involved, is
the HVAC systems installed in
both Fire Station No. 2 and
No. 11 — newly built, stateof-the-art, energy-efficient fire
stations designed for firefighter comfort and utility — lack
proper humidity controls.
That problem is about to be
solved, according to architect
Rob Clark, who said he is hiring a new mechanical engineering firm to fix what the
old subcontractor could not.
In the beginning …
April 22, 2014, the BeauOld Fire Station No. 11
on Sabine Pass Avenue
mont City Council passed a
resolution awarding a contract
in the amount of $2.78 million
to N&T Construction Company Inc. of Beaumont for the
construction of a new Fire Station No. 11. (The cost of the
station from A to Z is about
$3.2 million.) N&T hired
architect Rob Clark of Architectural Alliance Inc. to design
the station, and Clark hired
subcontractors to engineer the
project. Fitz & Shipman Inc.
of Beaumont was the structural engineering firm hired to
assist, while Clark contracted
MDP Technical Services Inc.
of Anahuac as the mechanical
engineers for the mechanical,
electrical and plumbing needs
of the station – including the
HVAC systems, which have
been on the fritz since installation. Mechanical engineer
David Day of MDP engineered
the plans and specs for the
problematic HVAC system,
which was manufactured by
Hunter-Trane.
According to Clark, Station
11 is a duplicate of the new
Station 2, which firefighters
Fire Station 11 at Park and Royal remains shuttered after months; firefighters on hold for move
moved into last year in June
and is experiencing the same
HVAC issues. Firefighters
were expected to move into
Station 11 by September 2015.
March 15, nearly two years
after awarding the contract,
the city of Beaumont authorized final payment of
$132,978.18 to contractor
N&T, stating in Resolution
No. 16-053, “The project has
been inspected by the Engineering and Facilities Maintenance Division and found to
be complete in accordance
with provisions and terms set
forth in the contract.”
Now it’s May, and still no
move. If the station was “complete” as the resolution asserted in March, then why, two
months after the city’s final
payment to the contractor, is
the building still sitting locked
and empty while firefighters
ready for the move are stuck
working out of the 80-year-old
old No. 11 station?
The short answer is humidity.
HVAC issues
While the new HVAC systems at stations 2 and 11 are
keeping the proper temperature, they are not keeping the
humidity at a comfortable level, between 52 and 55 percent,
according to the city. Right
now, they are running at about
65 percent, causing the coil to
freeze.
Fire Station No. 11’s problem is about to be solved, according to architect
Rob Clark, who said he is hiring a new mechanical engineering firm to fix
what the old subcontractor could not.
City Engineer Joe Majdalani
said the payment to the contractor was remitted because
construction was “substantially complete.” He said the outstanding HVAC issues, however, would be fixed – at no
additional cost to the city –
before firefighters working at
the current Fire Station No. 11
are allowed to make their
move to the new facility.
According to Majdalani, it’s
up to the architect and his team
to fix the problem.
Majdalani said after Fire
Station No. 2 was built, the
city discovered the HVAC sys-
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tem there was not properly
controlling the humidity.
Because No. 11 and No. 2
were identical in design, the
city knew there was a problem
at the new No. 11, as well.
“The No. 2 project was
designed and constructed,”
said Majdalani. “When it was
complete, we tested the heating and A/C system. We realized there was a problem. It
was not perfect in the way it
was designed.
“We contacted the architect,
who contacted the engineer to
rectify the problem.”
They began working to fix
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the problem at No. 11 first because the at no expense to the City of Beaustation was still empty. Firefighters mont.”
have already moved into No. 2.
Majdalani concluded the missive
In December 2015, the city received by pointing out the serious delay in the
e-mail correspondence from Architec- completion of the project and urging
tural Alliance including preliminary expediency.
HVAC submittal information for a pos“We feel that the City of Beaumont
sible solution. Jan. 21, Majdalani has been more than patient dealing
responded, letting the architectural firm with this issue for the past several
know city staff saw some issues.
months. These issues have consumed
“After David Lornette and Keith a considerable amount of time from
Folsom completed their review, the fol- our staff, and keep in mind one buildlowing items are a great concern to us: ing has been unavailable for city’s use.
1. The proposed replacement system It is time to get the HVAC systems
is a 25-ton capacity system with a corrected, and time is of the essence.”
15-ton digital scroll compressor and a
He copied Keith Folsom of Facilisecondary 10-ton conventional com- ties Maintenance and Quentin Price
pressor that will probably never need to with the city’s Legal Department on
run. The facility does not require a the letter.
25-ton unit. …
“We got the legal department
2. The current system is too large for involved only after trying to work
the facility. The current duct system is with the architect and subcontractor,”
designed for a 20-ton capacity unit…
Majdalani said. “We just went to the
3. City of Beaumont staff believes city attorneys for advice. I am the one
your proposal is still another fix to who wrote the letter. There has been
make a bad design work, and we are no legal action taken by the city.”
not getting a system that was designed
Clark responded to the letter Feb.
to fit the needs of the facility without 25.
overdesigning.”
“The mechanical engineer for the
The city proposed two options to the design of mechanical systems for the
architectural firm in the January letter. stations and our office has worked with
Option A stipulated that if the 25-ton the Hunter-Trane manufacturer to
unit proposed effectively controlled the expedite new equipment. We trust the
temperature and humidity and was replacement of the incorrectly designed
accepted by city staff, the city would and non-functioning equipment and
require a 10-year parts and labor war- systems will provide the Beaumont
ranty at no expense to the city.
Fire Department with dependable and
Or the architectural firm could take energy efficient service.”
Option B. It provided that if the city of
Clark outlined the history of the
Beaumont refused to accept the new project, citing several attempts made
25-ton system or the terms of Option A to fix the issue and expressing his
were not accepted by the architect and company’s apologies.
his team, the city wanted the HVAC
“Numerous attempts by the mechansystems at both stations entirely ical engineers, mechanical contractors,
replaced, including condensing units, equipment supplier and controls conair handlers, duct work, fan coil boxes, tractor to find a balancing of the system
refrigeration piping and anything else. for dependable conditioning of the two
Majdalani’s letter stated the new sys- spaces was never met,” Clark wrote. “It
tems should be “correctly designed by finally became evident the HVAC sysa reputable mechanical engineering tems that were specified and installed
firm and installed by a reputable
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In God’s hands
By Fred Davis
Special to The Examiner
Victoria Broussard has been
through this before: defying
the odds after near-certain
calamity.
Her father Rodney Broussard remembers it like it was
yesterday.
“I’m in the delivery room
and all of a sudden the doctors
start freaking out, and you can
tell there’s something wrong,”
said Broussard, vividly
recounting the moments 30
years ago at the Sunbelt Hospital in Channelview, just outside of Houston, when his
youngest child and only
daughter, Victoria, was on the
verge of entering the world.
Doctors noticed that a large
chunk of Victoria’s intestines
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Father again finds himself pulling for
daughter’s survival, recovery
were stuck outside of her body,
a condition called gastrochisis.
While fairly easy to correct in
2016, 30 years ago it was a
much different story.
“The doctors weren’t sure if
she was going to make it,”
Broussard recalls. “They asked
me what I wanted to do, and I
told them whatever they needed to do, just do it.” Broussard
remembers dropping to his
knees outside of the delivery
room and asking God to take
over. The barely hours-old
Victoria was already fighting
for her new life. She was
rushed to Texas Children’s
Hospital, and in what the doctor’s deemed nothing short of God for another miracle for
a miracle, a successful surgery Victoria.
saved Victoria’s intestines —
•••
and her life.
Halloween night 2015, later
Thirty years later, Rodney in the evening, Victoria, who
and his family are leaning on
was two weeks removed from
celebrating her 30th birthday,
was called to her office at
Camin Cargo Control in Nederland. She worked as a courier for the company, the same
place her father has worked
for the last 15 years.
“She was heading down
(Highway) 124 and wasn’t 15
minutes from the house,”
Broussard said. She left the
family’s home in Cheek in a
Toyota Tacoma, and was traveling down 124 nearing the
Labelle intersection, when a
Ford F-150, which was preparing to turn, was suddenly
bumped from behind and
pushed into the intersection,
colliding with Victoria’s Tacoma.
Rodney was in a deer stand
in Louisiana with two coworkers when he received the
call about the accident, and he
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rushed back. The initial prognosis was encouraging, and
despite being a nasty accident,
it didn’t appear to be lifethreatening for Victoria.
“Everything changed the
next morning,” Rodney said.
A trauma surgeon looking
at Victoria’s CAT scan noticed
a gray area encompassing
nearly the entire left side of
her brain. Her brain was swelling and once again, 30 years
later, frantic doctors had to act
quickly to try and save Victoria’s life.
She was life-flighted to
Hermann Memorial in the
Medical Center District of
Houston, widely considered
one of the premier medical
facilities in the world. The
swelling in Victoria’s brain and there was only one option
was getting worse – 80 percent left for the doctors as a race
of her brain was damaged – against time ensued. They
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Rodney Broussard is building ADA accessible efficiency quarters
onto his rural Jefferson County home to allow his daughter to
come back to Southeast Texas from the neuro-rehabilitative center in Conroe. For more information, or to contribute to a fund set
up by the Broussards’ co-workers to assist with her 24-care and
continuous treatment, go to www.youcaring.com and search
‘Victoria Broussard.’
would have to cut out part of
Victoria’s skullcap to relieve
pressure on her brain. While it
was the only option, there was
also no guarantee she would
survive.
With an eerie and sinister
sense of deja vu, Rodney was
once again asked by a doctor
what he wanted to do to save
his daughter’s life. And like he
had done so many times
before, Rodney leaned on his
faith.
“I told the doctor, ‘You do
your part, and God will do
his.’”
•••
“I didn’t think she was
going to make it,” said Gail
Adams, Victoria’s aunt, of her
condition after the initial skullcap removal and brain surgery.
“But then we started to see
some improvement.”
After a week in a coma and
then three months without her
skullcap while her brain recuperated, Victoria has gone
through months of rigorous
therapy. The question moving
forward for the resilient redhead is whether she’ll ever
walk and talk again. She continues to show signs of progress every week and is currently undergoing daily, intensive therapy at Touchstone, a
neuro-rehabilitative center in
Conroe.
Odds suggest that when a
person suffers damage to 80
percent of their brain, walking,
talking and leading a normal
life again is impossible. However, Rodney, who in the last
year has endured the loss of
his wife and father to cancer
while dealing with the accident that has robbed his youngest child of her way of life, has
not given up hope that some-
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day, maybe, his daughter can
have a semblance of a normal
life.
“Doctors have told me that
through therapy, it’s possible
that she could talk again, and
have normal conversation,”
Rodney said, stressing that
there’s no promise of it happening, but that it is possible.
“She’s going to have a good
life though,” Rodney insists.
Co-workers from Camin
Cargo Control have started a
fundraising page to fund building a room on his house that
will allow for Victoria to
receive around-the-clock care
when she is ready to return
home. But it still doesn’t take
away the sting of loss for a
young woman who had settled
into a nice life and had met a
young man whom she had
made plans to marry.
“It’s like her life has been
taken away from her in a way,”
Rodney begins to lament, but
he stops himself. “She loved
working with kids, and she’ll
never get to do that again, but
then again, maybe she will,
who knows. God has a plan for
her, that I know, so I will never
dismiss the possibility of her
living a normal life.”
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FIRE STATION
from page 5A
failed to take into account the increased
thermal efficiency of the new building
structure, including building orientation, wall and roof thermal systems,
high efficiency glazing, concrete thermal wall massing and LED low power
usage lighting throughout the project. It
should be noted the mechanical contractors installing the equipment for the
two stations were never at fault during
this ongoing situation and installed all
equipment per plans and specification,
while spending many hours after completion of their work attempting to
assist in resolving this situation.
“After numerous unsuccessful
repair attempts and recommendations
that would have failed to provide the
city with the level of efficiency and
dependability expected of the HVAC
systems for these two new projects, the
mechanical engineers and supplier of
the equipment now have agreed to
replace the HVAC equipment.
“Architectural Alliance is embarTraining
tower at
the new
Fire Station
No. 11
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rassed at having this issue blemish
these two important municipal projects
and acknowledge the frustration of the
city council, city manager, fire chief,
city engineer, fire personnel and Facility Maintenance staff. We appreciate
your patience and trust that these two
stations will be placed into full operation and know that the city can take
pride in each.”
Four days later, on Feb. 29, Clark
sent a follow-up letter after meeting
with city staff to discuss the proposed
replacement of equipment with correctly designed new condenser units,
new interlaced coils, modifications to
electrical service and complete commissioning of the equipment following
balancing of the control systems
through Automated Logic.
“The replacement of equipment at
each station will be performed by the
original subcontractor responsible for
this portion of the work at each station
with new HVAC equipment as
described and being supplied by Hunter-Trane,” Clark said.
“Again, we would like to remind the
city that the HVAC issues at these two
stations are engineering design related
issues and not a failure of either general contractor responsible for the construction of these two projects. We
appreciate the good service and construction provided by the two general
contractors, N&T Construction and
McInnis Construction.”
Majdalani signed off on Clark’s
Feb. 29 proposal for repairs the same
day it was sent, and Clark and his team
started working on the fix then. It took
a while for the parts to arrive and then
to be installed.
May 10, Majdalani said the some
components of the system had been
replaced and the controls adjusted in
an attempt to fix the humidity problem
as agreed to with the architect. It was
being tested then.
“They redesigned the system and
reinstalled it,” said the city engineer
May 10. “It is being tested now. Friday
(May 13) will be two weeks. If all goes
to plan, the firefighters should be able
to move into the facility.”
Bay area at the new Fire Station No. 11
But things didn’t go to plan. The test
failed. The humidity level was still too
high at the facility, practically unchanged
from the 65 percent they had been able
to maintain up to that point.
An adjustment to the controls the
following week also proved fruitless.
Clark said he now has to replace the
entire systems at both facilities.
Who’s to blame?
In his correspondence to the city,
Clark defends the general contractors
on the projects and mechanical installers but has little to say about the
mechanical engineering firm, MDP.
In his letter to Architectural Alliance,
Majdalani stipulated that if the architects chose Option B, to replace both
systems at both stations, it would need
to be “correctly designed by a reputable
mechanical engineering firm,” making
it clear he feels the engineer is to blame
for the ongoing HVAC problems.
MDP representative Darlene
McPherson said that her company is
still the mechanical engineering firm
for the No. 11 project, and that HunterTrane designed the system, which she
believes is running properly.
“As far as I know, it’s working as
designed, and it’s fine as far as I know.
The trends show everything working
to code and design. I haven’t been
directly involved, so David Day, the
manager of the project (and her business partner), would be better able to
answer your questions. … From what
we’ve seen for quite some time now is
everything is running as it should.”
When asked why, then, have firefighters not been allowed to move in to
Fire Station No. 11, she replied, “The
city will have to answer that.”
Majdalani said the city would not
ask firefighters to move into the new
Station No. 11 until it is up to par.
“We don’t want them to move in
until it is ready and operating properly,” he asserted.
Clark said he’s on it. He is taking
responsibility for the issues, and no
matter what problem comes up next,
he promised to solve it as quickly as
possible.
“It falls back on us and our engineer
to make sure it’s correct,” he said.
“The cost is between the engineer or
us. There will be no additional expense
to the city.”
Clark asserted that his firm makes
good on its word and its contracts, and
he is chagrined by the issues the project has faced.
“It’s embarrassing,” he remarked.
“I’ve been nights without sleep. We’ve
never had this issue before. It’s a difficult situation.
“These are beautiful stations and
designed to be respectful of the firefighters. But that means they need to comfortable, and we need to get this fixed.”
Beaumont Fire-Rescue Capt. Brad
Penisson said that it would be business
as usual for his crews until Fire Station
No. 11 is finished, and that the situation
is not negatively impacting the department’s ability to keep the city safe.
“We’re ready to move in,” he said.
“We’re just waiting for the construction to be complete and for city approval. ... We just said ‘fix it first’ before
moving in.
“The station itself is a much better
facility. It’s definitely an improvement.
The firefighters like it, but you have to
take the good with the bad, I guess.”
According to Penisson, the firefighters already at Fire Station No. 2
are working hard every day, but the
humidity level could be more comfortable. He said he looks forward to the
completion of repairs.
For his part, Clark is moving forward with the replacement of the systems, but it is up in the air as to who
will absorb the expense of replacing
both HVAC systems as Architectural
Alliance and MDP are currently in
arbitration over the issue. The manufacturer, Hunter-Trane, was also
brought up as possibly being the financially responsible party, but that
remains to be seen.
In the meantime, Clark is already
looking for a new mechanical engineering firm to assess the HVAC issues
and find a real fix so firefighters at the
old Station No. 11 can start their move
to their new home away from home.
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Jefferson Co. DA promises prison time for burglars
By Jennifer Johnson
Supervising Editor
“A person’s home is their sanctuary,”
Jefferson County District Attorney Bob
Wortham said to an assembled group of
media representatives gathered at the
courthouse’s grand jury impaneling
room Wednesday, May 25, underscoring his position that the burglary of
someone’s home is a serious – and
appalling – crime. It is also a crime he
says his office will seek tough sentencing on to deter the continuation of a
persistent problem in Southeast Texas.
“I’m not going to offer probation –
not in burglary cases,” he said. “That’s
not going to happen. We are serious
about it, and we’re going to stay serious
about it.”
While a defendant may get lucky
with a judge or jury on sentencing, no
plea bargains for probation will be
allowed in his office for burglary,
according to Wortham. It was a
tactic that has worked for him
before in prosecuting “Drug
Free, Gun Free” zones as a
federal prosecutor, he said, and
he believes it will work again.
“Someone else may give
you probation,” he half-joked,
“but we won’t.
“We want people to fell safe
in their homes. If you can’t feel
safe in your home, where can Winn
you feel safe?”
As part of the national “Drug Free,
Gun Free” initiative in Beaumont, “I
personally prosecuted every one of
them,” Wortham said. “All of them
went to jail.”
But soon, people stopped
going to jail for violating the
“Drug Free, Gun Free” law
because the crimes stopped.
“Word got around,” he said.
“No one wants to go to jail.”
It may be a tough way to stamp
out crimes, he said, but if curbing
the Southeast Texas home burglary problem “means somebody Blackmon
Brooks
Reynolds
has to go to jail — so be it.”
witness as they were rummaging through
Wednesday, May 25, multiple
individuals were indicted for burglary the closet of the master bedroom.
“They were still in the closet when
of a habitation – with many having
committed other crimes, as well, accord- police got there,” Kneeland said. “Two
of three confessed. One wouldn’t talk,
ing to the indictments.
David Lidell Winn, who is charged but that’s kind of irrelevant when you’re
with three counts of burglary of a habi- caught in the closet of someone else’s
tation, was actually stopped and ques- home.”
Also indicted for one count of home
tioned by police for a completely different reason when it was revealed he had burglary Wednesday was Patrick Shane
burglarized three separate residences in Flowers of Groves. Kneeland said that
Port Arthur, according to Assistant Dis- Flowers “gets stuck into a ditch in the
trict Attorney Cory Kneeland. neighbor’s yard, threatens the home“When police stopped him,” owner (whose ditch it is), and the homeKneeland said, “he was in a owner goes and gets a firearm.”
The homeowner with the firearm,
stolen vehicle with property
from a burglary in the car with Kneeland said, was well within his right
him. Ultimately, he confessed to arm himself if he felt threatened,
which he apparently did, according to
to three burglaries.”
Jerquevin Darnell Black- the police report of the incident.
“During the argument, (the victim)
mon, Jamon Roshaud Brooks
and Jacory Donyeal Reynolds, stated Flowers entered his residence
each indicted for one count of without consent, and started to punch
burglary of a habitation, were him in the face multiple times with a
involved in what Kneeland closed hand fist,” the report states. “In
called a “very interesting” case. Accord- fear, (he) pulled his pistol out of his
ing to the arrest report of the incident that pocket, and discharged a round into the
led to indictment, the three suspects were ceiling of his living room.”
That calmed Flowers down apparcaught in the home by a complaining
ently, Kneeland said, because the
suspect then went back to his
vehicle (that was still stuck in the
ditch) and waited there until
police arrived some time later.
Once on the scene, the police
arrested Flowers for his unlawful
entry into the neighbor’s home.
Whether it’s to take property
or instill fear, Wortham said anyone who disrupts the sanctity of
someone else’s castle will have to
pay. Hopefully, he said, they will
only have to pay with jail time, rather
than losing their life when they encounter a victim shooting
at their assailant rather than their own
ceiling.
“We don’t have
the ability to feel sorry for burglars,”
Wortham
said.
“They’re
putting
their own safety at
risk; they’re putting
their own life’s future Flowers
at risk. It really is
unfortunate, but I’m not going to prosecute someone who does what they
have to do to protect their home.”
If they don’t want to end up in the
hospital or the penitentiary, Wortham
said, “the message is this: Don’t burglarize homes.”
Each count of burglary of a habitation is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in jail. For defendants with prior felony convictions,
Wortham said, they could face up to life
in prison.
Former Hardin Co. Judge candidate arrested again
By Jennifer Johnson
Supervising Editor
Tuesday night, May 24, former Hardin County Judge candidate and blogger David Bellow was at IHOP celebrating
with newly elected public officials, according to his social
media posts. The next morning, he was handcuffed and Bellow
brought in to answer a weekold felony family stalking indictment
generated in Jefferson County.
According to Jefferson County
prosecutor Tommy Turner, other posts
Bellow made on social media are part
of the subject of an investigation into
crimes allegedly committed by the former politician, including stalking his
estranged wife via a concealed GPS
tracking device.
According to a probable
cause affidavit filed by Beaumont Police Department
investigator Charla Phillips,
Bellow is accused of monitoring his estranged wife’s vehicle for several months “on
more than one occasion and
pursuant to the same scheme
and course of conduct … she
regards as threatening.”
According to the investigator, the Bellows have been separated
since 2014 but a tracking device was
located on the wife’s vehicle March 1,
2016. Phillips swore to the grand jury
that issued the indictment for Bellow’s
arrest that documents obtained through
the course of her investigation showed
that David Bellow was the purchaser
of that tracking device and was monitoring the device through an e-mail
account registered in his own name.
Although the victim claimed Bellow has been following her for over
two years, the information submitted
for indictment only recorded three
months of GPS tracking data.
“Records show that … the tracker
has been monitored from Jan. 1, 2016,
to March 1, 2016, and there are total of
3,164 ‘pings’ where the tracker’s location was searched for using Bellow’s
Google e-mail,” the affidavit states.
Bellow was arrested earlier this year
on similar misdemeanor charges, but
has not yet had his day in court. In
response to the first arrest, Bellow was
adamant that he was only being targeted due to political animosity.
“Going after me was payback for
me going after the corrupt friends of
the DA,” Bellow stated. “Do the math.
... They are not happy with me, zso
they came after me with anything they
could pull straws at.”
“It’s a very interesting case,” Turner
said, but hesitated to say more about an
“ongoing investigation.”
This is first case of its kind in Jefferson County, Turner said, with no
other stalking case tried before in the
local court addressing such high-tech
technology.
According to Assistant District
Attorney Cory Kneeland, who readied
the case for grand jury presentation, a
felony stalking case must entail at least
three instances of the threatening
behavior, “which this case absolutely
did,” he said.
According to the Texas Penal Code,
the third-degree felony is punishable
by two to 10 years in prison and a fine
of up to $10,000.
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May 26 – June 1, 2016
Memorial Weekend is here and yes, there
will be more law enforcement on the road, so
please be careful of others whether on land or
at sea. And please, please don’t operate any
motorized vehicle – at land or at sea – while
drinking or under the influence.
For many, Memorial Weekend has become a
three-day excursion of sun, fun, barbecues and
beer that unofficially closes the curtain on
another school year and ushers in what promises to be a hot and humid Southeast Texas
summer.
But many forget what makes Memorial Day
weekend the symbol of freedom that it is – the
men and women who have died for this country, served this country and continue to serve
this wonderful country.
This year, the Memorial Day holiday falls
on May 30. As we gather with family and
friends at the beach, the park or in our own
back yards, take a minute to remember those
that venture into harm’s way on our behalf,
whether it’s the troops fighting in Afghanistan
and Iraq or flying fighter jets keeping watch in
the Persian Gulf or on Coast Guard ships in the
Gulf of Mexico. Don’t forget those who served
in the military in the past, in war and peace –
and say a prayer for those who made the
supreme sacrifice for their country and the
loved ones they left behind.
This weekend is about remembering and
honoring those who took an oath in front of the
Red, White and Blue to protect this country
from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Those brave men and women, when they
signed up for the service to whatever branch,
weren’t doing it for the glitz and the glamour.
Oh no. That’s not what the service is all about.
Many signed up to escape tough situations at
home, or to get money for college. Maybe that
person’s family has a history of military service, or maybe something bigger motivated
them, like 9/11 or the need to be a part of
something so special and unique that it takes
a special kind of man or woman to say, “I
served my country.”
It’s easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of
everyday life that there are wars being fought
overseas. Young men and women, barely out of
high school, are fighting to keep us free. Mothers and fathers whose children haven’t seen
Mommy or Daddy in months are fighting for
you. And for those lost fighting the battle, it’s
the resilient wives, husbands, mothers, fathers,
sons, daughters, brothers and sisters back home
who will remember on this Memorial Day
weekend what the ultimate sacrifice is all
about.
So while you’re out having fun this weekend
— and please do for, as Americans, we have
earned that privilege — take a moment to
remember what made this weekend possible.
And if you see a veteran, just say thank you.
Beaumont – Forest Lawn Funeral Home
Honor and remember the veterans who have
fought and died for our freedom with Forest
Lawn Funeral Home on May 30.
The funeral home is hosting its annual
Memorial Day Observance Service on Monday
at 4955 Pine St. in Beaumont, at the corner of
Lucas and Pine. The service will begin at 10
a.m. in the chapel.
Lt. Colonel Brad A. Bane, Commander of
the 842nd Transportation Battalion, Port of
Beaumont, will be the keynote speaker along
with Capt. Sharon M. Flynn with 3/289th
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Play it safe.
Don’t drink and drive.
Orange – Heritage Veterans
Memorial Plaza
Regiment at the Army Reserve Center in Beaumont.
The event will be a two-part observance.
The chapel observance will include patriotic
music, a presentation and retirement of the colors by the Beaumont Police Department (BPD)
Honor Guard, a POW/MIA service, a threerifle volley by the Southeast Texas Veterans
Group and the playing of taps.
After the chapel observance, the BPD Honor
Guard and the Southeast Texas Veterans Group
will escort veterans, dignitaries and guests to
the Veterans Memorial Wall at the cemetery.
Soldiers from the battalion at the port and
reserve center will line the Memorial Wall. The
service will consist of a drill team presentation
by the West Brook Jr. ROTC, posting of the
colors by the Southeast Texas Veterans Group,
the laying of the POW/MIA and patriotic
wreaths at the base of the wall by Bane and
Flynn along with dignitaries, three-rifle volley
by the BPD Rifle Team and the playing of taps.
The Vietnam Veterans Chapter No. 292 will
host a flag retirement ceremony following both
services. The public is invited to bring any tattered or worn flags for a proper retirement.
The Masonic Lodge of Beaumont will be
preparing a light snack for attendees.
The public is invited to the 13th annual tribute to Orange County veterans at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 29, at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 MLK Drive in Orange.
Held annually on the plaza on the campus of
Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the free
program includes special
speakers, patriotic music
and more.
The event will feature
greetings from Lt. Gen.
Marvin D. Brailsford,
U.S. Army Retired.
Born in Burkeville in
1939, Brailsford culminated his 33 years of military service in 1992 as
the Deputy Commanding
General of the United States Army Material
Command. During his military career, he held
a variety of important command and staff positions including Commanding General of the
U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, the 59th Ordnance Brigade, the
60th Ordnance Group, the 101st Ordnance Battalion and staff assignments in Vietnam, Germany and the United States.
The patriotic tribute will honor all veterans
and those currently serving. The program will
also feature the Southeast Texas Color Guard,
Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle group, Vietnam Veterans Mobil Museum, Orange Community Band and other patriotic music. Complimentary refreshments will be served after
the program.
Vidor – Vidor Lions Veterans Park
‘Fields of Freedom’
The Vidor Lions Club is having an evening
service this year at the Vidor Lions Club Veterans Park “Fields of Freedom.” There will be
snacks and refreshments starting at 7 p.m. At 8
p.m., Boy Scouts of American Troop 220 will
dedicate the new eternal flame, followed by a
candlelight vigil, and the playing of taps.
Weather permitting, a lovely release of sky
lanterns will conclude the service.
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Sheriff runoff results
Of the 9,631 votes cast in the runoff
election for Jefferson County Sheriff
Democratic nominee, contender Zena
Stephens was able
to secure nearly 53
percent of the vote
over competitor Joe
“QB” Stevenson.
Stephens will now
face
Republican
candidate Ray Beck
in the General ElecStephens
tion in November.
In other county
sheriff’s runoff races,
Republicans
Bryan Skinner of
the Beaumont Police
Department
and
Silsbee Police Chief
Mark Davis were
vying for their party’s
nomination,
with Davis coming Shannon
out the victor by 500
votes. The Democratic nominee for
Newton County sheriff was to be
decided in a head-to-head vote
between Cynthia Hall and incumbent
Eddie Shannon, with Hall unseating
Shannon. Each will face challengers
from the opposing party in November.
Photo by Sharon Brooks
Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
The Beaumont City Council proclaimed May 2016 “Motorcycle Safety and
Awareness Month” in Beaumont at a council meeting May 24. Motorcycle
safety advocate and rider Willie McCusker and friends accepted the proclamation. He urged drivers to “share the road” and to “look twice” for motorcycles.
Orange Police arrest counterfeiting suspect
Police in Orange appear to be making progress against counterfeit currency manufacturers and distributors,
as evidenced by the May 25 arrest of
a suspect they believe is making and
passing the bogus bills around the
area.
Orange Police Department officers,
with the assistance from officers of the
West Orange Police Department and the
Orange County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at 105 Amaryllis
in Orange on Wednesday, May 25, OPD
Capt. Robert Enmon reported. After
searching the residence, officers located
evidence they said indicated a counterfeiting operating had been going on for
some time there. Police arrested
35-year-old Christopher Shaun Drucker
for forgery of U.S. currency. Enmon
said the evidence officers found in the
residence included items for manufacturing forged bills.
Recently, Orange has experienced a
surge of counterfeit currency being
passed around the area, and have had
Who Is This?
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died young but refused to allow Lupus to keep her down. This week’s
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band, a cheerleader, and played several recreational sports well into
her adult years. Her very first job was the neighborhood and family
babysitter, and she worked 25 years in higher education administration. She considers herself a lifelong learner and vast seeker of
knowledge. She attended several colleges and professional schools,
Tulane University, the University of Phoenix among them, and
recently obtained a certification in nonprofit management from the
University of Texas at Austin, in keeping with her current vocation.
Answer on page 13B
numerous
complaints from local
businesses.
“The
Orange
Police Department
wishes to thank the
citizens of Orange
County for their tips
and cooperation that Drucker
resulted in information that lead to this arrest,” Enmon
said.
— Sharon Brooks
May 26 – June 1, 2016
THE EXAMINER
Home invader gets life in prison
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By Sharon Brooks
and Jennifer Johnson
The Examiner
It’s been over six years
since Yei Daniels and her family were taken hostage and
tortured in their own house by
an intruder who stabbed and
shot the home’s occupants,
leaving her paralyzed, but she
said she remembers the event
as if it happened only yesterday.
Brock Jimone McNeil, who
was found guilty earlier this
year of the crime that took
place Dec. 30, 2009, was
awaiting sentencing in Judge
Raquel West’s Jefferson
County 252nd District Court
on Monday, May 23, but he
wouldn’t get through the proceeding without first listening
to what his victim had to say.
According to Daniels, she
was scared for her life and
that of her family – even after
the armed intruders (including Daniels) already took all
the valuables held
inside the residence
because, she said,
“They
wouldn’t
leave.”
“I went out the
back door to try to
get some help,” she
told the court. Then,
McNeil pulled her
back in the house by McNeil
her hair. A tussle
ensued and she ran out the
back door once again. “When
I got to fence, he shot me in
my back,” she said.
McNeil was able to escape
justice for several years, only to
be brought back to answer for
his crime in 2015. He has been
in police custody ever since.
Brock Jimone McNeil was sentenced in Judge Raquel West’s Jefferson
County 252nd District Court on Monday, May 23.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s
Office Deputy Rod Carroll
reported that McNeil and at
least one other actor forced
their way into Daniels’ home
at gunpoint after ambushing
the adult male resident of the
home as he was leaving to go
to the store. McNeil and the
other actor bound the
man, Daniels, and two
children, one of whom
was still young enough
to be in diapers, with
duct tape.
Among the things
the robbers took was
of a large sum of money, $30,000, that was
somewhere inside the
home. Carroll said
McNeil threatened the baby
with a knife from the kitchen,
poking at the infant’s diaper
with the weapon, and then
repeatedly stabbed the male
resident in the leg multiple
times until his wife disclosed
the location of the cash.
Once the robbers had pos-
session of the money, witnesses say the suspects commented that they would kill
the family. At that time, Daniels, who was unbound in
order to lead them to the cash,
made a run for the door in an
effort to rescue the other hostages.
Police reportedly identified
McNeil, also known as
“Woody” and “King Kong” by
his associates, from a fingerprint he left behind at the scene
of the crime. He was indicted
in February 2010, and a warrant for his arrest was issued.
McNeil was subsequently
arrested and bonded out, but
then jumped bond and fled.
Ultimately, McNeil was
apprehended in Washington
County on Oct. 13, 2015,
more than five years after the
robbery, when investigators
received information he was
at a residence there. McNeil
was transferred back to Jefferson County on Oct. 20. He
was charged with two counts
Photos by Jennifer Johnson
Yei Daniels answers questions from the media as Jefferson County District
Attorney Bob Wortham looks on.
of aggravated robbery. The
count that addresses the crime
against Yei Daniels has been
resolved, but McNeil still faces one count of aggravated
robbery for the crimes against
her husband.
A criminal database search
revealed McNeil has a history
of violently taking things that
don’t belong to him. In May
1996, McNeil was arrested for
first-degree felony aggravated
robbery in Austin. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to
eight years in prison. He was
released in 2004. McNeil’s
attorney argued that the age of
his client’s criminal history
should be taken into account
– as he has had no other charges since.
The judge was not swayed,
and after hearing testimony
from Daniels detailing the
pain and heartache she will
suffer the rest of her life now
confined to a wheelchair,
sentenced McNeil to life in
prison.
“He got just exactly what
he deserved,” Daniels said
after sentencing.
Judge West said McNeil’s
actions against Daniels were
“troubling” and “the stuff people’s nightmares and bad horror movies are made of.”
Cemetery vandal sentenced to 60 days in jail
By Jennifer Johnson
Supervising Editor
Forest Lawn general manger Danny Lynch
told Jefferson County Judge Raquel West that
Robert Greer’s destruction of cemetery property “was not a victimless crime.”
According to Lynch, 19 families were affected, and monetary and emotional havoc was
wreaked when Greer decided – on two separate
occasions in late 2015 – to take human remains
and the urns they were housed in.
“It was bad,” he said. “We’re just glad he
was caught and the urns returned to us.”
West imposed a fine of approximately
$1,000, probation, and 60 days of jail confinement for the crime. Greer had previously
pleaded guilty to the theft charge.
According to reports from the Beaumont
Police Department, the thefts occurred in
October 2015 and on Christmas night of 2015.
Police were reportedly drawn to Greer when a
housemate of Greer’s called the police to
report urns in their vehicle. Other remains
were found with Greer.
In addition to the fine, jail time, and court
supervision, Greer was ordered to stay away
from any cemetery and must get prior permission from the court to attend any funerals
while on release.
Jennifer Johnson can be reached at (409) 8321400, ext. 231, or [email protected].
Winn
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May 26 – June 1, 2016
NEWS SHORTS
Conviction in nursing
center sexual assault
A Jefferson County jury has convicted a man of sexually assaulting a
nurse’s aide while she was on duty at
the Senior Rehabilitation Center in
Port Arthur.
Wilbur Jones, 55, of Port Arthur,
was tried before Judge John B. Stevens, Jr. in the Criminal District Court
of Jefferson County. The victim in the
case was working the evening shift on
June 30, 2014, when she was lured into
a resident’s bedroom. The defendant
then trapped the victim in the bathroom and assaulted her.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Tom Kelley and
Mike Laird. “The victim in this case
was brave as she recounted the worst
moments of her life. We are grateful to
the jury for holding the defendant
accountable,” Kelley said.
The jury assessed punishment at
five years in the penitentiary. The
defendant is on parole for life for a
previous conviction for aggravated
robbery.
Wall Street fire in
Beaumont destroys
two-story home
It took firefighters more than an
hour to extinguish a large blaze that
devastated a Wall Street home in Beaumont on May 22, Beaumont Fire-Rescue reported Sunday.
According to a news release from
Capt. Brad Penisson, firefighters
responded to the structure fire in the
1500 block of Wall Street at about 8:24
p.m. Penisson said the first unit arrived
on scene less than two minutes after
the alarm, but the quickly spreading
fire had already taken hold of the structure by the time they arrived.
Firefighters found one room
involved at the rear of the home and
made a quick attack. As they extinguished that fire, they discovered the
flames had already traveled through
concealed spaces into the attic. The
fire expanded rapidly, reported Penis-
1550 Wall Street, Beaumont
Beaumont Fire-Rescue photo
son, and firefighters had to withdraw
to attack the conflagration from the
exterior.
Due to the size of the fire, extra
crews responded to assist, and several
off-duty firefighters were called to
supplement crews on the scene. It took
more than an hour before the fire was
under control, said Penisson, and families on either side of the burning home
were evacuated for a short time as a
precaution. Even after the fire was
under control, it still took several more
hours to extinguish the smoldering
embers surrounding the site.
No firefighters were injured, and the
occupant of the home was able to
escape without injury before firefighters arrived.
Penisson said fire investigators
determined that the fire originated in a
bedroom of the home, and appears to
have been caused by an electrical
short.
Shipyard worker
found dead on a barge
Cause of death undetermined
Police in Orange are investigating
the death of a shipyard worker whose
lifeless body was discovered on a
barge where he was working and
whose cause of death remained
unknown at the time of a news release
May 22.
involving multiple parties, and one
man was seriously injured. Witnesses
still at the location told officers the
man had been taken to a local hospital.
Officers went to St. Mary’s Hospital
and discovered the man, suffering from
multiple stab wounds, had been admitted to the hospital. The victim spoke
briefly to police, reports PAPD, and
confirmed he was involved in the altercation at Lake View Palms before he
was flown via medical helicopter to
Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. He was listed in
serious condition at
the time of the news
release May 23.
Witnesses at the
scene identified a
suspect in the stabbing, 30-year-old
Danielo
AlfaroZepeda of Port Alfaro-Zepeda
Arthur. Police arrested Alfaro-Zepeda for aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon.
The incident is still under investigation.
According to Orange Police Department (OPD) Capt. W.K. Longlois,
police officers, firefighters and EMTs
responded to a report that an employee
was found unconscious and unresponsive at Sienna Shipyard on Georgia
Street at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday morning. The man had been working on the
barge and was discovered by other
workers.
Police report that the worker,
57-year-old Pedro Antonio Torres of
Port Arthur, was pronounced dead by
Judge Derry Dunn. Longlois said there
A motorcycle accident in Orange
was no immediate indication that the
death was due to an industrial accident, County sent two people to the hospital
and the investigation into the exact with life-threatening injuries May 22,
and 27-year-old Vidor resident Kadie
cause of the death is ongoing.
Odom ultimately died May 24 from
injuries suffered in the crash, Texas
Department of Public Safety Trooper
Port Arthur man flown to
Stephanie Davis reported.
According to Davis, an officer with
Houston hospital after fight
the
Vidor Police Department contacted
One man is in police custody and
Orange
County DPS Troopers at
another in the hospital suffering from
approximately
6:25 p.m. Sunday to
multiple stab wounds after an altercaassist
with
a
motorcycle
crash on Intertion at an apartment complex in Port
state
10
at
the
FM
105
exit ramp in
Arthur on May 22, reports the Port
Orange
County.
Once
on
scene, the
Arthur Police Department (PAPD).
troopers
became
the
lead
investigators.
According to a news release from
Investigating officers learned that
Sgt. R. Rowe, PAPD officers respondthe
driver of a 2014 Harley Davidson
ed to a report of a large fight at the
motorcycle
was traveling westbound
Lake View Palms Apartment Complex
on
Interstate
10 taking the FM 105
at 5200 Gulfway Drive. Officers
exit
ramp
when,
for an unknown reaarrived and discovered that there had
son,
he
slammed
on the brakes and
been a disturbance at the location
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One hurt, another dies
after Orange County
motorcycle crash
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Click It or Ticket
2016 campaign kicks off in Pinehurst
The Pinehurst Police Department kicked off its 2016 Click It or Ticket
campaign Monday, May 23, and Chief Fred Hanauer of the Pinehurst Police
Department urges motorists to always, “Buckle up for safety.”
“It is the law and just makes sense,” says the chief.
The 2016 Click It or Ticket Campaign runs May 23 – June 5. Law enforcement officials statewide, including officers with the Pinehurst Police Department, are participating in the “Click It or Ticket” campaign to increase seat
belt use and improve safety. During the campaign, Texas law enforcement
officers are increasing their efforts to ticket drivers and passengers not wearing a seat belt.
Memorial Day falls in the middle of this time period and marks the traditional start of summer, when many people take to the road to enjoy the long
weekend with friends and family. All drivers and all passengers in the vehicle
must be properly restrained.
Stay safe, says the chief.
Texas Heat wins District 39 Championship
The CJC (Chambers-Jefferson County) 8U (8 and under) All Star Team
Texas Heat won the District 39 Championship on May 15 in Vidor. CJC Softball
is an ASA League and is made up of girls age 4 to 16 years of age who are
residents of Winnie, Stowell, Hamshire, Fannett and LaBelle. Texas Heat
defeated District 39 teams from Beaumont, Port Neches-Groves, Nederland,
Vidor and Orange County to win the championship. Texas Heat will travel to
Lake Jackson on May 27, 2016 to play in the Texas ASA Pixie South 2016 State
Tournament.
Girls selected to represent CJC on the All Star team are Omni Cagle, Carley
Cook, Jaeleigh Drake, Emileigh Droddy, Macie Duke, Braelyn Harrison, Jade
Hill, Jayleigh Morales, Camdyn Rossell, Reese Speight, Callee Villarreal, and
Haydie B Walston. Texas Heat is coached by Michael Rossell, Tilford Duke,
Jessica Drake, Bryan Speight and Jake Droddy.
SHORTS
from page 14A
lost control. The motorcycle crashed
into the concrete sidewall, rolling
over several times
before coming to a
rest.
The
driver,
34-year-old Brannon
Lee Wooden, and
the passenger, Kadie
Odom, both of
Vidor, were transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Odom
Beaumont
with
severe injuries. Wooden was under
care at the hospital for treatment of
serious injuries sustained in the crash.
Odom was listed in critical condition
at St. Elizabeth following the accident
and later died from her injuries. Troopers reported that both were wearing
helmets at the time of the crash.
The FM 105 exit ramp and two
lanes of the access road were closed
for more than an hour to clear the accident, but have since reopened.
The crash investigation is ongoing.
Teen drivers crash
in Orange County
Two teen drivers involved in a crash
in Orange County were being treated
at a local hospital after the collision off
FM 105 north of Vidor May 24, Texas
Department of Public Safety Trooper
Stephanie Davies reported in a news
release.
According to Davis, DPS received
the call reporting the multiple-vehicle
accident at about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Responding troopers learned that a
1996 Nissan Pathfinder traveling
northbound on FM 105 failed to yield
right-of-way to a 1994 Ford pickup
truck traveling southbound on 105 and
attempted to make a left turn in front of
the truck. The impact of the collision
caused the Ford to veer off the roadway and strike a pole, Davis reported.
The driver of the Nissan, a 15-yearold minor from Vidor, and the driver of
the Ford, 17-year-old Karl Bryant, also
of Vidor, were transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment of injuries that do not appear to
be life-threatening.
The crash investigation is ongoing.
Davis said no citations have been one of the dogs reportedly broke
issued at the time of the release.
through the fence and charged the officer and several citizens. Officer Norton discharged his weapon and killed
the dog before anyone was harmed.
No charges are expected to be filed
A Pinehurst police officer shot and against the dog owner.
Hanauer reports that this is the third
killed a pit bull dog after the animal
incident
within six days involving pit
reportedly charged him aggressively
while the officer was responding to a bulls within the city of Pinehurst, one
call May 23, Pinehurst Police Depart- of which resulted in serious bodily
ment Chief Fred R. Hanauer reported. injury to a male subject who was
According to Hanauer, Officer K. attacked by a dog he was housing on
Norton responded to W. Harding Cir- his property for breeding purposes.
cle in Pinehurst at about 1:14 p.m. That man remains hospitalized.
Hanauer said dog bite losses exceed
Monday in reference to a vicious dog.
It was reported that, while a neighbor $1 billion per year in the U.S.
“In 2015, 35 Americans were killed
was mowing her yard, she observed
two pit bull dogs acting in a very by dogs, down from 42 the prior year,”
aggressive manner, attempting to break he reported.
Hanauer urged dog owners to propthrough the privacy fence of an adjacent home. She attempted to hold the erly maintain their dogs and their encloboards in place to prevent the animals sures, and abide by any laws or city
from escaping and was eventually able ordinances pertaining to animals. He
to get back to her residence to tele- asks that Pinehurst citizens report dogs
they see at large, whether they believe
phone authorities.
Once Norton arrived, efforts were them to be vicious or not. Do not
made to secure the wooden fence and approach the animal, said the chief. Call
contact the owner of the animals. Prior animal control at (409) 886-3873 or the
to making contact with the dog owner, department at (409) 886-2221.
Pinehurst officer
shoots pit bull dog
16 A
THE EXAMINER
May 26 – June 1, 2016
Follow your heart
Business beckoned, but Andre Boutte
worked hard to become Hall of Fame coach
By Chad Cooper
Sports Editor
In 21 seasons as a head boys basketball coach, Andre Boutte won three
state titles at two different schools,
dozens of district championships and
562 games while losing just 118 at
Kountze, Port Arthur Lincoln and
Beaumont Ozen. That’s a win percentage of 82.6. It’s unheard of. And his
teams never missed the playoffs. That’s
21 consecutive basketball postseasons.
For all this and more, Boutte, 52,
received a telephone call last August
informing him that he would be inducted into the 2016 class of the Texas
Basketball Coaches Association
(TABC) Hall of Fame.
“I was totally elated when I got the
news,” said Boutte. “But that quickly
went to wanting to express my appreciation to everyone that helped me
throughout the years. I immediately
realized this isn’t about (me); it’s about
those who have been with me along the
way.”
Boutte joined Judy Beasley, Roy
Garcia, Lonnie Gaylor, Carl Owens,
Cathy Self-Morgan, Wayne Tipton and
Skip Townsend at the 2016 TABC Hall
of Fame enshrinement May 21 at the
El Tropicano Hotel on the River Walk
in San Antonio.
Boutte has been mentored by several Hall of Fame basketball coaches
and legends including James Gamble,
Fred Williams and Tommy Newman.
But before his days of leading as a
head coach, his influences began early
on when he played basketball. He
attended first through fifth grade at
Sallie Curtis Elementary in Beaumont
with coaches Cliff Ballard and Michael
Thaxton, who recently retired after 40
years at Sallie Curtis. Then came the
late Leo Briggs at Marshall Middle
School in sixth grade as well as Principal Jerry Mallett, who later became the
superintendent of Beaumont ISD.
“Jerry was 6-foot-7 and was one of
the best basketball players ever to
come out of Beaumont,” said Boutte.
Mallett, who played at South Park,
went on to play basketball and baseball
at Baylor and was an NBA fourthround draft pick by the Syracuse
Nationals in 1957, but elected to play
pro baseball for the Boston Red Sox.
Boutte says his coaches at Odom,
where he attended seventh and eighth
grade, were Carl Griffin and Vernon
Grant.
He went to high school at Beaumont
Hebert, where his ninth grade basket-
ball coach was Joe Simpson and his
junior varsity coach was Kenneth
Pope, a former Oklahoma Sooner and
NFL player who is currently an assistant football coach at the University of
Houston. Then came Fred Williams.
As a player, Boutte won back-toback state championships under Williams in 1980-81, then went on to play
for coach Danny Scott at Temple College before transferring to North Texas, where he was a team captain for the
Mean Green under coach Tommy
Newman. He graduated from North
Texas in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science Degree.
A foray into business nearly got into
the way of a coaching career.
“I started thinking about a career in
coaching in high school,” said Boutte.
“But then was advised to go into business in college, so that’s what I started
to do.”
While at Temple College, he met
Dean of Students Bill Raffetto, a former college basketball player at
Duquense. “He asked me what I really
wanted to do,” said Boutte. “I told him
I was majoring in business but really
wanted to be a coach. After that meeting, it was then I started going into the
coaching direction.”
All Boutte needed was a little coaching experience. His first job out of college came at McKinney Job Corps, and
the first thing he did was create a city
basketball league. He also worked during the summers at Youth Opportunities Unlimited and the National Youth
Sports programs, coaching basketball
and mentoring kids.
It was in 1987 when he was hired to
take over the Kountze basketball program and reunited with his former
head coach, Fred Williams.
“In order for me to be the head
coach at Kountze, Coach Williams had
to be the assistant,” said Boutte. “He
did a great job of watching from a distance. He wanted me to grow and
make mistakes. But how many coaches
can say with their first job they had a
three-time state champion winning
coach as their assistant?”
His second year at Kountze, his top
assistant was Raymond Lacy, a Negro
League baseball player who played in
the ’40s and ’50s and was also a veteran of World War II.
Boutte left after two years with a
48-10 record to become the head coach
of one of the most storied basketball
programs in Texas — Port Arthur Lincoln — with the legendary James
Gamble close by.
For all this and more, Boutte, 52, received a
telephone call last August informing him
that he would be inducted into the 2016 class
of the Texas Basketball Coaches Association
(TABC) Hall of Fame.
The first season, Boutte led the team
to a 29-6 record and a spot in the Class
4A state basketball tournament but lost
in the semifinals.
“It was tough,” said Boutte. “Yet
immediately following the game,
Coach Gamble hit me with some tough
love. He told me it may have been a
good thing not winning the state championship in my first year because I
would have thought it was easy and
wouldn’t have realized how hard you
have to work to get there. If you continue to work, you will get another
chance to play for a state title.”
And that they did.
The very next season, in 1991, Lincoln won the state championship and
finished with a 34-3 record. Then came
three straight trips to the state tournament, along with another state championship in 1995.
After eight seasons and a 221-53
record, Boutte was ready to start his
own legacy, not just continue those of
Kountze and Lincoln.
“I sat down with Coach Gamble
before I left,” he said. “I didn’t want
him to be disappointed in me for leaving Port Arthur. But he understood and
was very grateful for everything,
including starting the James Gamble
Classic Tournament.”
Boutte took the toughest task to date
in 1997 when he was hired to become
the boys head basketball coach at the
newly opened Clifton J. Ozen High in
Beaumont, on the same grounds as the
old Hebert High, where Boutte attended. The school had adopted the colors
of Hebert (blue and gold) and its mascot, the Panthers.
The first full season of competition
came in 1998. The team had no seniors
and struggled with a 16-13 season, yet
was good enough to make the playoffs.
“That year was very, very tough
because I wasn’t used to losing that
many games in one season, especially
the way we were losing them,” said
Boutte. “We were in the same district
with two state ranked teams in Silsbee
and Livingston. … I knew if we could
weather that storm, we would have the
entire team coming back.”
The next season, 1999, Kendrick
Perkins was a freshman for the Panthers and the team rolled through the
playoffs but met up with district rival
Port Arthur Thomas Jefferson in the
Regional Quarterfinals.
“I think the game took us to another
level,” said Boutte. “We had beaten TJ
several times during the regular season
and they eliminated us in the playoffs.
After the loss, I told the kids, when the
summer comes, you don’t feel like getting up, you need to use this loss as
motivation.” Again, it worked.
They responded the following season with an undefeated 36-0 campaign,
winning the Class 4A title and ending
the season nationally ranked by USA
Today.
Winning season after winning season, keeping up the intensity can be
tough, but Boutte found a way.
“I didn’t want to fail,” said Boutte.
“I think that’s what drives successful
people in general. I didn’t like to lose.
I always competed with myself before
I competed with another coach. You
know it did get harder and harder each
year, so you have to continue to keep
developing your kids. When you are
on top of your district, everyone is out
to beat you. I used that as motivation.
“One thing you hear after you win
the district title is, ‘They won’t win it
next year.’ Well, I used that to drive
myself. Good programs find a way to
keep going. I heard that for years when
Kendrick Perkins graduated in 2003.
See BOUTTE on page 17A
May 26 – June 1, 2016
THE EXAMINER
Lamar baseball rakes in postseason honors
Newly crowned Southland Conference Hitter of the Year Reid Russell
joined six other Cardinals from the
Lamar University baseball team who
were voted onto allleague teams by head
coaches and sports information directors.
The Cardinals (35-17)
led all league teams with LAMAR
four first-teamers, with LOOP
Russell in an outfield
spot, Will Hibbs at a pitcher slot, Stijn
van der Meer at shortstop and Bryndan
Arredondo at catcher. Jake Nash was
picked as the first baseman on the third
team, and Jacoby Middleton and Jimmy Johnson were added to the honorable mention list.
Russell, who tied a school record
for home runs in a season (18) in the
regular season finale, is the fifth league
Hitter of the Year from Big Red, and
joins Sam Bumpers for two in the last
three seasons.
The Longview native is hitting .363
on the year with 40 runs scored, 73
hits, nine doubles and a .687 slugging
percentage. He ranks fifth in the league
in average, second on the team behind
van der Meer’s .374. Russell was the
SLC’s top home run threat and had the
most RBI of the year.
He finished behind only SLC Player
of the Year Jameson Fisher of Southeastern Louisiana in total bases (138)
and slugging (.687).
Early in the season, Russell, a junior
transfer, rattled off an 18-game hit
streak, which ranks seventh in school
history. That really seemed to get him
going.
Van der Meer’s .374 average was
second in the Southland Conference.
He earned his second all-conference
honor after taking the second-team
distinction last season – his first season
at LU – and was picked as a preseason
first-team shortstop in February. He
leads the team with 77 hits and is second behind Nash with 44 runs scored.
BOUTTE
from page 16A
Sure it’s going to drop off
some because you have a NBA
player getting drafted, but we
continued being consistent.”
Boutte also recalled that,
while playing at Hebert High,
they had a motto – “Whatever
Hebert does, it must be the
best.” And he continued to
draw from that.
He loved to work, and that
ethic was learned from his parents, Harding Sylvester and
17 A
Reid Russell
Photos courtesy of
Lamar athletics
The senior from the Netherlands
recorded 19 RBI and had a .470 onbase percentage, second in the league.
For his career, he is hitting .362, which
sits tied for third all-time.
One of his crowning
moments of the year was his
24-game hit streak and 32
straight contests having
reached base. His hit streak
ranks second in LU history,
and the on-base streak is the
longest known in the school
record books.
Hibbs was crowned as a
first-team pitcher on a 9-2
record, tied for the most wins Adames
in the Southland, and a 3.20
earned run average. He worked 90
innings (team high) allowing 32 earned
runs with 92 strikeouts and 26 walks.
Hibbs was also the National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association in April.
Fannie Sylvester. “My father
was a very hard worker,” said
Boutte. “He was not apologetic in instilling values.”
With 680 games as a head
coach, there weren’t many
times that Boutte seemed upset
or even rattled when his players found themselves in a bad
predicament.
“I was taught by Coach
Williams and Coach Gamble
to do your work in practice,”
he said. “Practices were my
time. Game time, all you can
do is make adjustments and
Arredondo ranked fourth on the
team in batting average, which is the
highest among league catchers. The
Lubbock native collected 25 RBI and
scored 29 runs.
Nash was chosen as a thirdteam player at arguably the
stoutest position group in the
Southland Conference, first
basemen. Despite being
picked at the position, he
played in five spots on
defense: first base, second
base, third base, left field and
center field. For his career, the
only defensive positions he
didn’t play were shortstop and
catcher, which he played in
high school and junior college. Nash,
with 20 multi-hit games and 10 multiRBI games, is one of two players on
the team with 10 or more in each.
Middleton is second on the team
motivate. And my players
understood that. Some of our
teams would score in the 80s,
some in the 60s. Coach Gamble told me, ‘They don’t pay
us to win by a certain score;
they pay us to win.’”
Though Boutte was never an
assistant coach, he said he had
some great assistants that played
a big part in his life, including
John Clayton. Clayton was the
middle school football coach
when Boutte was in junior high,
then later became an assistant
for him at Ozen.
and fifth in the league with nine home
runs. The senior, who returned from an
injury that cost him his 2015 season, is
hitting .255 with 34 runs scored and 41
RBI, all while hitting mostly in the
lower third of the LU order.
Johnson has a 7-2 record on the year
with a team-best five saves in 51
innings of work. He’s made two starts
in 22 appearances and has a 3.64 ERA
out of the bullpen.
He recorded wins against the likes of
Southeast Missouri State, LSU and Texas.
The final tally of all-conference
players in the Jim Gilligan ERA is 141,
including now five hitters, one player
and 10 pitchers of the year.
LU is currently playing in the Southland Conference Tournament in Sugar
Land. The championship game is slated for Saturday, May 28, at 6 p.m.
“I was blessed to get to do
what I love and to have good
mentors, coaches in both basketball and football,” he said.
“Great assistants who were
loyal and went on to become
good head coaches like Marquis Saveat and Travis Williams.”
Boutte made a decision to
walk away from the game of
basketball in 2008 at Ozen and
take a job as an athletic director at Port Arthur Memorial
High School.
For the past eight years,
– Compiled by Chad Cooper
Boutte has been constantly
asked if he misses basketball.
“Yes, absolutely,” he said.
“I miss the day-to-day things, I
miss the grind, the tournament
championships, playoffs and
those big game atmospheres.”
Boutte’s name and plaque
now sit in the same Hall of
Fame as his mentors Gamble,
Williams and Newman.
Would he come back to
coach? With his patented
Bouttesque smile, he responds
with a wink, followed by, “You
never know.”
18 A
THE EXAMINER
May 26 – June 1, 2016
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THE EXAMINER
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exp. Call 1-877-834-5627.
MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST
Conduct research in the
hospitality industry. Analyze
& interpret data; make recommendations on marketing strategies. Associates
Degree & 3 yrs exp. Call
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PAWN BROKERS
Must pass criminal B/G;
D/S. Processing loans,
extensions and sales.
Handling local store marketing. Open/close store,
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BUSINESS BANKER
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Develop story ideas &
ASSISTANT MANAGERS
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Achieving financial objectives, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances,
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employees. Pass B/G; D/S.
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HS/GED. Call 1-877-8345627.
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Oversees LDAR program.
Responsible for complex
technical work in environmental disciplines (air,
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achieve compliance. Call
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May 26 – June 1, 2016
All suspects are considered innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law. All suspects
should be considered dangerous, and no
attempt should be made to apprehend
them. Anyone with information on the
locations of any of these wanted fugitives,
or others, should call Crime Stoppers at
(409) 833-TIPS (8477). Information leading to the arrest of a felon could make the
tipster eligible for a cash reward.
Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s assistance in
getting dangerous drug dealers and drug users, along with
the poisonous products they carry, off the streets. To that
end, The Examiner will periodically feature a list of five persons accused of drug-related crimes here in High Five.
“Crime Stoppers and The Examiner are teaming up to
fight the drug problem in Southeast Texas,” Beaumont Police
Henry Pugh
Brandon Baker
Officer Carol Riley of Crime Stoppers said.
According to Riley, drugs have inundated local communities and led to a variety of crimes, such as burglary and robbery, often committed by substance abusers attempting to
feed their addictions, and crimes like public intoxication,
assault and even murder, committed by persons under the
influence of drugs.
Mildred Brown-Grant
Stephanie Belding
Britteny Armstrong
1. Henry Nathan Pugh is a 24-year-old black male wanted for delivery of a controlled substance – $20,000 bond; felony theft – no bond; and possession of a controlled substance – no
bond.
2. Brandon Leon Baker is a 28-year-old white male wanted for possession of a controlled
substance – no bond.
3. Mildred Brown-Grant is a 52-year-old black female wanted for manufacturing/delivery/
possession of a miscellaneous substance – $20,000 bond.
4. Stephanie Brooke Belding is a 33-year-old white female wanted for possession of a
controlled substance – $20,000 bond.
5. Britteny Nichole Armstrong is a 26-year-old black female wanted for delivery of a
controlled substance – no bond.
A dA m s
C a l l fo r a F R E E e s t i m at e
And
20% SPRING SALE
Frank A. Adams
LONGER LASTING PERFORMANCE
A dA m s
Reduce Outside Noise by
88% and SAVE 30% on
Heating & Cooling
Attorney
Wills, Estates,
Probate
Proceedings
409-899-1900
409 - 833- 3353 Beaumont
409-721-5757 Mid County
4th and Broadway / 2005 Broadway Ste. 107
AmazingSidingandRoofing.com
[email protected]
Death notices
Bobbie Allmon, 87, of Orange died May 16, 2016. Funeral
services at Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, May 20.
Norma Gene Ballard, 70, of Orange died May 18, 2016.
Funeral services at Claybar Funeral Home, Bridge City, May
20.
Doris Maurine Lindsay Bethard, 100, of Beaumont died
May 16, 2016. Funeral services at Claybar Funeral Home,
Orange, May 19.
Rayford Randolph Birdwell, 90, of Silsbee died May 23,
2016. Funeral services at First United Methodist Church,
Silsbee, May 26, 3 p.m.
Mary Verbie Bryan, 100, of Port Neches, died May 23,
2016. Services at Levingston Funeral Home, Port Neches.
Mildred Corbello, 85, of Beaumont died May 22, 2016.
Funeral services at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church, Beaumont, May 25.
Francis Louise Crawley, 90, of Orange died May 19, 2016.
Funeral services at First Baptist Church, West Orange, May
22.
Robert Henry Epperson Jr., 69, of Wildwood died May 22,
2016. Funeral services at Village Mills Cemetery, Village Mills,
May 30, 10 a.m.
Kenneth Green, 73 of Orange died May 22, 2016. Funeral
services at Claybar Funeral Home, Orange, May 25.
Stephanie Renee Hallmark, 43, of Vidor died May 20,
2016. Funeral services at Turning Point Church, Vidor, May 26,
5:30 p.m.
Ben Lee Hooks, 60, of Daisetta died May 18, 2016. Funeral
services at Broussard’s Mortuary, Silsbee, May 28, 3 p.m.
Newton Jordan, 90, of Fred died May 19, 2016. Funeral
services at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, Fred, May 22.
Rose Marie Koop, 87, of Beaumont died May 16, 2016.
Funeral services at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Edna, May 19.
Daniel Maxwell, 54, of Silsbee died May 17, 2016. Funeral
services at Broussard’s Mortuary, Silsbee, May 21.
Pynkie Lua McCall, 88, of Orange died May 18, 2016. Funeral services at St. Mary Catholic Church, Orange, May 21.
Philip Eli “Yankee” Mortimer, 86, of Orange, died May
23, 2016. Funeral services at North Orange Baptist Church,
Orange, May 26, 10 a.m.
Roy Oneal “Pooch” Poche, 64, of Port Acres died May 16,
2016. Funeral services at New Covenant Church, Port Arthur,
May 20.
Desiree Marie Sellars, 57, of Orange died May 15, 2016.
Funeral services at Claybar Funeral Home, Orange, May 20.
James Morgan Sellers, 74, of Hartburg died May 20, 2016.
Lowrey Smith, 72, of Vidor died May 16, 2016. Funeral
services at First Baptist Church, Vidor, May 22.
Charles “Jim” James Stagg, 79, of Kountze died May 22,
2016. Funeral services at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Silsbee,
May 28, 11 a.m.
Dora Mae Teal, 86, of Orange died May 16, 2016. Funeral
services at Claybar Funeral Home, Orange, May 18.
Darrell Lee Trahan, 62, of Bridge City died May 22, 2016.
Funeral services at St. Henry Catholic Church, Bridge City,
May 26, 10 a.m.
Bernice “Bunny” Anne Underwood, 80, of Silsbee died
May 17, 2016. Funeral services at Forest Lawn Memorial Park,
Beaumont, May 24.
Jessie H. Whitehead, 87, of Orange died May 15, 2016.
Donovan E. Woolwine, 78, of Beaumont died May 22,
2016. Funeral services in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel,
May 26, 2 p.m.
Obituaries, Death Notices
Death notices are printed free on a
space-available basis. To place an
obituary, e-mail joshua@theexaminer.
com or fax (409) 832-6222.
May 26 – June 1, 2016
THE EXAMINER
21 A
LegaLs
Doonesbury
By Garry Trudeau
Legal notices
STATE OF TEXAS
JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE
§§§
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
OR SALE
and issued pursuant to
judgment decree(s) of the
District Court of Jefferson
County, Texas, by the Clerk
of said Court on said date,
in the hereinafter numbered
and styled suit(s) and to me
directed and delivered as
Sheriff or Constable of said
County, I have on May 5,
2016, seized, levied upon,
and will on the first Tuesday
in June, 2016, the same
being the 7th day of said
month, at the Courthouse
Annex Bldg., 2nd Floor of
the said County, in the City
of
Beaumont,
Texas
between the hours of 10
o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock
p.m. on said day, beginning
at 10:00 AM, proceed to sell
for cash to the highest
bidder all the right, title, and
interest of the defendants in
such suit(s) in and to the
following described real
estate levied upon as the
property of said defendants,
the same lying and being
situated in the County of
Jefferson and the State of
Texas, to-wit:
The items below contain the
following information:
Sale #, Cause #, Judgment
Date, Account #, Order
Issue Date, Style Of Case,
Legal
Description,
Adjudged
Value
and
Estimated Minimum Bid
1
A-134879
08/14/2008
023350-000-017800-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON,
ET AL
VS. EARNESTINE KING, ET
AL
LOT 18 BLK 9 GOLD HILL
2
2040 Tulane St, Bmt
$2,000.00
*Bid will start at appraised
value
*$2,034.00
2
A-154668
08/15/1996
043000-000-003900-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. LAMAR DEV CORP OF
BEAUMONT
LOT 7 W 1/2 LOT 8 BLK 5
MC FADDIN 2
2171 Liberty St, Bmt
$7,130.00
$4,329.67
3
A-186179
PULLED
4
A-189642
02/03/2016
268427-000-006500-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. HOMEFAIR REAL
ESTATE GROUP LLC
T76 OUT OF T24 PL D27 H
WILLIAMS JR
2960 Charles St, Bmt
$2,900.00
value
*$2,934.00
5
A-192124
08/13/2015
066750-000-001900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. WILBUR GLENN
MCDONALD
LOTS 6 & LT 7 AND N5’ OF
LOT 8 BLOCK 2 WAGNER
HEIGHTS 2434 Neches
Ave, Pa
$34,550.00
$22,333.82
6
A-194070
PULLED
7
A-194772
PULLED
8
A-195240
08/14/2014
023000-000-000800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. KATHERINE
FERGUSON, ET AL
LOT 1 BLOCK C
GLENWOOD 3495 Hayes
Ln, Bmt
$74,720.00
$21,668.24
9
A-195261
PULLED
10
A-196010
08/13/2015
031800-000-000400-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MICHAEL D. NERO, ET
AL
LOT 4 BLOCK 1 C A
ISAACSON 1605 Eugene
Ave, Pn
$14,850.00
$11,650.69
11
A-196232
08/13/2015
049550-000-011300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. REGINALD L. FLOYD,
ET AL
LOT 25A REPLAT OF LOTS
25 & 26 BLOCK 4
PALOMAR
2020 Lavender St, Pa
$67,550.00
$21,698.62
12
A-196234
08/13/2015
051750-000-003600-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. LARRY EARL
LABEAUX, ET AL
LOT 5 BLOCK 6 PENDER
3870 Marie St, Bmt
$31,450.00
$18,151.77
13
A-196241
08/13/2015
068400-000-005900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. BETTYE SMITH, ET AL
LOT 18 & LOT 19 BLOCK 4
WESTCHESTER
3380 Worcester St, Bmt
$92,770.00
value
*$92,804.00
14
A-196712
08/11/2015
005000-000-000500-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. PEARLIE MERILLS
SW120X130.75X135.29
X68.8 FT OF LOT 7 BLOCK
A ISAAC BLACK .2749 AC
4160 Bethlehem Ave, Bmt
$66,790.00
$19,619.96
15
A-196731
08/13/2015
026900-000-015500-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CHARLES E. IRVING,
ET AL
LOT 21 & EAST 5’ LOT 20
BLOCK 5 HAWTHORN PL
5475 Dewberry Ln, Bmt
$43,910.00
$18,091.30
16
A-196744
08/13/2015
051850-000-000700-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. WALLACE BURNEY,
ET AL
LOT 8 BLOCK 1 O H
PENNOCK 3850 Houston
St, Bmt
$18,240.00
$15,410.13
17
A-196918
08/13/2015
300007-000-017400-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. RAYMOND EGLAND,
SR.
7 TRACT 9-B PLAT B-6 J
W BULLOCK ABST .600AC
Bmt
$3,000.00
value
*$3,034.00
18
A-196949
08/13/2015
053400-000-362100-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CAROLYN DENNIS, ET
AL
LOT 12 BLOCK 317 CITY
OF PORT ARTHUR
2649 15th St, Pa
$50,320.00
$11,052.82
19
A-196958
08/13/2015
300007-000-002900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. KELLI BAGLEY
BROUSSARD
ABSTRACT 7 TRACT 23
PLAT B-J W BULLOCK 2
1/4 AC
4030 Howard St, Bmt
$87,040.00
$19,565.74
20
A-197172
08/13/2015
067550-000-006900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MARGARET ELLIS
BRYAN
LOT 27-D BLOCK 1
WESCALDER FIG ACRES
Major S Dr, Bmt
$55,010.00
$15,966.57
21
B-159967
09/15/2003
300020-000-024600-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. DELORIS CORBIN
HARDISON, ET AL
PL RS-5 TR-143 ABST 20
D EASLEY .859 AC
Fleming Ln, Bmt
$6,240.00
value
*$6,274.00
22
B-162704
02/15/2002
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LegaLs
From page 21A
054350-000-008700-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. C. M. COLLINS, ET AL
LOT 16 BLK 8 PROCTOR
TERRACE
617 Neches Ave, Pa
$2,940.00
value
*$2,974.00
23
B-171877
09/07/2004
068000-000-042800-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. JAMES R. ROBINSON,
ET AL
LOT 3 BLK 23 WEST
OAKLAND 3930 Adilade St,
Bmt
$6,090.00
value
*$3,317.95
24
B-172089
09/09/2004
035600-000-003700-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. L. G. PROPERTIES,
INC., ET AL
LOT 50 BLK 6 LANGHAM
1596 Park St, Bmt
$25,750.00
*$25,784.00
25
B-178181
09/18/2007
034750-000-010300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. ROGER JEROME
LANGFORD AKA
“NUGGET”, ET AL
N 38’ OF LOT 38 AND ALL
OF LOT 39 BLK 3
LAKESHORE ESTATES
5336 Lakeside Dr, Pa
$69,000.00
$29,158.17
26
B-183802
09/11/2009
049400-000-047800-00000
049400-000-047900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. PHUC N DOAN, ET AL
TRACT 1: TR 25 LOT 8
BLK 6 RANGE J PALCO
AND TRACT 2: TRACT 26
LOT 8 BLOCK 6 RANGE J
PALCO
3700 Doctors Dr, Pa
$85,060.00
$12,600.00
$54,788.06
27
B-186034
PULLED
28
B-186067
03/17/2011
053400-000-209000-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. WALTER L. NEWBY, ET
AL
S40’ OF N80’ OF LOT 1 &
E25’ OF S40’ OF N80’ OF
LOT 2 BLK 188 CITY OF
PORT ARTHUR
547 Liberty Ave, PA
$620.00
value
*$654.00
29
B-192082
09/13/2012
037800-000-004800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CLARENCE E.
RAYMOND, ET AL
LOT 18 BLK 3 LINCOLN
TERRACE 2ND
4445 5th S St, Bmt
$37,760.00
$20,475.85
30
B-194069
09/12/2013
053400-000-061200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MARY HELEN BROWN
OF PORT ARTHUR
1027 9th St, Pa
$980.00
value
*$1,014.00
31
B-194089
08/31/2015
023000-000-023100-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. PATSY RUTH PETE
LOT 9 & N 1/2 LOT 10 BLK
209 GLENWOOD
4550 Buffalo St, Bmt
$38,820.00
$18,733.29
32
B-195241
PULLED
33
B-195389
03/05/2015
016050-000-049500-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. GILDARDO D.
CASTRO, ET AL
LOT 6 BLOCK 23 DELMAR
4020 6th St, Pa
$31,970.00
$17,136.80
34
B-195986
09/10/2015
036550-000-011300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. DYLAN BRYAN BURT,
ET AL
LOT 1 E 143 FEET & LOT 2
N 20 FEET OF E 141 FEET
BLOCK 7 LEE TO GROVES
4869 Cleveland Ave, Gvs
$17,150.00
$14,027.85
35
B-196207
09/10/2015
002550-000-037600-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. DAVID RICHARD
REYES, ET AL
LOT 22 BLOCK 23
AVERILL
2350 Liberty St, Bmt
$60,550.00
$19,250.94
36
B-196238
09/10/2015
053400-000-218200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. SAM MELVIN MORRIS,
SR., ET AL
OF PORT ARTHUR
2808 Rev Ransom Howard,
Pa
$1,130.00
value
*$1,164.00
37
B-196340
09/10/2015
032300-000-002900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CAROL STEPHENS
TRUST, ET AL
LOT 4 & LOT 5 & W 43’
LOT 3 BLOCK 8 JERSEY
FARM
1615 Park St, Bmt
$62,880.00
$18,500.85
38
B-196354
09/10/2015
290230-000-001900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. JOSE RUIZ
PLAT X TRACT 28 J MC
FADDIN 1190 Grand St,
Bmt
$28,790.00
$14,609.42
39
B-196362
09/10/2015
016050-000-070300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. WILBERT F. NUTTALL,
ET AL
LOT 15 BLOCK 36
DELMAR TERR
4805 5th St, Pa
$2,660.00
value
*$2,694.00
40
B-196722
09/10/2015
013550-000-002000-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. FABIAN T. MOYE
LOT 7 BLOCK 2 COLLEGE
PLACE 2ND
5015 Maddox St, Bmt
$37,020.00
$17,244.48
41
B-196724
09/10/2015
026500-000-001200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. HELEN D. PARKER
EAST 1/2 LOT 11 BLOCK 1
JOHN AND DORA HAPP
685 Jeanette St, Bmt
$47,430.00
$18,336.97
42
B-196734
08/31/2015
039000-000-023800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MARK E. HOPKINS
LOT 25 BLOCK 9
LYNWOOD TERRACE
2475 Taft St, Bmt
$56,950.00
$16,741.30
43
B-196746
09/10/2015
052250-000-008400-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. DANNIE FLOYD DAVIS,
ET AL
LOT 1 BLOCK 5 PICADILLY
PARK
4970 Wales Dr, Bmt
$56,750.00
$26,976.64
44
B-196938
08/31/2015
026900-000-018500-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CHARMAISE MIMS, ET
AL
LOT 11 BLOCK 6
HAWTHORN PLACE
5440 Dewberry Ln, Bmt
$41,710.00
$16,295.97
45
D-160369
10/15/1999
203102-000-000700-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. WILLIE JOHNSON, ET
AL
PL A2 T 11 D BROWN
ABSTRACT 203
May 26 – June 1, 2016
1790 Carroll St, Bmt
$1,190.00
value
*$1,224.00
46
D-168076
11/18/2004
051800-000-014800-00000
04/05/2016
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
VS. BIG STATE
PROPERTIES, LLC, ET AL
LOT 2 BLK ‘P’ PENNOCK
AND POTTS
3680 Preston St, Bmt
$19,610.00
$17,443.15
47
D-184743
05/13/2010
068000-000-007900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. JOSEPH KENNEDY, ET
AL
LOT 26 BLK 4 WEST
OAKLAND 3502
Westmoreland St, Bmt
$1,470.00
value
*$1,504.00
48
A
D-185586
11/18/2010
044310-000-015300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. LOUIS J. MOUTON, ET
AL
TRACT 1: LOT 2 BLOCK 4
SARAH MILES TR 6 SUB 1
LOT 6
Clinton Dr, Hf
$450.00
value
*$484.00
48
B
D-185586
11/18/2010
044310-000-005100-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. LOUIS J. MOUTON, ET
AL
TRACT 2: TRACT 12 LOT 7
BLOCK 1 SARAH MILES
.35 LOC ON SHELL RD
OFF BOYT RD 8642
Phillips St, Hf
$4,950.00
value
*$4,984.00
49
D-189502
05/17/2012
053400-000-535200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. TILDEN FELIX
BOUDREAUX, ET AL
SOUTH 32’ OF LOT 2 BLK
483 CITY OF PORT
ARTHUR
1535 Houston Ave, Pa
$900.00
value
*$934.00
50
D-191211
11/12/2015
065250-000-000100-00000
05/05/2016
Hardin-Jefferson ISD vs.
Ronnie J. Howard, et al
TRACT 1 1 1 TURNER RD
1333 Ethel, China
$45,930.00
$18,148.43
51
D-192067
11/01/2012
019900-000-000300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. SAVALLA
BROUSSARD
N 70’ OF LOT 3 FAIRVIEW
1928 Neches Ave, Pa
$22,760.00
$17,594.16
52
D-195321
05/07/2014
057500-000-000800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. HARVEY COFFMAN,
ET AL
LOT 9 BLK 1 RUSSELL PL
3760 Holland Dr, Bmt
$46,400.00
$7,629.24
53
D-195982
11/13/2014
011650-000-007800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. RICHARD L. FAULK,
ET AL
LOT 3 BLOCK 3 CEDAR
CREST 6820 32nd St, Gvs
$15,120.00
$12,690.27
54
D-196320
05/21/2015
011550-000-002000-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. GIA CHARMAINE
CHAMBERS, ET AL
LOT 25 BLOCK 1 CARVER
TERRACE
3240 W Euclid St, Bmt
$70,570.00
$13,185.09
55
D-196335
05/21/2015
011500-000-001900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MATRIX PROPERTIES
CARVER
2830 Kitchener St, Bmt
$29,020.00
$15,775.27
56
D-196723
11/12/2015
030100-000-022200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. LEO BOTLEY, ET AL
WEST 44 FEET LOT 10 &
EAST 16 FEET LOT 11
BLOCK 15 HOME TO
BOWENVILLE
3750 Quitman St, Bmt
$50,730.00
$18,376.26
57
E-178471
06/19/2008
010850-000-052600-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. PHEOBE YVETTE S
LOTS 9 AND 10 AND LOT
8 E21’ BLOCK 56
CARTWRIGHT
2058 Roberts St
$5,930.00
value
*$5,964.00
58
E-186357
12/09/2010
049550-000-046900-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. WALTER OLIVER, JR.,
ET AL
LT 2 BLK 24 PALOMAR
2141 Shirley St, Pa
$3,190.00
value
*$3,224.00
59
E-190384
06/11/2015
048400-000-016700-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. NATHAN E WRIGHT
LOT 14 BLK 14 OAKS
2480 Rusk St, Bmt
$34,620.00
$7,658.12
60
E-191156
06/13/2012
300020-000-033800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. R. L. MILLNER, ET AL
PL RS5 175 TR 20 ABST
20 D EASLEY
11430 Hillcrest Dr, Bmt
$7,130.00
value
*$7,164.00
61
E-193527
PULLED
62
E-194756
06/11/2015
002050-000-000200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MICHAEL J.
SANDIFER, ET AL
ARMSTRONG PLACE
3333 25th St, Pa
$58,970.00
$21,911.93
63
E-195273
06/11/2015
274700-000-003800-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. CARROLL STREET
NURSERY INC.
PLAT G TRACT 36 D
BROWN 1205 Schwarner
St, Bmt
$201,020.00
$44,960.00
64
E-195314
12/04/2014
053400-000-317100-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. MAGGIE MOUTON, ET
AL
LOT 2 BLK 279 CITY OF
PORT ARTHUR
2036 12th St, Pa
$26,650.00
$15,833.05
65
E-195384
06/02/2015
005260-000-021300-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. FELISA S. GUILLORY,
ET AL
TRACT 1 BLOCK 35
BLANCHETTE 2
1410 Emile St, Bmt
$114,370.00
$88,479.50
66
E-196344
06/11/2015
048600-000-020200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. AUGUSTUS EUGENE
BOSSETTE, ET AL
LOT 19 & SOUTH 1/2 LOT
18 BLOCK 15 OGDEN
1665 Victoria St, Bmt
$9,930.00
value
*$9,964.00
67
E-197170
12/03/2015
053400-000-370200-00000
04/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. GABRIEL ESCALANTE
LT 7 BLK 325 CITY OF
PORT ARTHUR
2701 Gulfway Dr, Pa
$19,430.00
$6,513.87
68
B-197330
04/19/2016
034200-000-007200-00000
05/05/2016
JEFFERSON COUNTY
VS. RUBY MCPIKE, ET AL
BLOCK 15 TRACTS 3 & 4
& 9 14.77 (E 1019’ OF THE
N 662’ OF 15) KOCH E
LOPEZ Rollins Rd
$40,790.00
$4,267.56
(any volume and page
references, unless
otherwise indicated, being
to the Deed Records,
Jefferson County, Texas to
which instruments
reference may be made for
a more complete
description of each
respective tract.) or, upon
the written request of said
defendants or their
attorney, a sufficient
portion of the property
described above shall be
sold to satisfy said
judgment(s), interest
penalties, and cost; and
any property sold shall be
subject to the right of
redemption of the
defendants or any person
having an interest therein,
to redeem the said
property, or their interest
therein, within the time and
in the manner provided by
law, and shall be subject to
any other and further rights
to which the defendants or
anyone interested therein
may be entitled, under the
provisions of law. Said
sale to be made by me to
satisfy the judgment(s)
rendered in the above
styled and numbered
cause(s), together with
interest, penalties, and
costs of suit, and the
proceeds of said sales to
be applied to the
satisfaction thereof, and
the remainder, if any, to be
applied as the law directs.
Dated at Beaumont, Texas,
May 9, 2016
Sheriff G. Mitch Woods
Jefferson County, Texas
Notes: The Minimum Bid
is the lesser of the amount
awarded in the judgment
plus interest and costs or
the adjudged value.
However, the Minimum Bid
for a person owning an
interest in the property or
for a person who is a party
to the suit (other than a
taxing unit), is the
aggregate amount of the
judgments against the
property plus all costs of
suit and sale. ALL SALES
SUBJECT TO
CANCELLATION WITHOUT
PRIOR NOTICE. THERE
MAY BE ADDITIONAL
TAXES DUE ON THE
PROPERTY WHICH HAVE
BEEN ASSESSED SINCE
THE DATE OF THE
JUDGMENT. For more
information, contact your
attorney or LINEBARGER
GOGGAN BLAIR &
SAMPSON, LLP, attorney
for plaintiffs at (409) 8329483.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
original
Letters
Testamentary
for
the
ESTATE OF ROSA MAE
LAVERGNE
SIMON,
Deceased were issued on
May 12, 2016 in Cause No.
114750 pending in the
County Court of Jefferson
County, Texas, to Glenn
James Simon and Mary
Josette Simon Die a/k/a
Mary Josette Mayo. The
address
of
such
Independent Co-Executors
is:
Glenn James Simon
Mary Josette Simon Die
a/k/a Mary Josette Mayo
c/o The Monk Law Firm
4875 Parker Drive
Beaumont, Texas 77705
All persons having claims
against this Estate which is
currently being administered
are required to present
them within the time and in
the manner prescribed by
law.
DATED the 18th day of May,
2016.
THE MONK LAW FIRM
4875 Parker Drive
(409) 724-6665
By: Brandon P. Monk
Brandon P. Monk, Attorney
for the Estate of Rosa Mae
Lavergne Simon, Deceased
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby
given in
accordance with
the terms and
provisions of the
Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Code
that CNMK
Texas
Properties, LLC
dba Cinemark
Tinseltown 15
has filed
application for a
Wine and Beer
Retailer’s Permit
and Retail
Dealer’s
On-Premise Late
Hours License.
Said business to
be conducted at
3855 Interstate
10 South,
Beaumont,
Texas (Jefferson
County), Texas
77705.
Mark D. Zoradi,
CEO/Manager,
Michael D.
Cavalier, EVP/
Sec, Sean R,
Gamble, EVP/
CFO and CNMK
Investments,
Inc., Majority
Member of
CNMK Texas
Properties, LLC
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
SHANNON THEREZ
GILDER , DECEASED
You are hereby commanded
to appear before the County
Court of Jefferson County,
Texas, at the Courthouse of
said County in the City of
Beaumont,
Jefferson
County, Texas, at or before
10:00 A.M. of this first
Monday after the expiration
of ten days from the date of
publication of this citation
by filing a written answer to
a petition filed in said Court
on MAY 18, 2016, in Cause
NO. 114681, styled,
ESTATE OF
THEREZ
DECEASED
SHANNON
GILDER,
A brief statement of the
nature of the petition is as
follows, to-wit:
TO
DETERMINE
THE
HEIRS
AND
THEIR
P E R C E N T A G E
OWNERSHIP
IN
THE
ESTATE OF SHANNON
May 26 – June 1, 2016
THEREZ
DECEASED
GILDER,
as is more fully shown by
the petition on file in this
cause.
The officer executing this
process shall promptly
execute the same according
to law, and make due return
as the law directs. If this
citation is not served within
ninety (90) days after day of
issuance, it shall be
returned unserved.
Issued and given under my
hand and seal of said Court
at Beaumont, Texas, on
MAY 18, 2016.
Carolyn L. Guidry,
County Clerk
Jefferson County, Texas
By Linda Funchess Deputy
( LINDA FUNCHESS)
THE EXAMINER
in care of the representative
at the address stated
above.
2016.
SNIDER LAWFIRM, PLLC
Wyatt D. Snider
Wyatt D. Snider State Bar No.
24039185 3535
Calder, Suite 300 Beaumont, Texas
77706 (409) 924-9595/
(409) 924-0808 FAX
[email protected]
ATTORNEY
ESTATE
FOR
THE
CITATION BY
PUBLICATION
279TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT of JEFFERSON
COUNTY, TEXAS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To: JAROD RAY JOHNSON
original
Letters
Testamentary for the Estate
of Nancy Ann Neblett
Kirchmer, Deceased were
issued on the 17th day of
May, 2016, in Cause No.
114747, pending in the
County, Texas, in Probate,
to John Michael Kirchmer,
as Independent Executor.
NOTICE: You have been
sued. You may employ an
attorney. If you or your
attorney do not file a written
answer with the clerk who
issued this citation by 10:00
a.m. on the Monday next
following the expiration of
42 days after the date this
citation was issued, a
default judgment may be
taken against you, the
answer date being at or
before 10 o’clock A.M. on
Monday, July 11, 2016.
Said answer may be filed by
mailing same to: District
Clerk’s Office, 1001 Pearl
St., 2nd floor, Beaumont, TX
77701, or by bringing it to
the office. The Petition of
CORINA ANNE LEGER
was filed in the 279th Family
District Court of Jefferson
County, Texas, on the 19th
day of May, 2016, against
JAROD RAY JOHNSON
OLEN RAY JOHNSON
CHILD
against the Estate which is
same within the time and in
law to Brian A. Mills,
Creighton, Fox, Johnson &
Mills, PLLC, P.O. Box 5607,
Beaumont, Texas 77726.
DATED this 17th day of
May, 2016.
John Michael Kirchmer,
Independent Executor of
the Estate of Nancy Ann
Neblett Kirchmer, Deceased
PUBLIC NOTICE
K & K Towing
1275 W Cardinal Dr.
Beaumont TX 77705
936-334-0155
TDLR VSF LIC#
0646758VSF
Flat Bottom Boat & Trailer
Towing Charges: $165.00
This total does not include
storage charges
Storage is $20.00 plus
taxes, per day.
Total charges cannot be
computed until vehicle is
released
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of
Independent Administration
for the Estate of DON N.
LEMKE, JR. A/K/A DON
NEVERIA LEMKE, JR.,
Deceased, were issued on
December 22, 2014, in
Docket
No.
111,048,
pending in the Probate
Court of Jefferson County,
Texas, to:
DON N. LEMKE, III
c/o Snider Law Firm, PLLC
3535 Calder, Suite 300
ATTN: Wyatt D. Snider
against this estate which is
them within the time and in
law. All persons having
claims should address them
ISSUED and GIVEN under
my hand and the seal of
said court at office, this the
24th day of May, 2016.
The court has the authority
in this suit to enter any
judgment or decree in the
CHILD’s interest will be
binding upon you, including
the termination of the
parent-child relationship,
the
determination
of
paternity
and
the
appointment
of
a
conservator
with
the
authority to consent to the
CHILD’s adoption.
JAMIE SMITH,
DISTRICT CLERK
JEFFERSON COUNTY,
TEXAS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of David Lee Bailey,
April 26, 2016, in Cause No.
County, Texas, to: Glenda
Joyce Bailey.
them to the undersigned
within the time and in the
manner prescribed by law.
Travis McCall
Travis McCall
Attorney for Michael Spain,
Sr.
State Bar No.: 13320200
3350 Eastex Freeway
Telephone: (409) 833-2889
Facsimile: (409) 833-2890
E-mail: travis@travismccall.
com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of
Independent Administration
for the Estate of Edwardine
Spain, Deceased, were
issued on May 4, 2016, in
Cause No. 114376, pending
in the County Court of
Jefferson County, Texas, to:
Michael Spain, Sr.
c/o: Michael Spain, Sr.
1605 Cornerstone Court
Apartment 213
2016
Travis McCall
Travis McCall
Attorney for Michael Spain,
Sr.
3350 Eastex Freeway
Telephone: (409) 833-2889
Facsimile: (409) 833-2890
com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of Johnnie B. Taylor,
May 10th, in Cause No.
County, Texas, to: Johnnie
Lee Taylor a/k/a Johnny Lee
Taylor.
c/o: Johnny Lee Taylor
1936 Valleyview Drive
Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
2016.
Travis McCall
Travis McCall
Attorney for Johnny Lee
Taylor
3350 Eastex Freeway
Telephone: (409) 833-2889
Facsimile: (409) 833-2890
com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
c/o: Glenda Joyce Bailey.
3830 Bellgreen Place
original
Letters
of MARGARET L. PATE
(AKA MARGARET LOUISE
PATE), Deceased, were
issued on May 3, 2016, in
Cause No. 114776, pending
in the County Court of
Jefferson County, Texas, to:
Gwendolyn Kay Wofford.
2016
Facsimile: (409) 600-2850 E-mail: fdishmanlaw@
gmail.com
c/o:
Myra
Gregory
Attorney at Law 1617
Magnolia Avenue Port
Neches, Texas 77651
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
2016.
Myra Gregory
Myra Gregory
Attorney for Gwendolyn
Kay Wofford
State Bar No.:
00789091 1617
Magnolia Avenue
Port Neches, Texas 77651 Telephone: (409) 727-0900 Facsimile: (409) 727-0902
E-mail: [email protected]
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of Marylyn D. Munsterman,
April 27, 2016, in Cause No.
County, Texas, to: Glene
Denise Duhon Wolfe.
c/o: Representative, Estate
of Marylyn D. Munsterman
P.O. Box 12776 Beaumont, Texas 77726
DATED the 25 day of May
, 2016.
William Ford Dishman
William Ford Dishman
A
ttorney for Glene Denise
Duhon Wolfe
State Bar No.:24054891
505 W. Lucas
Beaumont, Texas 77706 Telephone: (409) 553-7486 Facsimile: (409) 600-2850 E-mail: fdishmanlaw@
gmail.com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of Clint William Reddoch,
Jr., Deceased, were issued
on April 26, 2016, in Cause
No. P17431, pending in the
County Court at Law of
Orange County, Texas, to:
Robert Wayne Reddoch,
Donna
Sue
Reddoch
Flowers and Gloria Elaine
Southern.
c/o: William Ford Dishman
Attorney at Law P.O. Box
12776 Beaumont, Texas
77726
DATED the 25 day of May
, 2016.
William FordDishman William Ford Dishman Attorney for Robert Wayne
Reddoch, Donna Sue
Reddoch Flowers and
Gloria Elaine Southern State Bar No.:24054891
P.O. Box 12776 Beaumont, Texas 77726 Telephone: (409) 553-7486 Sealed bids will be received
by the City Clerk of the City
of Beaumont, City Hall, 801
Main Street, Room 125,
Beaumont, Texas, until
2:00 P.M. (CST)
,
THURSDAY, JUNE 16,
2016 and all bids will be
opened and publicly read in
the City Council Chambers
on that date for:
EMERGENCY SERVICES
–
TIRE
REPAIR
Bids shall be submitted to
the City Clerk’s Office, City
Hall, 801 Main Street, Room
125, Beaumont, Texas, prior
to the above stated time.
Bidding
forms,
specifications
and
all
necessary information may
be obtained from the
Purchasing Division, City
Hall, 801 Main, Room 315,
Beaumont, Texas 77701.
Vendors requesting bid
packets should call the
Purchasing Division at (409)
880-3720 or you may
download
the
specifications from our
website at:
http://beaumonttexas.gov/
purchasing/bid-information/
The City reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, or
to accept any bid or
combination
of
bids
deemed advantageous to it.
Please make reference to
Bid Number:PF0516-14
Bid Closing Date: JUNE
16, 2016
Tina Broussard, TRMC
City Clerk
PUBLIC NOTICE
A-Lisotta Mini Stor-All
wishes to avail themselves
of the Texas Provision of
Chapter 59 of the Texas
Property Code. There will
be a public sale property to
satisfy landlord’s lean. The
following tenants will have
their contents sold (cash
only) at an auction to be
held on Wednesday, June
1st, 2016 at 8:30 am at 2010
IH-10, Beaumont, Texas.
The company reserves the
right to reject any bid and
withdraw any space from
the sale at any time.
Contents of the units listed
below are as follows:
Furniture, clothing, tools,
antiques, appliances, car
parts, books, garden tools,
office
furniture,
wall
hangings, and various
household items. **** All
contents are sold in “ AS IS
“ condition. CASH ONLY
****
The Units are as follows:
Shanterra
Fontenot,
Paulette Tezeno, Wilson
Thompson, Clarence &
Dora Taylor/Ray, Floyd
Dixon, Chad Raymond,
Adam Powell, Christopher
Cross, Jeremy Keil, Daniel
Ballou, Lisa Potter, Samuel
Flores, Bubba Guillory,
Demetrius Wilson, Raylan
Jackson, Donald Jones,
Angela Weaver, Shantell
Lewis, Tonya Frank, Aurora
LaSalle, Ryan McCall,
Charles Gray, Shadrieka
Miller, Eziekel Gamer,
Megan McMillian, Carolyn
Segrest, Jeremy Conway,
Carlos Zuniga, Natasha
Jack, Jarred Martinez,
Christina Marsiglia, Herman
Sapp, Mea Harrington,
Denise Spencer, Donna
Gonzales, Renya Williams,
Ricky Hawthorne, Juan
Cardoza, Cecil Johnson
PUBLIC NOTICE
A-Lisotta Mini Stor-All
wishes to avail themselves
of the Texas Provision of
Chapter 59 of the Texas
Property Code. There will
be a public sale property to
satisfy landlord’s lean. The
following tenants will have
their contents sold (cash
only) at an auction to be
held on Wednesday, June
8th, 2016 at 8:30 am at 2010
IH-10, Beaumont, Texas.
The company reserves the
right to reject any bid and
withdraw any space from
the sale at any time.
Contents of the units listed
below are as follows:
Furniture, clothing, tools,
antiques, appliances, car
parts, books, garden tools,
office
furniture,
wall
hangings, and various
household items. **** All
contents are sold in “ AS IS
“ condition. CASH ONLY
****
The Units are as follows:
Teresa Martinez, John
Savoy, Brandon Johnson,
Preston Buffaloe, Daisha
Anderson, Bryant Dufner,
Wayne Sewell, Spenser
Holland, Charles Gray, Tina
Palmer, Kerri Landry, Albert
Grogan, Carl Wheaton.
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
PW0416-11
Sealed bids will be received
by the City Clerk of the City
of Beaumont, 801 Main
Street,
Room
125,
Beaumont, Texas, until 2:00
p.m. (CST), THURSDAY,
JUNE 9, 2016 for furnishing
all plans, administration,
superintendence,
labor,
services, materials, tools,
equipment,
supplies,
transportation, utilities, and
all other items and facilities
necessary therefore, as
provided in the Contract
Documents
for
the
construction of:
CITY OF BEAUMONT
BEST YEARS CENTER
(150 MAGNOLIA STREET)
BID NO. PW0416-11
together
with
all
appurtenances
thereto,
being improvements for the
City of Beaumont, Owner,
Beaumont, Texas. Bids will
be opened and publicly
read
in
the
Council
Chambers at City Hall. The
City reserves the right, after
opening Bids, to reject any
or all bids or to make award
to accept any bid or
combination
of
bids
deemed advantageous to it.
Bidders must submit Bid
Bond, Cashier’s Check,
Certified
Check
or
irrevocable Letter of Credit
issued
by
a
bank
satisfactory to the Owner,
payable without recourse to
the order of the City of
Beaumont in an amount not
less than five (5) percent of
the largest possible bid
amount as a guaranty that
the Bidder will enter into
contract and execute bond
and guaranty in the form
provided within fourteen
(14) calendar days after
date of Notice of Award of
the contract. Bids without
required financial security
deposit
will
not
be
considered.
Prevailing wage rates for
Jefferson County, published
as part of the Contract
Documents and subject to
revisions, shall govern or
control minimum rates for
work performed during
execution of the contract.
Also, qualifications being
equal, citizens of the City of
Beaumont shall be given
preference in employment
for work performed under
the contract.
A MANDATORY Pre-bid
Conference will be held at
10:00 a.m., on THURSDAY,
JUNE 2, 2016, at the
Central Park Community
Center, 2925 Fannin,
Beaumont,
TX.
Attendance at the Pre-bid
meeting is a prerequisite
to bidding.
Bids WILL
NOT be accepted from any
firm not in attendance at the
pre-bid conference. Prior to
the pre-bid conference,
interested bidders should
obtain forms of proposal,
contract,
bond,
and
specifications.
Bidding
documents
may
be
obtained from the City’s
website:
http://beaumonttexas.gov/
depar tments/purchasing/
bid-information/
Complete sets of said
Contract Documents may
be purchased at White
Reprographics (409) 8328451 or Triangle Blueprint
(409)
835-6810
in
Beaumont, Texas.
No
refund will be made of any
charges for sets of Contract
Documents. Complete sets
of said Contract Documents
may be reviewed at the
Public Works Counter, City
Hall, 801 Main St., Suite
200, Beaumont, Texas and
at the office(s) of Associated
General
Contractors,
American Marketing Co.,
and F. W. Dodge.
Please make sure to
reference to Bid Number:
PW0416-11
CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS, OWNER
By: Tina Broussard, TRMC
City Clerk
Assumed
names
JEFFERSON CO.
Neal, Steve
Dba J & S Auto Sales
18804 Hwy 62 S
Orange, TX 77630
Filed on 3/22/16
Cert No. 18822
Deleonardis, John A
Dba Joe Johnson
Equipment
253 Sparrow Dr.
Vidor, TX 77662
Filed on 3/22/16
Cert No. 18821
Keffer, Brenda
Dba Keffers Photography
135 W. Bolivar St.
Vidor, TX 77662
Filed on 3/31/16
Cert No. 18833
Myrick, Bret L
Dba Myrick Dump Truck
Service
P.O. Box 318
Orangefield, TX 77632
Filed on 4/1/16
Cert No. 18835
Mathews, Velenta
Dba Positive Education For
Early Parenting (PEEP)
2300 John Baker Circle
Orange, TX 77630
Filed on 3/31/16
Cert No. 18834
McMullen, Leesa S
23 A
Dba The Repainted Ladies
9132 I-10 W
Orange, TX 77632
Filed on 3/22/16
Cert No. 18823
Jones, David R, MD
Dba S&S Recovery
610 Strickland Dr.
Orange, TX 77630
Filed on 3/23/16
Cert No. 18824
Stark, Meredith
Dba Stark Properties
1553 Alamo Dr.
Orange, TX 77630
Filed on 3/23/16
Cert No. 18825
Vidor Marine Services
Inc.
Dba Superior Fiberglass
Boat Repair
4675 N Main St.
Vidor, TX 77662
Filed on 3/24/16
Cert No. 18828
Garrard, James Jr.
Dba Superior Fiberglass
Boat Repair
4675 N Main St.
Vidor, TX 77662
Filed on 3/24/16
Cert No. 18828
Cline, Michael
Dba Vidor Tae Kwon Do
Assn
870 Hayes
Vidor, TX 77662
Filed on 3/24/16
Cert No. 18827
Desomeaux, Timothy
Eugene
Dba Royal Transportation
440 W. Park St., Vidor, TX
77662
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THE EXAMINER • May 26 – June 1, 2016
Game on, again
Naskila Entertainment opens
15,000-square-foot gaming facility in Livingston
By Kevin King
Contributing Writer
Texans no longer have to
drive across the Louisiana
border to get their gambling fix. Now, in the
heart of The Big
Thicket, just 17 miles
east of Livingston, is
a 15,000-squarefoot
gaming
facility operated
by
Naskila
Entertainment on
the Alabama Coushatta Indian
Reservation. A soft opening
was held Tuesday, May 17, and
a grand opening is set for
Thursday, June 2.
The facility — open 24
hours a day, seven days a week
— includes 365 electronic bingo machines, which play much
like slot machines do at commercial casinos, but stay within
the guidelines of Class II gaming.
In 1988, the federal Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act
(IGRA) established three classes, defining what Indian tribes
in a given jurisdiction can and
can’t offer in their casinos.
“Class I gaming” is defined as
“traditional Indian gaming and
social gaming for minimal
prizes” and doesn’t involve
commercial gambling. “Class
II gaming” means the game of
chance commonly known as
bingo, whether or not electronic, computer, or other
technologic aids are
used. “Class III gaming” is full-scale gambling including table
games (blackjack,
craps, etc.), slots
and video poker.
Tribes must
negotiate compacts with the states
to conduct Class III gaming;
otherwise, they are limited to
Class II gaming, providing bingo is offered in other forms or
venues in that state.
In October 2015, the National Indian Gaming Commission
(NIGC) approved the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas’ Class II Gaming Ordinance.
The NIGC will regulate Naskila Entertainment’s Class II
facility according to the IGRA,
as it does for hundreds of tribes
around the country.
“We got a letter in October
from the NIGC which pretty
much said, ‘Yes, you are
allowed to do bingo,’” said
Alabama-Coushatta spokesperson Carlos Bullock. “It was
a clarification. It said, ‘Under
Naskila Entertainment opened its doors Tuesday, May 17.
Photos by Kevin King
Gaming machine attendant Donnis Battise pays a winning customer. She won $1,240.50 Friday, May 20.
the Restoration Act, you are
allowed to do bingo and you
regulate it under the National
Indian Gaming Commission.’
So we had to file a gaming
ordinance with the NIGC, and
that was approved. That’s how
we were able to open a Class II
electronic bingo (facility). We
are federally regulated.”
So, how do the games themselves work?
Class II electronic bingo
games are programmed with
mathematical calculations to
mimic Class III games as closely as possible while remaining
within the definition of Class II
bingo that is contained in IGRA.
Under IGRA, a Class II
game must have a draw of bingo balls, and must result in
what is called a “game-ending
pattern.” That is a pattern of
numbers — two, three, four in
a row; diagonal, vertical, four
corners of the bingo card, etc.
— that ends the game with a
winning result.
The overall payback is governed by how many results
equal to each prize amount are
included in the finite stack of
prizes. Just like the universe of
numbers from which the random number generator in a
regular slot selects reel outcomes, the payback is determined by the universe of prizes
available for each winning
result.
“The look of it is really aesthetics,” said Bullock. “With
the advancements of electronics, you’re playing against other people in a bingo fashion. …
Different designs of the card
determine who the winner will
be.”
And these machines don’t
pay in gift cards either. They
pay in cold, hard cash.
“We’ve had hits of $5,000,”
said Bullock. “There have been
several $4,000 hits as well.”
When The Examiner visited
the facility, we witnessed a
payoff of $1,240.50.
Just as is done at commercial casinos in Louisiana, at
Naskila, if you are lucky
enough to rake in a decent jackpot on a machine, you’ll be
asked for your Social Security
number, photo ID, and may
Game machine titles include Pink
Sapphires, Nice Ice, Fire Wolf, Cat’s
Eye, Lion Storm, and Texas Hold
‘em, among others.
have to fill out a W-2G form to
report your earnings to the IRS.
The facility, which includes
everything
from
penny
machines all the way up to $5
machines, has a smoking section, which is completely separate from the non-smoking section — a nice addition for those
who don’t want to breathe in
second-hand smoke. A highlimit section includes $2 and $5
electronic bingo machines and
is located in the non-smoking
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Marietza Bauer, 20, and Jillian Bass,
19, both work in guest services for the
Seven Feathers Circle Players Club of
Naskila Entertainment’s facility.
Customers enjoy new electronic bingo machines at Naskila Entertain- priority.”
ment’s recently-opened gaming facility near Livingston.
The Timbers Grille serves
breakfast, lunch and dinner
section. Game machine titles using their Players Club card. with a wide variety of menu
include Pink Sapphires, Nice They can redeem them for free choices including chicken fried
Ice, Fire Wolf, Cat’s Eye, Lion meals at the Timbers Grille steak, fried shrimp and catfish,
Storm, and Texas Hold ‘Em, restaurant. Naskila also plans as well as burgers, tacos, salamong others.
to allow players to redeem ads, soups and sandwiches. The
Although Naskila does not points to purchase items in the breakfast menu includes
serve alcoholic beverages, it facility’s gift shop.
omelets, pancakes and eggs,
does serve complimentary
“It’s going to take a little among other options.
soda, coffee and water.
time to learn our customer
“It’s gourmet-style cooking
Membership in the Seven demographic, but we want the with a hometown type of feel,”
Feathers Circle Players Club player to feel welcome here said Issac Rodriguez, assistant
affords players the opportunity and known here,” Bullock said. restaurant manager. “We tried
to earn points as they play by “Customer service is our No. 1 to vary the menu widely, but
keep it tooled to southern-style
Texas cooking. I want our customers to say this is the best
food they’ve ever had, and the
atmosphere and experience
were worth coming back for.”
The Timbers Grille seats 85
people and is open daily from
10 a.m. – 10 p.m. A limited
menu is available 24 hours in
what Naskila calls Timbers
Express, which mostly serves
sandwiches and pastries.
The tribe completely renovated its Special Events Center
for its Naskila operation.
“We’ve had to renovate this
whole building almost from the
ground up. It was a significant
investment by the tribe,” he
said. “We’re very proud of it.”
The gaming facility has created more than 200 jobs, Bullock said, including machine
techs, cashiers, Players Club
employees, groundskeepers
and restaurant employees.
The facility has put many
tribal members to work, he
said.
“We’ve had a lot of tribal
members who weren’t working
or had a minimum wage job,”
he said. “You see them working
and proud to be here. We want
our tribal members to work and
be self-sufficient.”
Only about half of Naskila
employees, however, are actually tribal members, but all
employees, regardless of origin, receive a full benefit package of health, vision and dental
insurance, Bullock said.
“We are paying a higher
wage than most places in the
area,” he said.
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and, of course, plenty of famous
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fans of comics, sci-fi, fantasy,
gaming, literature and art.
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Tickets can be purchased at the
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So who all will be there signing
autographs and taking photos, you
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Some of the popular faces
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and schedules, visit spacecitycomiccon.com.
The were also be comic book
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such as the Winner Twins, and
professional wrestlers Booker T
and Demolition of the WWE, and
Lunch Underground stars Mil
Muertes, Catrina and Sexy Star.
Also on hand will be plenty in
the cosplay world. What is
cosplay? Those who dress up as a
character from a movie, book or
video game. Cosplay has become
so popular that they often hold
their own conventions.
Popular cosplayers who will be
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Smoke, who is the first cosplayer
to become a DC Comics superhero (Freight Train), Eddie Newsome, D-Piddy, Leon Chiro, Brit
Bliss, Dim & Whit, and Tatiana
DeKhtyar.
There will also be a gaming
area for tabletop and video gaming known as the Supercon 2K
Series. Whether you’re a casual or
hardcore gamer, you can enjoy
competitive to casual play plus
have a chance to win tournament
prizes.
There will also be three workshops gamers can attend — a
review of the lost arcade or arcade
vs. online, what makes a gamer,
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
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Money Monster
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Captain America: Civil War
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The Huntsman: Winter’s War
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movie review
Pay-per-view offers relief
for those with no interest
in ‘Neighbors 2’
The dismal sequel to the hit comedy went into wide distribution because they
“Neighbors,” which premiered this past are really bad star vehicles that cannot
weekend is indicative of what passes for recoup the cost it took to make them, so
entertainment these days. Take a modest they languish and then pop up on PPV
box office winner from a couple of sum- where they are marketed as “pre-releasmers ago and use it to launch another one. es.” Mostly, it’s a nasty trick to play on a
It’s easier than coming up with more paying audience. And lately there have
original material.
been a slew of these including
Everything in “Neighbors 2:
“The Family Fang,” a definite losSorority Rising” is recycled. The In the er starring Nicole Kidman; “I Am
plot, which centers around an averyet another John Travolta
Dark Wrath,”
age couple, The Radners (Seth
dud; and “Infinite Polar Bear” starRogen and Rose Byrne), having to with Melanie ring Mark Ruffalo as a bi-polar
suffer through a fraternity living Dishman single dad. This one did well at
next door, has now been change to
Sundance last year but never found
sorority with Chloe Grace Moretz as the distribution footing.
leader of the pack instead of Zac Ephron,
Some, like “Mississippi Grind,” happen
who switches ranks to help the couple to be pretty good. This stars Ryan Reyndispose of the cacophonous coeds. It’s olds and Australian character actor Ben
crass, tasteless and a prime example of Mendelsohn as two small-time gamblers
lazy filmmaking. Just rehash a storyline, on a road trip to shake off their losing
rehire the same actors and hope for the streak. Reynolds is good, but this is Menbest — or in this case, the worst.
delsohn’s show. If you’ve seen the NetflixAt least it made it into theaters, which produced “Bloodline,” you’ve seen some
is more than can be said for some of the of his best work lately as the black sheep
movies clogging up the pay-per-view brother who returns home to wreak havoc
channels on cable or satellite TV. It on his family. Strictly on the strength of his
wasn’t that long ago when PPV offered performance, this is worth a watch.
the chance to see art house movies or
What isn’t is “Jane Got A Gun,” the
other small niche films that did not go Natalie Portman movie that was actually
into wide release. Now a quick look at the made in 2013 and sat on the shelf for
rundown shows a lot of weak features three years before popping into theaters
that, for one reason or another, did not for less than two weeks then going to
make it into theaters.
PPV. In this western, which had major
Unfortunately, most of these never production troubles, Portman plays a piorottentomatoes.com
neer wife out to avenge her husband’s
death by seeking out an old beau (Joel
Edgerton) to help her learn how to shoot
the bad guy (Ewan McGregor). It’s pretty
awful, even for the bargain price of $7.79.
The same is true for “Fathers and
Daughters,” the Russell Crowe movie
that never gained a distributor before segueing straight to PPV. It’s a soapy drama
about a writer and his little girl, with half
of the story set 25 year later. Amanda
Seyfried plays the daughter as a young
woman in the present time with lots of
issues because of her childhood. If you
need a cheap cry, go for it.
Occasionally PPV does offer some
good stuff. One of these features is
“Deadpool,” the comic book movie that
came to theaters in early spring. Starring
Ryan Reynolds as the caustic character,
it’s awfully violent, but Reynolds is
super good as the anti superhero with a
huge chip on his shoulder.
Finally there is documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s latest, “Where
To Invade Next,” which takes a sober
look at how European countries offer
contrasting views of social issues. It’s an
eye-opener as only Moore can do — controversial, but a critical hit that features a
different perspective.
And if you missed any of the Oscar
nominees, some are still available. “The
Revenant” is definitely one to watch,
while “Joy” left me joyless. “The Martian” was one of my holiday favorites, but
“Steve Jobs” is strictly for Apple-heads.
Coming to theaters next week is one of
the big summer entries, “X-Men: Apocalypse,” which will go head-to-head with
“Captain America: Civil War,” the rival
production that has already earned $347
million in three weeks.
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learned in the past. Trekkies
will want to check out Star
Trek Continues. It’s an independently produced, multiaward winning series that has
painstakingly brought back
the look, feel and vision of
classic Star Trek. Join cast
members Chris Doohan (son
of the original Scotty, James
Doohan), Chuck Huber,
Michele Specht and Gigi
Edgely to watch and enjoy a
Q&A.
If that’s not near enough,
there will be a special Kids
Zone that includes Bad Wolf
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Ops, an intense combat simulation game that combines
laser tag with advanced
weapon simulation technology to create a fun and engaging battleground. Set your
sights on your opponents and
use creative strategies to
engage in an epic showdown
of tactical skill for all ages.
Plus, straight from the
Cowabunga Factory comes
the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, who will be available
for free photos.
NRG Center is in the same
parking lot as NRG Stadium
(Reliant) where the Houston
Texans play football. The
address is 8309 Fannin Street.
Timbers Grille
Courtesy photo
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For employees like 19-yearold Jillian Bass, who lives in
nearby Woodville, a drive to
Naskila is saving her gas money, time and wear and tear on
her car. Bass used to commute
to Beaumont daily for employment but now works in guest
services at the gaming facility
— a difference of about 82
miles, round trip.
How will Naskila compete
against commercial casinos in
neighboring Louisiana?
“One thing that we can do
that commercial casinos like
Isle of Capri and L’Auberge
can’t is we can showcase our
culture,” Bullock said. “We can
have dances and possibly walkthroughs of people making baskets. These are some things that
are still up in the air, but people
do have an interest in Native
American culture.”
Although it’s been close to
14 years since the state of Texas shut down the Alabama
Coushatta Tribe’s first gaming
facility, and legal battles ensued
over whether the facility should
be governed by state or federal
law, the tribe is moving forward.
“It’s an exciting time,” Bullock said, adding that he only
wishes many of the nowdeceased tribal elders who
fought to bring the gaming
facility back to Livingston
could experience the culmination of all their hard work.
Bullock said the tribe has
high hopes for Naskila Entertainment and its future expansion.
“We want to play this as
smart as possible,” Bullock
said, “but of course, we’re
looking for bigger and better.
The ultimate goal is to be successful enough where we can
build a larger facility away
from here on some bare land
with a hotel, gift shops and
multiple restaurants. Right
now, we want to do this in a
slow, conservative phase.”
Naskila Entertainment is at
540 State Park Road 56 in Livingston. For more information,
visit www.naskila.com, call
(936) 563-2946, or visit Naskila’s Facebook page.
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Area artists bring a bit of The
Factory back to life at AMSET
Highest bidder … The Art
Museum of Southeast Texas
recently hosted its bi-annual
Treasure Auction. This year’s
theme was Pop Art, and
almost 30 local artists did
their best to channel Andy
Warhol. Summer Lydick,
Adam Cook, Carlo Busceme
IV, Albert Faggard, Amy
Faggard, Mary Pat Nelson
Gross, Andy Coughlin, Allen
Lea, Cat Holtzclaw, Camille
Ohmstede, Annie Green,
Dan Gresham, Marilyn Bell,
Jamie Kessler, Greg Landry,
Colleen Burns, Gina Garcia,
Xenia Fedorchenko, Alan
Ponce, Lynn Castle, Ines
Alvidres, Kimberly Brown,
Mark Nesmith, David Granitz, Alison Gaspard, Maurice Abelman and John Rollins all did an incredible job
this year. Congrats to high
bidders and lucky owners of
fabulous original art including Ashley Crooks, Cynthia
Fontenot, Colleen Burns,
Sharon Marchand, Terry
Garth, Clyde Drake, Sandra Clark, Brad LeMarie,
Terry Garth, Gloria Locke,
Gerry Edwards, Becky Burleson, Donna Oberle, Kim
Steinhagen, Carlo Busceme
III, Jessica Hallmark, Tom
Broussard and Peter Kuhlmann. Guests dined on a delicious dinner of chicken Florentine lasagna, mixed greens
and fresh baked pies from
Two Magnolias. A huge
shout-out to auctioneer W.L.
Pate for pulling out all of the
stops to get the artsy crowd to
bid higher and higher. Enjoying all of the excitement were
Bobbie Applegate, Charlene
Babineaux, Tom Bell, Jeannine Patterson, David Cargill, Betty and Hal Clarke,
Margi Chase, Girish Doshi,
Jan
Fulbright,
Karen
Fuljenz, Lee Ann Garth,
Elaine
Brown-Johnson,
Paige Fertitta, Charles
Locke, Christine Noe, Chris
Ohmstede, Pat Klein, Kit
Ohmstede, and too many
more to mention. Another
successful fundraiser for our
jewel of a museum!
Funtastic fundraiser …
Beaumont native and Houston transplant Lexie Chase
Boudreaux is raising money
for Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society Woman and Man of
the Year. This civic minded
young lady is participating in
this much-needed fundraiser
in honor of her late grandmother, Ann “MaMoo” Wallace, who fought an incredible battle for several years
against this dreaded disease.
Several weeks ago, Lexie
hosted a unique wine tasting
and silent auction in Houston
at Station 3 (a converted fire
station that now serves as a
clever venue for events, weddings, fashion shows and
receptions, as well a popular
spot for NYE parties). Libations were provided by Mark
Out & About
with Albert Nolen
Albert Nolen is a native of Beaumont and a time-honored
presence on the local party scene. His column appears in The
Examiner weekly. To share your social tidbits with Albert, call
(409) 832-1400 or fax information to him at (409) 832-6222.
Messina of Miller Coors and
tiny bites by Ben Berg of
B&B Butchers (one of the
hottest steak joints in H-town).
In the mix were Aaron Boudreaux, Katie Lowe, Mary
and Jason Wade, Dawn and
Mike Persia, Betsy Amis,
Kathleen and Jason Croley,
Matt LeBlanc, Laura Nelson and Wesley Persia,
Pamela and Mark Perrilous,
Margi and Rocky Chase,
Marilyn Bell, Lolo Barchus,
Britany and Jordan Faulk,
Molly and Drew Evan, Lauren and Sean Teare, Macari
and Neil Potter, Tony Gibson Tiffney and Trent Hanna, Julie and Tony Sanchez,
Olivia and Edward Persia,
Karen and Kevin Henry,
Casey Kohler, Frani and
David Denenburg (owners of
Station 3), Kelley Elliott,
Michael and Scott Shaver,
Savannah and Ed Edson,
and many more. The goal for
each L&L Woman and Man of
the Year contestant is to raise
$100,000. The culmination of
this three month long campaign will be on June 3 at a
dinner at the River Oaks
Country Club for the big
reveal. Out of the seven men
and women, the ones that
raise the most money, will
earn the coveted title. Our
town is certainly rooting for
this energetic young lady,
who is sharing her fundraiser
skills for an incredible cause!
News of I do’s … A huge
congrats to Farrah Smith
Cobb and Hubert Oxford IV
on their recent engagement
this past weekend!
Candles and cakes …
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Shirlene Cook,
Karen Fuljenz and
Barbara Warren
What:
Nutrition/Services
Deliver the Difference
Luncheon
Where:
Event Centre
Brandon Gouthier Photography
Edgar “Sonny Perkins,
Evelyn Lord and Willie
Burford
Elaine Shellenberger and
Bishop Curtis Guillory
Paul Szuch and
Joshua Taub
Baylor Wortham and Cynthia Wolf
Tic and Jamie Price
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OUT & ABOUT
Nutrition/Services Deliver the Difference Luncheon • Continued from Page 9B
What:
Historic District
Preservation Bash
Where:
McFaddin-Ward
Visitors Center
Courtesy photos
Felicia Colton and
Marc McDonald
Rachel Parker, Jennifer Gordy and Jane Parker
Pat Anderson and Kerry Moncla
Dora Nisby and Adanna Henry
Vic Reyna, Nancy Cook, Allen Lea and Virginia Jordan
ENTERTAINMENT
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OUT & ABOUT
Historic District Preservation Bash • Continued from Page 10B
Hester and Milton Bell
Sheryl Boyd, Brian Blount, Ralph Jordan and Rose Blount
Josh and Christina Crawford
Ellen Schulz and Darrell Troppy
John Ellis and Sarah Holtmyer Peak
Jan Fulbright, Kathy Gober and Julie Toups
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OUT & ABOUT
Historic District Preservation Bash • Continued from Page 11B
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or the size of your organization, as an astute
business manager, you're always searching for
ways to reduce expenses and increase the bottom line. Here are suggestions for using your
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to your physical location so your customers can
find you. You may also be able to include details about your products and
services, as well as reviews from satisfied customers.
Suzanne Maloney and Sue Philp
David and Lauren Thieme
Jeff McManus
and Les Warren
Communicate online. Interact with potential clients and customers by
sharing your expertise on your website and social media. Providing facts
and tips about how to use your products and services raises awareness of
the depth of your knowledge. Interconnect your website and your social
media presence, and be sure to include site information on your invoices
and business cards.
Pool resources. Integrate your online savings methods with offline alliances. For example, combine an online order of office supplies with
neighboring businesses for bulk purchasing discounts and shared delivery fees.
Put your telephone online. Investigate internet phone services, which
let you connect an existing phone to your internet broadband. You might
also research "Voice over IP" or VoIP, which typically requires you to use
your computer to place or receive calls. Either choice may provide savings over traditional telephone systems. Alternatively, if you have employees who work virtually, hosted network systems can let you access
features such as transferring callers between employees. These systems
are typically "cloud-based," meaning they utilize off-site resources, and
can eliminate the need to buy or maintain hardware or software.
Patti McSpadden
and Melissa Cornwell
What:
Junior League
of Beaumont
Sustainer
Gathering
Where:
Home of
Michele Smith
Courtesy photos
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Barbara Quinn and
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Dana Babineaux and Alicia McKibbin
OUT & ABOUT
Junior League of Beaumont Sustainer Gathering • Continued from Page 12B
Laurie Kent, Nancy McGrade and Susan Gordy
ENTERTAINMENT
Answer: Who Is This?
Bridget M. Johnson is a nonprofit management professional.
She is an independent consultant working with nonprofits in the
area. Since moving to Beaumont in 2013, she has been extremely
active in Beaumont Community, devoting her professional talents
and career to community service and advocating for the invaluable missions carried out by non-profit organizations, which is her
passion. She loves program and project development and management, and takes pride in her ability to take on new challenges
and see the expected outcomes to fruition. These projects include
the YWCA Mad Hatter Project: A Girls Empowerment program,
D.I.A.L. Math Enrichment program, the 2015 Miss Fearless Film
series, and the first open-air farmers market in the Tremé community in New Orleans that still runs today. At present, Ms. Johnson serves as board president of the Beaumont Art League and under her leadership; the league has
developed new exhibits and programs even more reflective of the diverse community of Beaumont
& Southeast Texas. She is also an active member of the Beaumont Rotary Club, and is a newly
appointed board member of the Beaumont Heritage Society. As in her youth, Bridget leads an active
lifestyle and enjoys running (her goal is a full marathon by the end of 2017), living, and eating
healthy, and volunteering in the community. Her son, Adam-Michael, is a master staff sergeant in
the U.S. Air Force stationed at Shaw AFB, and she has four beautiful grandkids. She calls her significant other, Cebron Hendrix Jr., “the most wonderful man this side of heaven.”
(From section A)
Rita Ashley, Gwen Young and Cathy Spidle
Sandi Carrington, Judy Black and Sharen Kirksey
Corey Gilfoil, Joslyn Geis and Angie McLaughlin
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What:
Garth House Purse
Bingo Fundraiser
Where:
Holiday Inn Plaza
Courtesy photos
Andrea Guidry,
Amanda Sterling,
Loretta Cessac, Victoria Aycock and
Gayletta Tompkins
Sherlon Jones, Sue Greenway and Kelly Greenway
Mike Nixon, Darrell LeBeouf and Chuck Duchamp
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OUT & ABOUT
Garth House Purse Bingo Fundraiser • Continued from Page 14B
Candy Anderson, Mary Kirkwood, Darrell LeBeouf, Jennifer Roccaforte, Maris Mehaffy
and Jessica Garth-Whitney, (seated) Kary Burnham, Lee Ann Garth, Sandy Fertitta
and Lisa Callas
Jordan Gaspard, Denise Butler-Owens, Tracey Gaspard and Kacie Gaspard
Pati Barnett, winner of the Louis Vuitton raffle
NOLEN
from page 8B
Belated best to Heidi Joyner Mast, Uliana Trylowsky,
Debra Harken, Marty Craig, Crystal Majdalani. Sheila
Robinson, Stephen Smith, Anna Katherine Wied, Jamie
Talbert, Liz Howell and Anne East. B-day wishes to Jeannette Winfrey, Dante Pastorini, Traci Dickens, Chase
Tucker, Robin Gruber, Mark Hyland, Jody Nolan, Marc
Sherron, Jessica Parkus, Drew Burns, Susan Lampson,
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discover the dinosaurs
classic movie night
houston events
May 26
Astros vs. Baltimore, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
Spring Mixed Repertory Program, Wortham Center, 7:30p
Dancin’ in the Street, Miller Outdoor Theatre, 8:15p
May 27
Space City Comic Con, NRG Center, 12p
The Cosmos-An HD Odyssey, Jones Hall, 8p
May 28
Space City Comic Con, NRG Center, 10a
The Cosmos-An HD Odyssey, Jones Hall, 8p
Tickets are on sale now for Discover the Dinosaurs happening Saturday, June 11, and Sunday,
June 12, at the Ford Exhibit Hall (5115 IH-10
South) in Beaumont from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. both
days. Prices are $22 for children, $18 for adults, $15
for seniors, and $15 each for groups of 10 or more
people. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketweb.com. This walk-through exhibit is designed
to bring you back in time to a landscape where dinosaurs lived. See dinosaurs of prehistoric times
including a T-rex, triceratops, iguanodon, apatosaurus and stegosaurus. Beyond the exhibit, additional
activities are available for kids of all ages including
riding a dinosaur, themed inflatables, a dino dig,
mini golf, gem and fossil panning, and much more.
For more information, view discoverthedinosaurs.
com.
Classic Movie Night resumes with the 1951
drama A Streetcar Named Desire on Friday,
May 27, at the historic Jefferson Theatre in
downtown Beaumont. A winner of five Academy Award, the film follows troubled former
schoolteacher Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh)
as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves
in with her sister, Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter), and her husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando),
in New Orleans. Blanche’s flirtatious Southernbelle presence causes problems for Stella and
Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship, leading to even greater conflict in the
Kowalski household. In 1999, the film was
selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film is 2 hours and 2
minutes and Rated PG. Doors open at 6 p.m. and
the movie begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.
Beer, wine and other concessions will be available. The Jefferson Theatre is at 345 Fannin. For
more information, view beaumontcityevents.
com or call (409) 838-3435.
memorial day bash
The Outdoor Association of
Texas Heroes (OATH) will host
its inaugural Memorial Day Bash
on Sunday, May 29, at Kountze
High School (1488 FM 1293
Road) from noon – 10 p.m. There
will be barbecue cooked up by the
Kicked Back Cookers BBQ Team,
as well as cotton candy, snow
cones, face painting, a dunking
booth, a petting zoo, a washers
tournament, a horseshoes tournament, live music from Pat Overstreet, Back Creek Band and Chad
Stone, plus much more. The Inaugural OATH Memorial Day Bash
will conclude OPERATION 602,
an effort aimed at raising awareness for the 602 Texas heroes who
have given their lives in defense
of our nation during the conflicts
in Iraq and Afghanistan. OATH
founder Gary Bartels will walk
May 29
Space City Comic Con, NRG Center, 10a
Spring Mixed Repertory Program, Wortham Center, 2p
The Cosmos-An HD Odyssey, Jones Hall, 2:30p
June 1
Astros vs. D-backs, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
June 2
Astros vs. D-backs, Minute Maid Park, 1:10p
June 3
Discover the Dinosaurs, NRG Center, 10a
Astros vs. A’s, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
June 4
June 5
Spring Mixed Repertory Program, Wortham Center, 2p
June 7
Star Wars & More, Woodlands Pavilion, 8p
June 9
Giselle, Wortham Center, 7:30p
June 11
June 12
Giselle, Wortham Center, 2p
June 17
International Gem & Jewelry Show, NRC Center, 12p
TriStar Sports Collectibles, NRG Arena, 3p
Astros vs. Reds, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
June 18
International Gem & Jewelry Show, NRC Center, 10a
TriStar Sports Collectibles, NRG Arena, 10a
Giselle, Wortham Center, 1:30p, 7:30p
Soccer: Dynamo vs. DC United, BBVA Compass Stadium, 7:45p
June 19
TriStar Sports Collectibles, NRG Arena, 10a
International Gem & Jewelry Show, NRC Center, 11a
Giselle, Wortham Center, 2p
from Houston to Kountze and
aims to finish at Kountze High
School at noon on Sunday, May
29, after 150.5 miles. All money
raised will go toward erecting a
monument of sorts to honor the
young people from Hardin County. For more information, view
June 20
Astros vs. Angels, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
June 21
Astros vs. Angels, Minute Maid Park, 7:10p
ENTERTAINMENT
creepy crawly carnival – shangri la
Bring the whole family to celebrate Memorial Day
weekend with David Rogers’ Big Bugs at the Creepy
Crawly Carnival on Saturday, May 28, from 9 a.m. – 4
p.m. at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
at 2111 W Park Ave. in Orange.
If it creeps, crawls, hops, buzzes or flutters, then it will
be part of the Creepy Crawly Carnival. Meet live exotic
insects in the Discovery Theater that will be presented by
the professionals from the Houston Museum of Natural
Science. They will also present Live Insects! in the
Exhibit Hall. Throughout the day, staff of Shangri La
Gardens will present Live Insects! as part of the Up Close
With Nature series in front of the Volunteer Center.
Have fun with several different activities for children
of all ages throughout the gardens. Mealy Worm Races,
Cricket Hop Challenge, Insect Round-Up, Benthic
Beasts, Log Dissection, Dirt Dig, and Build-a-Bug Hotel
that can be taken home are a few of the fun games
included. Flutter in to visit and interact with live insects
in the Butterfly House by viewing over 350 butterflies in
the beautiful greenhouse.
Relax on the Great Lawn and enjoy the musical stylings from singer/songwriter Paul Frias, The Humble
native has been playing music for over 17 years and has
a rock, folk and blues influence. He will be performing
songs form the 1960s to the present.
There will also by six Outpost Tours along Adams
Bayou. A guide will provide interpretation of associated
habitats, wildlife, and a brief historical overview of
Shangri La Gardens and the local community.
Adult general admission tickets are $8, and $5 for
students and seniors.
Schedule of Events:
David Rogers’ Big Bugs (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Butterfly House (9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
Children’s Activities (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Live Insects! by Houston Museum of Natural Science
(10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
Houston Museum of Natural Science Exotic Insect
Show (10:30-11 a.m.)
Live Insects! by Shangri La Gardens (11 a.m. – 3
p.m.)
Up Close with Nature (11:30 a.m. – noon)
Music by Paul Frias (noon – 3 p.m.)
Houston Museum of Natural Science Exotic Insect
Show (1-2 p.m.)
Up Close with Nature (2-3 p.m.)
Outpost Tours (10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m.,
3 p.m.)
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Paul Orta & Kingpins
Café Del Rio – Beaumont
(409) 347-0250
FRIDAY 27
Trevor Batson & Ryan Gist
Thirsty’s – Beaumont
(409) 866-6066
Lee Pelly
White Horse Bar & Grill - Beaumont
(409) 347-0764
3 Way Switch
MacKenzie’s Pub - Beaumont
(409) 866-2288
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Tyler Darby
The Grill – Beaumont
(409) 866-0039
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AEP, Stone Blind, City Freaks
Texas Rose Saloon – Beaumont
(409) 833-3900
Creole Cookin’
The Boudain Hut – Port Arthur
(409) 962-5079
Aaron Williams
Dylan’s – Port Arthur
(409) 722-1600
Curse & The Cure
Bayou Café 2 – Port Arthur
(409) 724-0402
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Lee Pelly
The Wheelhouse – Port Neches
(409) 853-1249
Merle Jam
Good Times Lounge – Port Arthur
(409) 210-2219
Skeeter Jones
La Cantina – Port Arthur
(409) 727-0404
Bronco Jr.
Luke’s – Beaumont
(409) 347-8139
Herbie Stutes
Honky Tonk Texas – Silsbee
(409) 386-1995
Bayou Rush
(409) 347-0250
The Cadillacs
Stingaree – Crystal Beach
(409) 684-2731
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Dickie & The Tornadoes
Larry’s French Market – Groves
(409) 293-3022
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Creole Cookin’
(409) 962-5079
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Friday night bands 8pm-midnight
Saturday night bands 9pm-1am
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Undrai Fizer
Suga’s – Beaumont
(409) 813-1808
Zach Gonzalez
The Grill - Beaumont
(409) 866-0039
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LN & The Crush
Madison’s – Beaumont
(409) 924-9777
Cody Johnson
Frog Fest – Crystal Beach
(409) 791-4131
Tru Tones
(409) 347-0250
PICK
The Tejas Brothers
(409) 684-2731
Pug Johnson
White Horse Bar & Grill – Beaumont Lee Pelly
HardHeads – Crystal Beach
(409) 347-0764
(409) 684-1177
Rick Danna
NY Pizza & Pasta (Downtown) –
John Cessac
Beaumont
Lucky Longhorn Casino – Vinton, La
(409) 832-7032
(337) 589-5647
Creole Cookin’
(409) 962-5079
Chris Miller & Bayou Roots
(409) 293-3022
PICK
Blake Sticker
Luke’s Mid-County – Nederland
(409) 729-2665
Bronco Jr.
Tammy’s Bar – Nederland
(409) 237-5078
Three Legged Dawg
Texas Ave Tavern – Bridge City
(409) 697-3053
The Kings of Mojo
Honky Tonk Texas – Silsbee
(409) 386-1995
BB & Company
Gator Lounge @
Delta Downs – Vinton, La
(337) 589-7441
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Rodney Carrington
Event Center @
L’Auberge du Lac – Lake Charles, La
(337) 395-7777
Julie Williams
Ember Grille & Wine Bar @
(337) 395-7777
The Fuse
Rush Lounge @
Golden Nugget – Lake Charles, La
(337) 508-7777
Encore
Blue Martini @
(337) 508-7777
Honey Jar
171 Junction Roadhouse – Lake
Charles, La
(337) 602-6384
Pookie Marceaux Band
The Lone Wolf @
Isle of Capri – Lake Charles, La
(337) 226-2054
Vince Neil
The Pavilion @
Coushatta Casino Resort - Kinder, La
(800) 854-7263
Qrisis
Mikko Live @
(800) 854-7263
SUNDAY 29
Ronnie Stallworth
(409) 813-1808
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3330 Fannin, Beaumont
409-832-3304
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3 Peace Kickin’
The Logon Café – Beaumont
(409) 833-6950
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Live Music • No Cover
Black Rain Rebellion, AEP
The Gig – Beaumont
(409) 833-1700
The annual Texas Frog Fest will take place this
weekend, Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May
29, in Crystal Beach at 1609 Highway 87 on the
Bolivar Peninsula. The event will take place 1
p.m. to midnight each night, rain or shine. There
will be plenty of food and drinks available for
purchase inside the gates along with an RV and
tent area. Performing Saturday will be 10 Man
Jam, Aubry Lynn England, Jamie Talbert & the
Band of Demons, Bag of Donuts and headliner
Cody Johnson. Sunday’s music includes 10 Man
Jam, Katie Whitney & the Draw, Pete Scobell
Band, Scooter Brown Band, Zane Williams and
headliner Tracy Byrd. Proceeds will benefit the
Lone Survivor Foundation, whose mission is to
restore, empower and renew hope for our wounded service members and their families through
health, wellness and therapeutic support. For
complete information, view texasfrogfest.com.
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NY Pizza & Pasta (Calder) – Beaumont
(409) 892-6535
Ken Marvel & Swamp Rock
Otis the Destroyer, The Holly(409) 293-3022
wood Skunks
Alex Rozell
(409) 833-6950
(409) 729-2665
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Heather & The Hellcats
White Horse Bar & Grill - Beaumont Rod Rishard
(409) 347-0764
Taco Rey – Nederland
(409) 721-5100
Earl Collins
PICK
Three Legged Dawg
(409) 813-1808
Cotton’s Cay – Orange
(409) 886-9042
Rick Danna
NY Pizza & Pasta (Downtown) –
Thomas Teague
Beaumont
Pine Tree Lodge – Labelle
(409) 832-7032
(409) 796-1600
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John Teague
(409) 924-9777
Aaron Williams
Thirsty’s – Beaumont
(409) 866-6066
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John Cessac
Sawdust Saloon – Beaumont
(409) 730-7490
Big Jimmy & Reckless
171 Junction Roadhouse – Lake
Charles, La
(337) 602-6384
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BB & Company
MacKenzie’s Pub - Beaumont
(409) 866-2288
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Clint Black
Grand Event Center @
(337) 508-7777
SATURDAY 28
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David Lee Kaiser
Tradewinds Tavern @
MCM Elegante – Beaumont
(409) 842-3600
The Digustoids, Buffalo Paws,
Magic Rockers of Texas
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Red Room – Beaumont
(409) 833-1700
Deep Creek Band
(409) 924-9777
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Gleewood, Tom Bennett
(409) 833-6950
The Henleys
The Gig – Beaumont
(409) 833-1700
Julie Williams
Ember Grille & Wine Bar @
(337) 395-7777
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Curse & The Cure
French Quarter Bar & Grill – Vidor
(409) 783-2310
LN & The Crush, Evan LeBouef,
Chalkline Empire, Dr. Vodkula,
Freshly Baked
The Art Studio – Beaumont PICK
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Squeeze’s – Beaumont
(409) 892-3278
Tim Burge
(409) 729-2665
texas frog fest
Heart & Soul w/Susan Pierce
(409) 962-5079
Glenn Lenderman Band
Jeff. Co. Singles Club – Nederland
(409) 727-0013
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vince neil
RockMaynia concludes Saturday, May 28, inside the Pavilion
at the Coushatta Casino Resort in
Kinder, Louisiana, with ’80s
rocker Vince Neil and special
guests Sledgehammer at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for ages 21 years
and older and can be purchased
online at ticketmaster.com. The
front man of Mötley Crüe will
sing all of the band’s hits like
“Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Dr. Feelgood,” “Primal Scream,” “Home
Sweet Home” and “Smokin’ in
the Boys Room.” Sledgehammer
is a tribute band to cover ’70s-’80s
“arena rock” and includes members from the bands Lillian Axe,
Zebra, No Idea, Razor White,
Circle of Light and Persia. For
more information, view coushattacasinoresort.com.
Eazy
Pine Tree Lodge – Labelle
(409) 796-1600
Avatar – May 27
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – scoutbar.com
$16-$20, all ages, 7 p.m.
After releasing three albums, Swedish metal band Avatar has
developed a huge following in the States — specifically lead vocalist
Johannes Eckerström, who wears face pant and dawns spectacular
costumes. Opening will be Sunflower Dead, Driven With Insanity, and
Downfall 2012.
The Flaming Lips – May 29
White Oak Music Hall – whiteoakmusichall.com
$35, all ages, 12:30 p.m.
(337) 508-7777
Tommy McLain w/Louisiana
Express
Mikko Live @
(800) 854-7263
No Refund Band
(409) 684-2731
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Tracy Byrd
Frog Fest – Crystal Beach
(409) 791-4131
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The Fuse
Rush Lounge @
(337) 508-7777
Encore
Blue Martini @
John Cessac
Tradewinds Tavern @
(409) 842-3600
The Hunger – May 29
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – scoutbar.com
Free, 18 & up, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY 31
David Joel
(409) 347-0250
Jimmy Kaiser
Tradewinds Tavern @
(409) 842-3600
John & Thomas Teague
Capri Club – Port Arthur
(409) 724-1030
Rob Copeland & Company
(409) 924-9777
PICK
Michael Krajicek
Jack Daniel’s @
(337) 395-7777
PICK
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Chicago
Grand Event Center @
(337) 508-7777
WEDNESDAY 1
It’s a free concert featuring The Hunger singing their hits “If,” “Vanishing
Cream,” “Shock,” “Communication Breakdown” and “Voice of a Nation.”
Also performing will be Badhouse, To Whom It May, Six Gun Sound, and
DJ Radioactivist. Get there early. The place will be packed.
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Chester & Jairus Daigle
Jack Daniels @
(337) 395-7777
An all-day Memorial Weekend blowout concert on the outdoor
lawn features The Flaming Lips, Lucero, Title Fight, Roky
Erickson & The Hounds of Baskerville, Body/Head, Nada Surf,
Diiv, Adia Victoria, Moving Panoramas, Lost Element, and We
Were Wolves.
Blake Sticker
Dylan’s – Port Arthur
(409) 722-1600
Angel Garcia
Rush Lounge @
(337) 508-7777
Caravan Palace – June 1
House of Blues – hob.com
$20, all ages, 7 p.m.
Electro-swing band from Paris has had No. 1 records in
Switzerland, Belgium and France and have now graced North
America with their presence. Thanks to social media, this band has
garnered plenty of buzz especially after their third album <|°_°|>
(Robot Face) was released.
Chester Daigle
Ember Bar & Grille @
(337) 395-7777
Electric Circus
Rush Lounge @
(337) 508-7777
UPCOMING HOUSTON CONCERTS
May 26
Slipknot @ Woodlands Pavilion
San Holo @ Stereo Live
June 2
R. Kelly @ Toyota Center
Paris Blohm @ Stereo Live
May 27
Say Anything @ House of Blues
Avatar @ Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
June 3
Tommy Trash @ Stereo Live
Old Dominion @ Warehouse Live
May 28
Erykah Badu @ Arena Theatre
June 4
Jimmy Buffett @ Woodlands Pavilion
Slim Thug @ Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Matoma @ Stereo Live
May 29
The Flaming Lips @ White Oak Music Hall
The Hunger @ Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Catering, Special Events & Crawfish
409-860-9811• www.cajunflavors.com
Check our website for upcoming summer concerts
May 31
Bunbury @ House of Blues
June 1
Caravan Palace @ House of Blues
June 5
Whitesnake @ Revention Music Center
June 6
Red Sun Rising @ Warehouse Live
June 8
Thrice @ House of Blues
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May 26 – June 1, 2016 • The Examiner • Section C
Annual banquet celebrates
student winners
KEEP IT SAFE
Photos courtesy of BISD
BISD Names Teachers of the Year
Educators were honored at annual Williams, a teacher at King Middle School,
providing the invocation. Throughout the eveCelebration of Excellence Gala
ning, video vignettes of campus teachers of the
Beaumont ISD named its 2016-2017 Teachers of the Year at the Celebration of Excellence
Gala held May 13. Dishman Elementary School
Teacher Wanda Brooks was named the 20162017 BISD Elementary Division Teacher of the
Year, and Vincent Middle School Teacher
Melissa Chapman was named the 2016-2017
BISD Secondary Division Teacher of the Year.
Brooks is a fourth-grade math teacher at
Dishman Elementary who has 25 years of
teaching experience and has been working in
BISD since 1991. She has a bachelor’s in education from Lamar University and is a member
of the Association of Teachers and Professional
Educators.
Chapman teaches sixtheighth grade reading at Vincent Middle School. Chapman has 19 years of teaching
experience. She has a bachelor’s in elementary education
specializing in reading and is
completing her master’s in
educational administration at
Lamar University.
The Ozen High School Brooks
NJROTC kicked off the evening with the presentation of colors, followed by the Rev. Willie
year were shown, doing what they do best —
teaching and interacting with our students.
Music was provided by the
Flava Band and KBMT 12
News/KJAC News Anchor
Vanessa Holmes served as
the mistress of ceremonies.
The 2016 Teacher of the
Year Selection Committee
was comprised of business
partners, parents, students and
community stakeholders. The
committee interviewed the
top five elementary and sec- Chapman
ondary campus teachers of the year. The committee included Margaret Swope, chair, Lamar
University; Sal Guerrero, co-chair, Beaumont
Public Schools Foundation Inc.; Pat Calhoun,
Lamar Institute of Technology; Brittane Cockrell, Ozen High School Student Body President;
Sidney Guillory, Central High School Student
Body President; Josh Williams, West Brook
High School Student Body President; Hannah
Ward, Beaumont Foundation; Michael Wolf,
Beaumont A&M Club; Mary Beth Woodall,
Association of Texas Professional Educators;
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Boating can be
fun as long as
you stay in, it
stays upright
AUTOMOTIVE REVIEW
Buick’s stylish Encore
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Cheniere recognized and honored 19 Southeast Texas students and three
Southwest Louisiana students
recently accepted into the program and discussed the collaboration with
the college,
Taylor Career
Center, and
schools districts
such as Beaumont, Nederland, Port
Arthur, Port
Neches-Groves
and Vidor.
Cheniere hosts acceptance reception for
Craft Development Program participants
Cheniere Energy recently
hosted a reception at Lamar
Institute of Technology (LIT)
to recognize candidates
accepted into the Craft Development Program established
by the company last year.
The Craft Development
Program is a workforce development program tailored to
produce highly skilled welders
needed to support ongoing
construction along the Gulf
Coast. Utilizing partnerships
with LIT and local school districts, the program consists of
advanced welding training at
the college and customized,
advanced welder training at a
Cheniere-sponsored training
facility.
Once accepted into the pro-
gram, participants start with
structural welding and advance
to combination and stainless
steel welding over the course of
6-18 months, depending on their
skill level and
aptitude. Program participants receive
tuition reimbursement as
well as additional financial
incentives tied to their performance. Successful program
graduates could have an opportunity to work at one of Cheniere’s projects currently under
construction.
At the reception, Cheniere
recognized and honored 19
Southeast Texas students and
three Southwest Louisiana stu-
dents recently accepted into
the program and discussed the
collaboration with the college,
Taylor Career Center, and
schools districts such as Beaumont, Nederland, Port
Arthur, Port
NechesGroves and
Vidor. State
Rep. Dade Phelan and LIT
president Dr. Paul Szuch also
spoke to the students and parents about the positive outlook
for welding technology in
today’s workforce.
“We are proud of this collaboration with LIT and the
surrounding school districts,”
said Nick Harris, Craft Development Program manager at
Photos courtesy of Cheniere Energy
Program participants receive their new welding uniforms.
Cheniere. Partnerships like
The reception was held at
this help develop the local the Beeson building on the
workforce while addressing campus of Lamar Institute of
specific industry needs.”
Technology.
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Buick’s stylish Encore
By Michele Brooke
Auto Writer
Buick’s Encore continues to
draw new customers to the
brand, attracted by the small
crossover’s unique package of
luxury features and efficiency.
Its lineup grows
this year with the
new Encore Sport
Touring, which
features an allnew 1.4L turbo engine along
with unique exterior cues.
With a starting MSRP of
$24,065, the 2016 Encore is
offered in five trim levels:
Encore, Encore Convenience,
Encore Sport Touring, Encore
Leather and Encore Premium.
All models offer room for five
and up to 48.4 cubic feet (with
rear seats folded) of storage
space.
Encore’s style
Encore’s sculpted styling
identifies it as a contemporary
Buick. Signature cues include a
waterfall grille, chrome accents
and painted lower panels. Stan-
dard body-color door handles
with chrome strips and a styled,
stainless steel exhaust tip add
to the premium look. Eighteeninch, five-spoke painted aluminum wheels are standard. Seven-spoke Ultra-Bright aluminum wheels are available.
Nine exterior
colors are available
including
hues such as
Graphite
Gray
Metallic, Carbon Black Metallic, Rosewood Metallic (with
Dark Cocoa Ash lower accent)
and White Pearl Tricoat (Satin
Nickel Metallic accent).
Inside, the Encore’s distinctive styling carries over with
an all-Ebony interior or a contemporary mix of dark and
light tones accented with a
select use of chrome and wood
grain trim.
Interior upholstery and color combinations include
upscale cloth with leatherette
accents in a choice of Ebony
or Medium Titanium with
Ebony accents; and leatherappointed seats in a choice of
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2016 Buick Encore
Photos courtesy of General Motors
Ebony, Medium Titanium with automatic transmission is
Ebony accents and Saddle paired with the Ecotec 1.4L
with Cocoa accents.
turbo engine. Fuel economy
averages 33-mpg on the highUnder the hood
way and 25mpg in the city for
Buick Encore’s standard FWD models and 30 mpg on
engine is an efficient Ecotec the highway and 23 mpg in the
1.4L turbocharged four-cylin- city for AWD models.
Additionally, the Encore
der engine. It generates 138
horsepower and 148 foot- Sport Touring is powered by
pounds of torque. A six-speed an all-new, 1.4L turbocharged
engine, which produces 153
horsepower and 177 footpounds of torque. It’s matched
with a six-speed automatic
transmission.
•••
To learn more about the
2016 Buick Encore, visit your
local Southeast Texas Buick
dealer or log on to www.buick.
com.
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2008 Ford F-150
2009 dodge raM
2011 nissan Murano
2013 nissan MaxiMa
2014 kia optiMa
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COMMUNITY LISTINGS
Central graduate
elected as SGA
president at TSU
New playground
equipment installed
at Catholic Charities
Fund Tour, in addition to being a university tour guide for Middle School
Day, Tiger Day and Preview Weekend.
While at Central, Lee was the student body president his senior year and
Justin Lee, a 2014 Central Medical represented the Beaumont Independent
High School graduate, is the president- School District at a taping of the
elect for the Texas Southern Universi- “Queen Latifah Show.”
ty’s Student Government Association.
Lee was elected
April 28 after previously serving as the
organization’s executive secretary and
Throughout March and April, all
executive vice presiStark Cultural Venues accepted donadent.
Since becoming a tions for the Sabine River Flooding
Texas Southern Uni- Disaster Relief. Patrons could find
versity Tiger, Lee donation boxes in Orange at the Stark
has served as a writer Museum of Art, The W.H. Stark House,
Lee
for the Tiger Ambas- Shangri La Botanical Gardens and
sador and also has served on the Presi- Nature Center, and the Lutcher Theater
dent’s Advisory Board, the Tuition and for the Performing Arts.
All financial donations were given
Fees Committee, the TSU Homecomto
the local chapters of the American
ing committee, the TSU CommunicaRed
Cross and The Salvation Army in
tion Club and the University Program
support
of their efforts. Non-perishable
Council. Lee is also a collegiate member of the 100 Black Men of America. food items and bottled water were
Not only is Lee an Honor Society donated to Orange Christian Services.
Captain Frankco Higdon (top)
member who maintains a 3.0 GPA, but
accepted
a check in the amount of
he is also an active volunteer for the
Salvation Army, the Texas Southern $1,392.63 on behalf of The Salvation
University Campus Beautification Ini- Army from Stark Cultural Venues
tiative and the United Negro College Marketing Manager Lynae Sanford.
Stark patrons donate
funds, food for Sabine
River flooding relief
Stark Cultural Venues employee
John Gray delivered non-perishable
food items to Orange Christian Services.
Stark Cultural Venues CFO Tad
McKee and Board Member Larry
David presented a check in the amount
of $1,392.63 to Chester Jourdan Jr., the
executive director from the American
Red Cross.
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New playground equipment from
American Parks Company has been
installed and is ready for playtime at
the Catholic Charities of Southeast
Texas in Beaumont.
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas is the social service branch of the
Diocese of Beaumont serving the counties of Jefferson, Orange, Hardin,
Chambers, Jasper, Liberty, Newton,
Polk and Tyler. The corporation operates seven programs based on recognized social needs in these counties
including counseling, disaster relief,
immigration services and social ministry. Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas also runs a soup kitchen that feeds
meals to the needy 365 days a year, and
Elijah’s Place, where trained volunteers
and facilitators provide ongoing grief
counseling to children ages 5-18.
Now, the charity can add play to their
list of services. A Jumping Jack Bundled Playground was installed by American Parks Company at the Service’s
building just off the Eastex Freeway.
The play structure has a child capacity
of 25 and is suitable for ages 2-12. It’s
equipped with plenty of activities that
challenge and excite, too.
The professional American Playground Company installation crew finished this primary-colored playground
off with 13 tons of brown rubber mulch
for safety surfacing. This type of surfacing recycles tires that would have
otherwise gone to a landfill, so it helps
protect kids and the environment. Children visiting the charity center will
now be able to find peace and joy
through play in the great outdoors.
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Humble radish comes
in wondrous variety
We won’t be planting radishes for a
few months, but we can sure eat them
right now. Radishes are one of the
things, like beets, that I saw my parents
eating but swore I would never try. Do
our taste buds change? Do we expand
our eating horizons? Not sure, but I
love them now.
yet? Recent research is
suggesting that the rad- Garden
ish, like other cruciferGate
ous vegetable, contains
with
sulforaphane, which has
a proven role in fighting Joette Reger
prostate, breast, colon
and ovarian cancers.
Radishes are such quick growers.
They are grown for the root but you can
also eat the leaves when they are young
and tender. Radishes can grow in partial
shade and don’t need much room to
grow. They like loose, well-drained soil
about a foot deep. Plant the seeds when
the weather gets cooler and through
spring. If you make several plantings
about a week apart, you will have radishes all of the time. Add fertilizer when
planting, and water weekly if it doesn’t
rain. Thin out the baby radishes when
they start to grow. You can even eat
those roots that you thin out of the row.
Keep weeds at bay and harvest. Most
radishes get hot and stringy if you leave
them in the ground too long. They are
just so delicious and tender when fresh
and young. Claude Monet (the consummate gardener) is said to have loved a
washed bowl of fresh, young radishes
This crop is just so beautiful that it served with a dish of French butter and
can be used to decorate your dinner a little bowl sea salt for dipping them.
table! And have you seen the varieties
of radishes lately? These crunchy No tax on Texas Superstar plants
beauties can be spicy or mild, round or over Memorial Day weekend
oblong, and big or small. You can
The Texas Comptroller of Public
choose your favorite color, ranging Accounts announced the first sales tax
from reddish-purple to rosy pink, pure holiday for water-efficient products
white, green or even black. The White will be Saturday, May 28, through
Icicle is pungent and about 6 inches Monday, May 30.
long. The Sparkler is round and bright
One way residents can reduce outred. The Cherry Belle is the delish door water use is to plant drought-tolcommon radish found in your super- erant varieties of flowers, shrubs and
market. French Breakfast is mild and trees that have been tested against
extra-crunchy. Early Scarlet Gold is an Texas’ tough conditions. These plants
heirloom that is round with white are easily identified by their “Texas
flesh. Daikon Long White are huge Superstar” tag.
radishes that can grow 18 inches long.
Texas Superstar plants are extenFire and Ice is an oblong that is sweet sively researched by the Texas A&M
and half white and half bright red. Agrilife Extension and Research SerWant a super unique radish? The vices before becoming eligible to
Sakurajima Mammoth sometimes receive the Superstar designation.
reaches about 100 pounds with a sweet, These plants must perform reliably in
mild flavor. The Green Meat is green terms of growth, blooming and water
inside and out. The Black Spanish has needs while exposed to the wide varicoal-black skin and white flesh. Pick ety of conditions found across the
your favorites and then you can search state. Once a variety has been studied
the catalogs to order in your choices and deemed acceptable, it is added to
for the fall.
the official Superstar list and then can
You may be like my husband and be marketed as a Texas Superstar.
say, “Why would I want to eat that?”
For a full list of eligible water-savWell, the radish is one of the most ing products, visit the Texas Comptrolnutritious of the root veggies. They are ler of Public Accounts’ website. To
super low calorie but are packed with learn more about Texas Superstar plant
antioxidants, electrolytes, minerals, varieties, and for a full list of retailers,
vitamins and dietary fiber. Not sold visit TDA’s GO TEXAN website.
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Boats come in all shapes and sizes. Most are for fishing, others are for sightseeing and water skiing. But before
Photo by Robert Sloan
you go it’s always best to know boating safety laws.
Playing it safe in boats
Know the rules, follow them, and have a good time
One thing is certain about boating – it’s made contact with 22,732 recreational boaters,
unpredictable adventure on just about every issued 1,147 tickets and made 17 BUI arrests
trip out.
in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of
A Texas game warden got a call about a boating under the influence of drugs or alcomissing boat that was last seen on Lake Somer- hol. During last year’s Fourth of July holiday,
ville. The boat’s occupants were already two game wardens made contact with roughly
hours late getting home. The wind was blow- 30,000 recreational boaters and arrested 58
ing over 30 miles an hour that day, and the operators for boating under the influence. In
waves were over 4 feet. The boaters got lucky. addition, game wardens filed 39 minor in posThey were found. The high waves had caused session of alcohol cases and eight drug related
the boat to take on water and sink,
cases.
forcing the occupants to swim to shore.
Summer doesn’t actually begin
One of them was taken to the hospital
until June 20, but with warming
for hypothermia, but they were otherweather, thousands of boaters are takwise OK.
ing advantage of fishing and water
A Limestone County game warden
skiing opportunities on our many
got a call about a father and son who
lakes, rivers and bayous across Texas.
hadn’t returned home from their fishBut before you go it’ll pay to know
ing trip. After calling both her husband
what some of the rules are on the
and son multiple times, the wife and Robert Sloan water.
her other son went to Lake Limestone
For example, did you know that
to look for their missing family mem- Outdoors open containers in a boat are legal, but
bers. They found the dad’s truck and
operators of boats are subject to boattrailer, but his boat was nowhere to be
ing while intoxicated laws, similar to
seen. When the warden arrived he saw a light driving a vehicle? And operators or passengers
flashing sporadically in the distance, in the may also be subject to public intoxication
middle of the lake. The warden launched his laws. Drinking and boating is the cause of
boat and, upon arriving at the source of the most boating fatalities, according to the Texas
light, found a man and child sitting on top of a Parks and Wildlife Department.
capsized vessel. High winds had caused the
One sure-fire way to get a ticket while boating
boat to take on water and capsize on top of a is to break the law regarding the use of lifejacktree stump, which kept the boat partially above ets, aka PFDs (personal flotation devices):
water. The father and son, who were both
• Children under 13 years of age in or on
wearing life jackets, were OK, though they vessels under 26 feet must wear a U.S. Coast
were very cold, hungry and shaken.
Guard approved wearable PFD while underAnother fact is that drinking and boating is way.
a dangerous combination, especially if you get
• All vessels under 16 feet (including canoes
caught drunk on the water by a game warden. and kayaks) must be equipped with one PFD
A boating under the influence charge is just as Type I-V for each person on board.
serious, and expensive, as a DUI.
• For boats 16 feet and longer, in addition to
Over last summer’s three-day Operation the Type I-V PFD for each person on board,
Dry Water weekend, Texas game wardens
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LISTINGS
from page 4C
Ranger-led programs
at the Big Thicket
The staff of Big Thicket National Preserve
invites everyone to explore the thicket by taking advantage of the ranger-led programs
being offered in the months of May-August.
Some programs require participants to preregister. For detailed information, visit www.
nps.gov/bith/planyourvisit/calendar.htm or
follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.
com/BigThicketNPS.
Sunday, June 5, for the Big Sandy Trail
Hike, meet at the preserve visitor center at 9
a.m. to convoy to the location or meet at the
Big Sandy Trailhead at 10 a.m., located off
Sunflower Road, west of Dallardsville in Polk
County. Bring water, sunscreen, bug spray
and snacks. The full round-trip distance is 5-6
miles; hikers can choose a shorter or longer
distance. Call the visitor center at (409) 9516700 to register.
Gift of Life provides free
healthcare screenings
during Men’s Health Month
During June, National Men’s Health Month,
the Gift of Life, with medical partners Baptist
Hospitals of Southeast Texas and local healthcare organizations, will provide medically
underserved men with free prostate cancer
tests and other important screenings, along
with educational outreach, to heighten awareness of men’s preventable health problems.
“I encourage Southeast Texas men to take
advantage of these lifesaving screenings that
are provided at no cost by the Gift of Life,”
said Jefferson County Commissioner Everette “Bo” Alfred, honorary chairman. “It’s a
matter of good health, and this is a great
opportunity to take care of yourself. Be a
man and get screened!”
Screenings will be performed from 9-11
a.m. Saturday, June 4, in Orange at Lamar
State College; Saturday, June
11, in Beaumont at Lamar
Institute of Technology; and
Saturday, June 25, in Port
Arthur at the Carl Parker
Center.
Screening pre-registration
is recommended, and walkins will be accepted subject
to eligibility.
Gift of Life screens men
who are at least 45 years of Alfred
age (40 if African-American
or younger if there is a family history of prostate cancer) and have not had prostate cancer,
have limited income and are medically underinsured. Early detection is the best protection,
and statistics reflect that the five-year survival
rate for men whose prostate cancer is diagnosed early is nearly 100 percent.
For more information, visit giftoflifebmt.
org or call the office at (409) 833-3663. To
register for a screening, call the 24-hour hotline at (409) 860-3369.
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The 2016
Teacher of
the Year
Selection
Committee
was comprised of
business
partners,
parents, students and
community
stakeholders.
TEACHER
from page 1C
David Gorsich, ExxonMobil;
and June White, BISD Retired
Teachers Association.
Brooks and Chapman will
go on to represent BISD at the
regional level. If successful at
the regional level, they will
compete at the State of Texas
Teacher of the Year. The Texas
Teacher of the Year program
has been in existence since
1969 and showcases outstanding educators. This program is
facilitated by the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA). According to
TASA, the Texas Teacher of
the Year is the highest honor
that the State of Texas can
bestow upon a teacher.
In March 2016, a Teacher of
the Year nominee was selected
from each BISD campus. The
28 nominees were chosen by
their colleagues. Each nominee received a gift bag filled
with goodies and supplies
from Neighbors Emergency
Center, a spa gift certificate
from Solutions Day Spa, a certificate from Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton, a $50
Pappadeaux gift card from
Beaumont Emergency Center
and a floral centerpiece.
Brooks and Chapman each
received $1,500, an iPad from
Neighbors Emergency Center
and an overnight hotel stay
with breakfast and a day spa
gift certificate from the MCM
Eleganté.
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Leger’s
Range
must have one Type IV throwable
• Is at least 13 years of age and has
device that must be readily
successfully completed a boater
accessible. Canoes and kayaks
education course approved by
over 16 feet are exempt from
TPWD.
the Type IV requirement.
A boat is one of the most
When selecting a PFD, the
enjoyable and fun “toys”
proper size is important. Too
you’ll ever find. I’ve owned
small may not keep you
17 of them over the past four
afloat and too large may
decades. And I’ve had my
come off on impact if you are
share of mishaps on the
suddenly thrown into the
water. But overall, I’ve found
water. A PFD should be snug
that boating is an outdoor
around the torso and when lifting
adventure that everybody should at
on the shoulder straps, should not least check out once in their lifetime.
come past the bottom of the ears. PFDs
are sized by weight and chest size and
ooting
should be tried on before purchasing to
Sh
assure a proper fit for the person that
will be wearing it.
Quality Guns & scopes
In Texas, not everybody is allowed
to run a boat. For example, a person
cannot operate a windblown vessel
over 14 feet in length, a motorboat We give CHL Classes & Renewals
with more than 15 horsepower or personal watercraft unless he or she:
We Sight in Rifles
• Was born on or after September 1,
1993, and has passed a boater educaTuesday - Saturday
tion class or equivalency examination
prescribed by TPWD.
10am - 5:30pm
• Is 18 years of age and can lawfully
operate the motorboat and is on board
the boat when underway.
409-866-0871 • 409-860-guns
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$364,000
MLS# 180614, 4/3.5/3 Beautiful home on one acre with bonus room above garage that is heated and
cooled. Bathroom downstairs, R/V cover and 24 x 30 shop, large back yard with privacy fence, 2 covered
patios, outdoor kitchen in garage, huge island kitchen with granite countertops and breakfast room, formal
dining, large living room with fireplace and built-ins, den, large master and bath with two sinks, jetted tub,
separate shower, tile and carpet, all electric.Too many extras to list. This home will sell itself.
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Automated Medication Reconciliation, Part 1 of 4
SETMA’s Medication Reconcilia- cation record for all patients at all
tion Tutorial is online at www.setma. times.
com/epm-tools/medication-reconciliSuch an enhancement to patient
ation-tutorial. This is important safety and quality is obvious to anybecause the most critical function in one who has thought seriously about
medical record keeping is the mainte- the systemic problems of healthcare
nance of and access to an accurate, delivery. Over the coming weeks, it is
valid list of the medications a person our hope to expand the current funcis taking.
tions to include all of the enhanceMarch 30, 1998, when SETMA ments described in the tutorial and
purchased an electronic medical particularly the functions defined in
record system, one of the motivations the Medication Reconciliation Changwas to facilitate the keeping of a trust- es section of the tutorial.
worthy medication list. Oct. 2, 2012,
was the beginning of SETMA’s dis- Philosophy and Explanation
cussion of an “automated, systemsThere was a time, actually quite
driven medication reconciliation” recently, when the “magic and mysmethod that would systematize and tery” of medicine was considered part
accelerate the process. Oct. 7, 2015, I of the art of medicine and often actureceived the following note from
ally made people “feel” safer.
David Fulton, MS, PMP, comPatients had enormous trust in
munication lead, Medicaidtheir physicians and looked
CHIP Health Information
upon them as their most
Technology, Texas Health and
favored and most trusted counHuman Services Commission:
selors. Prescriptions written in
“I am forming a planning
Latin were reassuring to the
group to develop a state-wide
patient who believed that their
outreach plan to raise EPCS Your Life, very-well-educated physician
use in Texas. I just discovered
knew more than they did
Your
this article about SETMA and
because he or she could write a
Health prescription that they, the
EPCS.
“Would you be willing to
patient, could not understand.
participate in this planning with James
Most patients took one or
Holly, M.D.
group? There will be a few
two prescriptions a year. Today
phone calls to discuss ideas,
that number ranges from 25 to
report progress, get feedback. We are 44 prescriptions a year for patients 65
developing a co-marketing plan with years of age and older, depending
Surescripts to make sure we’re on upon the state in which the patient
target. Texas Medical Association, lives. Medication regimes are much
Office of eHealth Coordination, Texas more complicated and are changed
Pain Society, Texas Hospital Associa- much more frequently.
tion, Texas eHealth Alliance have all
In the 1940s, there were not many
agreed to participate in this planning. medications. In the Health Care
I am also reaching out to the State financing Review, it is stated:
Pharmacy Board and State Medical
“Many of the changes in clinical
Board. We’d like to take the under 3 medicine by the early 1960s were the
percent EPCS in Texas and signifi- result of pharmaceuticals: antibiotics,
cantly raise it.”
psychotropics, tranquilizers, horIn the ensuing months, this group mones and other drugs. It was estihas grown, and with Fulton’s leader- mated that 90 percent of the drugs
ship, has successfully formed a coali- prescribed in 1960 had been introtion to increase the use of electronic duced in the previous two decades
prescribing of controlled substances and that 40 percent of the prescrip(ePCS). Through the group Fulton tions could not have been filled in
formed, I have come to know Mary 1954.”
Martin and other Surescripts leaders.
The good news was progress
In our conversations, I discovered that increasingly made valuable and useful
Surescripts and NexGen had already pharmaceuticals available for treating
solved the major issues we had pro- patients. The bad news was that more
posed in 2012.
and more people were taking multiple
In collaboration with Surescripts, medications, some with complicated
NextGen, Fulton and others, we have “sig” codes (written instructions in
been able to “resurrect” the dream of Latin) and others with an increasing
improving the quality of medication number of serious interactions and
reconciliation, makeing it much more with this the potential for mistakes
efficient and working toward resolv- increased significantly. In addition,
ing one of the most difficult problems the following issues produced signifiin healthcare and in medical records cant hazards in the use of medicakeeping, i.e., maintaining an accurate, tions:
• Medication interactions increased
valid, complete and reconciled medi-
to the point to where one of the major
pitfalls in dealing with these interactions was “to rely upon your memory
in assessing medication interactions.”
There were just too many for any one
person to remember all of them.
• With multiple providers prescribing medications for the same patients,
the maintenance of an accurate and
complete medication list became
increasingly difficult until it became
the single most critical and complicated problem in medical records.
• The following sequence of events
in prescribing of medications was not
uncommon. The provider handwrites
a prescription; the patient hand carriers the prescription to the pharmacy;
the pharmacist can’t read the prescription or worse yet thinks he/she can
read it and gets it wrong; the pharmacist calls the doctor’s office; the office
staff asks the doctor what medication
he/she prescribed; the doctor does not
remember and asks for the chart; the
chart can’t be found or has not yet
been transcribed and this goes on until
sometimes it is several days before
the prescription is finally obtained by
the patient.
In 2010, it was reported that in the
United States annually 7,000 people
died due to medical errors that included misreading or otherwise misinterpreting handwritten prescriptions.
The following developments created
an environment where accurate medication lists in provider records and
accurate understanding by patients of
what medications they were to take,
as well as when and how to take them,
became imperative:
• The number of medications grew;
today there are over 10,000 prescription medications and over 300,000
over-the-counter drugs.
• The “magic and mystery” of the
medical profession decreased both
because of an increasingly knowledgeable populace and because of a
decreasing trust in physicians.
• More and more people were taking more and more complex medications
• Medications had increasingly
serious and dangerous side effects and
interactions.
• Technology created new medicines and it would take technology to
keep track of them.
A major sociological shift took
place in the United States as well.
Demand increased to take all of the
magic and mystery out of medicine.
Hospitals required that abbreviations,
particularly Latin abbreviations, not
be used in hospital records. Medication lists given to patients were
required to be written in English
instead of Latin abbreviation, i.e.,
instead of “Sig: 1 po qid,” medication
directions were required to be written
in “Directions: one tablet by mouth
four times per day.”
As early as the mid-1970s, healthcare professionals and organizations
like the Institute for Safe Medication
Practices (ISMP), which describes
itself as “A Nonprofit organization
educating the medical community and
consumers about safe medication
practices,” began to raise the alarm
about the need for safe medication
practices. In a 2007 publication entitled, Protecting U. S. Citizens From
Inappropriate Medication Use, ISMP
stated, “3.4 billion prescriptions
(were) dispensed in 2005 ... an
increase of nearly 60 percent since
1995 ... 81 percent of adults ... take at
least one medication ... and 27 percent
take five.” By 2016, the number of
dispensed medications rose to 4.2 billion annually.
Magic and Mass
The magic of medicine was gone
and the mass of medicines had
increased. Both are good things but
both require new skills and attentiveness by providers. The imperative for
and the complexity of “Medication
Reconciliation” is the most important
result of these changes. And, it is still
a fact that one of the two most difficult tasks facing all healthcare providers is maintaining an accurate and
up-to-date medication list on all
patients.
In 2010, the National Quality
Forum (NQF) published a study entitled Preferred Practices and Performance Measure for Measuring and
Reporting Care Coordination: A Consensus Report. One of the critical
quality measures is Medication Reconciliation. One of those measures is
described as: “The plan of care document should include essential clinical
data documenting the patient’s current state, including, but not limited
to, problem lists, medication lists,
allergies and risk factors, age-appropriate standardized clinical assessments and screening tests; immunizations status ....” Repeatedly, medication reconciliation is included as an
essential part of care transitions at
every point whether the transfer of
care was made from clinic to home,
hospital to ambulatory care, emergency department to nursing home,
hospital to hospice, hospital to skilled
nursing facility, hospital to long term
acute care or other transitions.
Dr. James L. Holly is CEO of Southeast
Texas Medical Associates, LLP (SETMA)
in Beaumont.
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Look at each piece of sports equipment below for one
minute. Then cover this box with your hand. Can you name
all of the items without peeking? Keep trying until you do!
his summer, the eyes of the world will turn to Rio de Janeiro
in Brazil for the Olympic Games and the Paralympic
aralympic Games,
officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad.
Don’t let your brain get flabby this summer. Read
Kid Scoop each week to give your mind and
imagination
a real workout as we celebrate this
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international sports event. Complete each pag
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members,
share the fun with friends and family membe
ers, too.
On April 21, 2016 the Olympic torch
was lit in Greece. The torch stays lit
as it travels the world. First it took
a short trip around Greece, the
birthplace of the Olympics. Then
it went to Switzerland, where the
International Olympic Committee
offices are located. After that the
torch was flown to the Brazilian
capital, Brasilia, to start a 95-day
journey throughout the country that
is host of the 2016 Summer Games.
Which
swimmer
will reach
the finish
line?
Standards Link: Oral Language: Use descriptive words, memory recall.
PARALYMPIC
CAPITAL
BRAZIL
SUMMER
SILVER
TORCH
RELAY
GAMES
WORLD
ROUTE
GOLD
HOST
HAND
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The torch will be passed from hand
to hand by 12,000 relay runners
through every state in Brazil.
Ninety percent of Brazil’s 204
million inhabitants will be reached
on this route before it ends its
journey at the Opening Ceremonies
in Rio de Janeiro.
You can follow the route of the
Olympic Torch. Each time you read
10 column inches of the newspaper,
color in a circle along the route of
the Olympic Torch.
Draw a lline
Draw
Dr
ie
in
connecting each
identical torch.
Circle the one
unique torch that
doesn’t have
a twin.
Each time you read a book this summer, color in a letter on one of the medals below.
Can you read 13 books and go for the gold?
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Talking Pictures
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in the newspaper. Pretend these people can talk
to one another. Write a conversation for them.
Put the words in “bubbles” to make the picture
look like a comic strip panel.
Look at the names
of different teams in
the sports pages of
your newspaper.
Imagine there are
teams for each
subject you study in
school. Make a list
of team names for
a reading team,
science team,
math team, etc.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written
directions.
Best Book of
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What book do you recommend other kids
read this summer? Have fun describing the
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giant
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trick
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Pebble Beach
(unfinished Mozart
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opera)
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who wrote, “Man is
68 With full attention
the measure of all
69 Gooey stuff
things”
70 Classic song with
25 Tomato trouble
the repeated line
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“If you need me, I
person to set foot on
will be nearby” …
the moon
shown symbolically
28 Round of applause
in this puzzle
29 One on a talk show
75 Ewoks’ home in sci-fi
couch, say
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31 Argentine aunt
campus site
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and towelettes
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nickname
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one of its patrons
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when raw
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RELEASE DATE: 5/29/2016
Dear Annie:
Until two years ago, I
thought we had a loving family, even though my husband
and I are divorced. We have
two grown children in their
50s.
Two years ago, my son
asked me to co-sign a college
loan for his child. When I
declined, he said he was “done
with this whole family,” and
has not spoken to any of us
since.
I live several hundred miles
away from my son. My thought
now is to leave the bulk of
what little I have to my daughter, because she will end up
being my caregiver, selling my
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winds)
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from Moody’s
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speak
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Garciaparra
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style
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117 Use as a conclusion
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festival in Holland,
Mich.
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Café
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place to get a date
129 Spew fire and
brimstone, say
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2016’s “Zootopia”
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with sinkholes and
caverns
2 One of the Nixons
3 Captivate
4 Rich soil
5 Caveat ____
6 Final installment of
“The Hangover”
7 Sign of theatrical
success
8 Fall mo.
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played by Russell
Crowe
10 Hit from “Songs
in the Key of
Life” dedicated to
Ellington
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format
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us “cummerbund”
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innocent look
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remembered
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Kathy with the #1
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and a Dozen Roses”
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house and deciding my future
medical care. Of course, I
would leave my son a small
sum, so he knows he has not
been forgotten.
I see no repair to this family, as I do not foresee my son
changing. What advice do you
have for me?
— Hurt Mother
Dear Hurt:
Be grateful that you are
close to your daughter. You
were under no obligation to
co-sign a loan on behalf of
your grandchild. But your
son’s reaction was totally out
of proportion, and it makes us
wonder whether something
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somehow showing favoritism
to his sister or her children. If
such an accusation has merit,
please examine your behavior
honestly to see what you can
change.
Is anyone in touch with
your son — a relative or family friend? Perhaps this person
could intercede on your behalf
and find out whether reconciliation is possible. It may require
counseling, in which case, we
hope you both would agree to
go. Otherwise, whatever you
do with your estate is up to
you. We hope, in addition to
whatever you were planning to
leave your son, you also
include a letter to him expressing your love, without judgment or blame, and your regret
that the relationship wasn’t
closer.
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for short
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rarely call. I call them.
We have had no disagreements or other issues. I feel
they are waiting for me to die
to get their inheritance, and
have no real interest in me as a
person. They rarely celebrate
my birthday or holidays, saying they have to work and will
come another day.
I am always sad when I hear
about my friends celebrating
special occasions with their
families. What can I do to
mend this broken heart?
— K.
Dear K.:
Some children become so
wrapped up in their own lives
that they forget to make time
for their parents. Please don’t
wait around for your kids to
value you. Be as active as you
can be. Join a book club, theater group or choir. Do volunteer work where your presence
Dear Annie:
will matter. Get a part-time job
My heart hurts and I don’t if you aren’t currently
know how to fix it. I am in my employed. Take an exotic trip
late 70s and my adult children with that inheritance. Maybe
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sheets
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your kids will find you more
interesting. If not, at least
you’ll be living your life
instead of waiting by the
phone.
Dear Annie:
There is a couple that
socializes with us and our
friends. They constantly drop
hints that their adult children
(living at home) should be
invited to our events. They say
things like, “Becky would
really enjoy coming to your
house. She loves the way you
cook.” Sometimes they just
show up at the door with their
adult children and say, “I hope
you don’t mind.”
How do you respond to
such requests? And how do we
prevent future occurrences?
These people can be rather
insistent. They seem to feel
that we would be missing so
much if their adult children
didn’t attend.
— Hostess in Louisiana
See ANNIE on page 14C
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Medical Milestone
Researchers at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign announced they
had recently (a first, they
claimed) transmitted highspeed digital data through
slabs of pork loin and beef
liver. The signal cleared the
muscle and gristle so cleanly
that it permitted streaming of
high-definition video —
enough to watch Netflix, said
the lead researcher. (Actually,
the advance is crucial in that it
allows a patient to swallow a
transmitter and for physicians
to monitor inner workings of
the body in real time and externally control implanted devices such as cranial sensors and
defibrillators.)
Can’t Possibly Be True
For solutions, see page 15C
• Religious leaders associated with the “quiverfull” ministry announced intentions for
a November retreat this year in
Wichita, Kansas, at which parents will meet to plan
“arranged” Christian marriages for their prepubescent
daughters, to maximize the
future couples’ childbearing
potential — supposedly the
No. 1 priority of all females.
Quiverfull activist Vaughn
Ohlman has written that
female fertility is optimal during their teens (actually, just
after age 12) and drops off in
their 20s. The local district
attorney, queried by The Wichita Eagle, said such marriages
are legal as long as all parties
consent — but Ohlman has
maintained that the Bible does
not require the bride’s consent
if her father has given his.
• Apparently, Japanese taste
buds easily become bored, for
manufacturers seem eager to
create extravagant food combinations to satisfy them that
might prove daunting to most
Americans. The latest exhibit:
the familiar Kit Kat chocolatecoated wafer — but with the
taste of ripe melon and cheese
(specifically, “Hokkaido Melon
With Mascarpone Cheese”). As
Japanese foodies know, Kit Kats
in Japan come in at least 15
coatings, according to a 2013
review by Kotaku.com, including Edamame Soybean, Purple
Sweet Potato, Hot Japanese
Chili, Matcha-Green Tea, Wasabi and Red Bean Sandwich.
• The Daily Pakistan newspaper, covering the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi in
April, reported that a judge in
Courtroom III asked a constable if he knew how the grenade entered into evidence
worked. Rather than assume
that an explanation was
requested, the constable pulled
the pin to demonstrate, and the
resulting explosion injured the
constable, a court clerk and
another police officer. The
constable is said to be facing
severe discipline as soon as he
recovers.
Latest Religious Messages
• Great Britain’s prisoners
claiming to be adherents of the
ancient Celtic pagan religion
are allowed, under rules from
the National Offender Management Services, to be excused
from jailhouse routines to celebrate four festivals, including
(of course) the Festival of the
Lactating Sheep. Although
“Skyclad,” or naked worship, is
forbidden, prisoners can wear
the silver pagan ring (to avoid
“distress”) and are permitted
their own chalices, crystals,
“worry beads,” pentagram
necklaces, hoodless robes and
flexible twig-wands.
• An Israeli man (unidentified in press reports) petitioned
the Haifa Magistrate’s Court
recently for a restraining order
against God, pointing out that
the Almighty has exhibited
(according to a May Times of
Israel report) “a seriously negative attitude toward him,”
especially over the previous
three years. The judge rejected
the petition even though God
was not present to argue
against it (or at least His presence could not be detected).
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Modena, Italy, ordered a father
to continue paying living
expenses for his son, age 28,
who had meandered through a
degree in literature but now
has decided to seek another, in
experimental cinema. (Almost
two-thirds of Italians aged 18
to 34 still live with their parents.) (2) In Beijing, an elderly
couple secured a court order in
March forcing their 36-yearold daughter finally to move
out after she had refused for
years. The couple admitted to
the Beijing Morning Post that
they might have pampered her
excessively over the years,
even lending her the equivalent of $23,000 to buy a house.
(Still, she stayed.)
New World Order
Gynecologists interviewed
by The New York Times for an
April report said they were
baffled by the recent increase
in teenage girls demanding
cosmetic surgery on the external folds of their vulvas —
since there is rarely a medical
need and the safety of the
operation on young girls has
not been demonstrated. Some
doctors called the “need” just
an extreme example of teen
girls’ beauty obsessions and
suggested the presence in
some girls of the psychiatric
malady of “body dysmorphic
disorder,” in which a person
imagines or exaggerates a
physical characteristic. (The
phenomenon is different from
the “vaginal rejuvenation”
requested by older women,
especially after childbirth,
because that involves tightening internal tissue.)
Texas School Blues
(1) Houston’s KHOU-TV
revealed in May that the
French teacher at the Houston
school district’s Energy Institute High School doesn’t speak
French (but did take one year
of it, in high school). (2) The
Sheldon school district near
Houston admitted in May that
a 7-year-old student at Sheldon Elementary had written
her own successful “please
excuse Rosabella early” note
(using lettering typical of
7-year-olds) and was allowed
to go home instead of attending her after-school program.
(3) School police at Christa
McAuliffe Middle School in
Parental Values
Houston threatened to arrest a
(1) In the latest ruling on a 13-year-old girl during the last
See WEIRD on page 15C
familiar theme, a court in
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Judging others
(Top Row, from left)
Ann Seastrunk, the
Rev. J. D. Roberts,
and Robert Calvert,
BISD Chief Operations Officer. (Middle
Row, from left) Elizabeth Paige Elmore,
Mariah Liedy, Laila
Keys, Keion Irivin,
Sallie Curtis Principal Brian East and
the Rev. Louis
Vaughn. (Front Row,
from left) Amy
Rubin, Tyler Ruppel,
Paisley Courts and
Addison Turk.
SOC, Children in Motion Inc. Essay Contest
SOC, Children in Motion Inc. recently held its
eighth annual banquet celebrating the students
who participated in the SOC Essay Contest.
The contest, open to elementary students,
encourages excellence in writing and communication skills. This, in turn, underscores SOC’s Primary theme that Reading and Love Matters.
Fourth-graders from Sallie Curtis, PietzchMacArthur, Fletcher, Jones-Clark and Charlton
Pollard elementary schools participated, totaling
130 students. Of that number, 82 came from
Fletcher Elementary, by far the largest participation among all the schools. In addition, Fletcher
delivered its submissions a full 10 days prior to the
deadline.
SOC’s Founder and CEO, the Rev. J. D. Roberts, was thrilled with the level of participation,
and especially excited with the quality of the
submissions. “We are hopeful about how excited
the kids are to participate. We know this will
help them with their reading and communications skills,” he said. “We’re really looking for-
Everyone Welcome!
Pastor Michael LaBrie
Gospel Tabernacle
1225 Glendale • Beaumont
409-866-2000
www.GospelTabernacleBeaumont.com
SOC Essay contest winners:
The students judged best in the contest were as
follows:
English language group:
1. Jennifer Pham – Pietzch-MacArthur
2. Brandie Johnson – Charlton Pollard
3. Aniston LeBlanc – Pietzch-MacArthur
4. Chrisae Roberson- Charlton Pollard
5. Abby Yoder – Sallie Curtis
Spanish Language group:
1. Lizbeth Alonzo – Fletcher
2. Maria Martinez – Fletcher
3. Guadalupe Hernandez – Fletcher
4. Eleno Oliva – Fletcher
5. Daniela Vasquez – Fletcher
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 7818788 or at [email protected].
but we didn’t plan on an additional person. We’d be happy to host you and
from page 11C
Becky another time.” But you also can
be gracious and accept that Becky will
Dear Hostess:
tag along whenever you invite this
These people want their children couple. Your choice is simply to invite
included in everything and have little them or not.
consideration for their hosts. When
they ask to bring Becky, it’s perfectly Dear Annie:
OK to say, “I’m so sorry, but I can’t
Like “Fed Up Sister,” my brother
accommodate her this time.” If they was also a braggart. From his teenage
say they won’t attend without her, the years on, he always tried to one-up
response should be, “We’ll miss you.” everyone. He was the youngest of six
Showing up unexpectedly at the door and didn’t realize that the rest of us
is a more difficult issue. Since they do compared notes about his stories. We
this frequently, you would be justified felt the bragging must be important to
in turning them away, saying, “So sorry, him, so we never let on.
ANNIE
Sunday • 10:30 AM
Tuesday Family Prayer 7:00 PM
Wed. Night • 7:30 Bible Study
ward to next year.”
Fletcher received the top four major awards for
the enthusiastic way they jumped on this opportunity: for First School Responding, Most Essay
Participants, the Fast Start Award, and the Best
Teachers.
One of the questions I get most often has to do
with judging others for their actions, or lack thereof.
Some people enjoy judging and really could make a
good living out of it if they chose to do so in the legal
field, but that would take more education, more discipline and more hard work. It is far easier to just sit
back in a recliner or rocker and take on the world and
let everyone who will listen know what others should
do about their sorry lives. I am amazed at what ticks
some folks off and how little it takes to get them ranting and raving for days. Much of the time, the situation has little to do with them and they are not helping to remedy it in any way.
When we set out to judge another,
let’s try to remember that we certainly
do not know all that is going on in
another’s life. We are most likely very
ignorant of what is going on and
therefore, unfit to judge. Perhaps we
are expecting more than we should of
a certain person or persons. We set the
Brenda
bar higher for others than we do for
Cannon
ourselves in many cases. To judge
Henley
others makes me think that we are
Senior
convinced that we are far better off Correspondent
than they are either in knowledge or to The Examiner
position or power. No one is better
than another. We make different life
choices and we pay the price for the bad ones and
gain from the good ones. Perhaps our exaggerated
ego is involved. When we offer judgment, we are
being ungrateful for our own blessings and we are
certainly not being compassionate (Jude 22).
If we are judging and casting hurtful stones (often
with our words), we are in a way rejecting anyone
that is different from us. If we are objective and kind,
we can learn from everyone we meet. In 99 percent
of the situations, when we judge unmercifully, we are
not helping to create positive change. We are usually
driving those who are hurting, or who have a need,
further away from help, friendship, and blessing. Is
that our goal? Think about it — wouldn’t we really
want to be helpful and not hurtful?
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged, and with what measure you mete, it shall be
measured to you again. And why see the mote that is
in thy brother’s eye, but consider not the beam that is
in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:2, 3)
When his last marriage dissolved, he
didn’t bounce back like he always had
before. We received a call from the
police one day that he had shot himself.
He was dead at age 48. His life had
been a series of stories about how great
things were and how wonderfully he
was doing. In reality, we learned that he
was an insecure and lost person.
I wish we had been able to see
through his stories to the insecurities
underneath. But we loved him and
didn’t want to hurt his feelings. Maybe
if we had called him on those stories,
things might have different. We will
never know.
— Still Grieving Sister
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BEAUMONT
ANIMAL SERVICES
Pet of the week
My name is Paul. I’m
around 2-3 years young
and I weigh 26 pounds. I
am very sweet and very
playful, so I need someone
to play with me! I love
running around in the yard
and playing with toys. I’m
good on a leash and sure
would love to go on walks
with you by my side. I
also like to play with other
dogs but like to be introduced slowly and get to
know them with you by
my side. If you are interested in adopting me,
please come down to BAS
and meet me. If you call
for information, reference
system No. 25340.
All animals are held at Beaumont Animal Services a minimum of
24 business hours before becoming available for adoption. Anyone interested in adopting an animal should fill out an adoption
application at www.beaumonttexas.gov or pick up one at 1884
Pine St. Any rescues that would like to pull an animal, contact BAS
at (409) 838-3304.
7 Little Words solution – Puzzle on page 13C
Puzzle 1
1. UTILIZED 2. RITZIER 3. FOOTPRINT 4. UNROOT
5. BROOKS 6. SHREWD 7. ADRIAN
Puzzle 2
1. BESTIES 2. KITTY 3. FEMINISM 4. HENDRIX
5. RUMINATED 6. GABBING 7. MASTERS
Puzzle 3
1. FRETFULLY 2. CHETUMAL 3. LAGUNA 4. BRIARS
5. OPENHANDED 6. BOULDER 7. MONTAGUE
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Renter causing fire could be held
responsible for the entire building
Q. I recently had a small fire in my apartment. I think it was caused by the new clothes
dryer I had installed. The landlord collected for
the damage to his building from
his insurance company. Now
the insurance company is coming after me for $60,000 because
of a clause in my lease. This fire
was not my fault. How can I be
sued?
A. The insurance company
has the right to sue you because
Know
after it paid your landlord, it
Your
gets his rights against you. Your
lease contained a clause basi- Rights
cally stating you were responsible for any damage caused by with Richard
“conduct by you or your invi- Alderman
tees, guests or occupants; or any
other cause not due to [the landlord’s] negligence or fault.” In other words, unless it was
the landlord’s fault, you are responsible. The
Texas Supreme Court recently upheld the
validity of this type of clause, holding it to be
valid and enforceable.
The bottom line for a tenant is that it is now
more important than ever to have renter’s
insurance, protecting you in the event that you
are found responsible for damage to the landlord’s property. In the event there is an accidental fire in your apartment caused by you, your
guest, or anyone else, you could be responsible
for the cost of repairing the entire building.
Q. How do I get a copy of my credit report?
How much should it cost?
A. Under federal law, you are entitled to a
free copy of your credit report from each of the
three major credit bureaus once a year. I suggest you stagger your requests, and get one
every four months. This way you will always
get current information.
To obtain information about your free report,
call (877) 322-8228, or visit www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action. Be careful about
other websites that advertise a “free credit
report.” They can end up costing you money
and being anything but free.
Q. How do you get collection agencies to
stop calling for really old debts? They keep
calling about a 10-year-old debt.
A. As I have said before, even if a debt is 10
years old, you still owe it and a collector can ask
you to pay. After seven years, however, it should
no longer appear on your credit report, and after
four years, it is too late to sue. In other words,
you still have a moral obligation to pay old
debts, but you cannot be legally forced to pay. If
you have decided that you are not going to pay
the debt, federal law allows you to stop all further communication by sending a certified letter
to the debt collector demanding it stop. To learn
more about our debt collection laws, visit the
debt collection section on my website, www.
peopleslawyer.net.
a door at Natick Mall for a
police officer who, in that brief
moment, thought he recogfrom page 13C
school year because they were nized Mavaddat. Checking his
unaware that the girl’s $2 bill cruiser’s computer, he found
(cafeteria payment) was valid the warrants, went back inside
and arrested Mavaddat.
U.S. currency.
WEIRD
Police Reports
Cavalcade of Rednecks
Timothy Trammell, 36, was
(1) In April, police in Brigharrested
on several charges in
ton, Ontario, responded to
Jonesville,
South Carolina, in
what was reported by neighMay
after
a sheriff’s deputy
bors as a domestic disspotted
him
spray-painting a
pute,
involving
car
that
was not his.
shrieks like, “I hope
According
to the deputy’s
you die!” They
report,
Trammell
had
found only a man
just
finished
angrily
“arguing” with his
painting “C-h-e-epet parrot (who the
t-e-r” (sic) on the
man
said
was
car (belonging
“beaking off” at
to a woman,
him). No arrests
identified in
were made. (2) Kaya WSPAvon Mavaddat, 28,
TV report
was arrested in
as his girlNatick, Massachufriend).
setts, as police enforced
three arrest warrants. He
had been on the loose until
May 6, when he politely
(inadvisedly) held open
Updates
(1) In April in Oslo district
court, Norway’s most notorious terrorist, Anders Behring
Breivik (77 killed in 2011),
prevailed in his complaint
against prison treatment and
was awarded the equivalent of
about $41,000. The prison
(part of a system generally
regarded as the world’s most
inmate-friendly) was found to
violate Breivik’s human rights
by restricting his outside contacts and excessively restraining and strip-searching him.
(He had also complained of
poor food choices.) (2) The
Veterans Affairs hospital in
Tomah, Wisconsin, among the
system’s most troubled (in
personnel issues, falsifying
reports and overdependence
on patient opiod use), is reportedly working on a “100-day
plan” for reform and recently
posted a job opening — for
interior decorator ($77,000
position, doctoral degree) to,
presumably, improve everyone’s attitude.
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