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Vol. 17, No. 23
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Syam scam update....................................... 6 A 60 years of SETX Symphony...................... 4 B
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Updates on Examiner Investigations
Feds follow up on last
week’s investigation
A search
warrant was
executed at
the Port
Arthur home
of Diana
Broussard.
McLeods fight effort
to move alert-dog suit
By Jennifer Johnson
Metro Editor
By Fred Davis
Metro Editor
After The Examiner
revealed that hundreds of
elderly and disabled Southeast Texans were targeted in a
scam to bilk needy citizens
with promises of a federal
stimulus check, a search warrant was executed at the Port
Arthur home of one of the
suspected perpetrators.
A little more than one
month after Ryan and Tara
McLeod filed a lawsuit against
Dan Warren and his diabetic
alert dog company Guardian
Angel Service Dogs, Warren
has hired a local attorney in
Beaumont and filed a motion
in Jefferson County to have
the lawsuit either dismissed or
moved to Virginia, where Warren runs his companies.
Ryan and Tara have been
squabbling with Warren and
his Guardian Angel Service
Dogs for nearly three months
after Warren, through his lawyer, demanded money made in
a February fundraiser for one
of Warren’s diabetic alert dogs.
The price tag for the dog was
$20,000. Once Warren found
out that the McLeod’s fundraiser brought in much more
money than
the $20,000
they paid for
the dog –
somewhere
in the neighborhood of
$70,000 – he
told
the
McLeods he
was “owed”
all the rasied Warren
money because he alleged they
had used his company’s tax ID
when promoting the event.
The McLeods’ 3-year-old
son, Racer, suffers from juvenile diabetes. The dog is supposed to alert when it senses a
drop in blood sugar, but the
McLeods say their dog Gunner,
despite the $20,000 price tag,
still can’t fully alert them to
changes in Racer’s condition.
Matt Morgan, one of the
Back story
In the Aug. 16 article
“Predator’s lair,” a tangled
web of deception spun by a
group operating under the
name Syam Tax Services and
a host of pseudonyms was
exposed. The victims thought
they were claiming a portion
of federal stimulus funds set
aside to assist low-income
Social Security recipients,
when in fact no such provision exists. In reality, bogus
tax return claims were filed
with the IRS in the names of
the victims without their
knowledge or consent. Half
of the ill-gotten proceeds
were sent to the victims’ bank
account and half forwarded to
a third party. Ultimately
unemployed
recipients
learned tax returns were filed
on their behalf claiming work
income for the previous year,
and victims were in debt to
the IRS for the full refund.
The victims, Social Security and SSI recipients, gave
their driver’s license, Social
Security number and banking
information to Myra Jackson
Jones of Houston and Diana
Broussard of Port Arthur, who
then sent the information to
Syam’s headquarters in Houston and Dallas and its owner,
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Jennifer Johnson
Shannon Mays.
Jones told The Examiner
she no longer participates in
the scheme, stating she felt
the company she was working
for was up to no good.
“That’s why I left it alone,”
she said, claiming she quit
referring clients to Syam at
the beginning of July.
Broussard was still actively
telling clients she would sign
them up for the “stimulus
rebate” Aug. 15 when Port
Arthur Police were dispatched
to her home on a report that
Broussard was filing fraudulent
tax returns for clients who
sought her service to claim a
Social Security stimulus
refund. Broussard refused a
request for an interview with
the newspaper at that time.
Syam owner Shannon Mays
spoke to The Examiner outside his Dallas office stating
that his company was a legitimate tax preparation service
and that if fraudulent activity
was occurring, it wasn’t with
his consent or knowledge.
“No one has filed a complaint with me,” he said. But
Mays did admit to speaking
with an officer from the Port
Arthur Police Department, who
had contacted him about allegations of improperly using
someone’s identification.
“Those women (Broussard
and Jones) aren’t my employees; they just refer people to
me, like anyone can. They get
a $50 referral fee. ... I run an
honest business.”
Mays, however, refused to
allow reporters into “honest
business” offices in Dallas
and Houston.
The aftermath
After “Predator’s lair” circulated throughout Southeast
Texas, The Examiner was
inundated by calls from citizens who were also victims of
the stimulus/tax refund scam.
Brenda Ardoin in Orange
said she hadn’t filed tax returns
in over 20 years, and was
happy for the blessing she had
hoped to receive in the form of
a stimulus allotment.
“She said she’s been doing
this for a long time,” Ardoin
said, adding that Broussard
never advised her of any
intention to file a tax return
with the IRS. “I can’t afford
to pay all this money back. I
was just happy because we
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Ryan McLeod and sons
lead attorneys working for the
McLeods, said the family never used Warren’s tax ID number for any purpose and after
receiving a dog that didn’t
alert the way Warren guaranteed it would, they simply
want to end their relationship
with Warren and his company.
“There’s nothing in the
McLeods’ contract with
Guardian Angel Service Dogs
that stipulates any excess
funds from the fundraiser are
owed to Dan Warren,” said
Morgan. He added he finds it
amusing that Warren, who was
given a 35-year prison sentence for running a fraudulent
scheme while working as a
finance manager at a car lot in
2007 that was commuted to
probation, would want the
lawsuit the McLeods filed in
Texas moved to Virginia so
that Virginia law would control the matter.
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Updates on Examiner Investigations
Only promises for the undead
By Jennifer Johnson
Metro Editor
In the Aug. 9 issue, an
investigation by The Examiner
revealed participants in the
July Zombie Voodoo Festival
held in Beaumont — including
the venue, the Battle of the
Bands $10,000 grand prize
winner, the winner of the $500
Hot Zombie contest, and the
wedding couple who had been
promised a honeymoon vacation — hadn’t received their
payments.
Since that time, event promoter Ricky Buxton, aka Stefan duBois of Emerging Magazine, released information
stating the band would receive
the $10,000 payment made in
bi-weekly $500 installments
beginning Aug. 15 but made
no provision for the other participants seeking payment. No
payment of any kind, however,
has been received to date,
according to band members
from the Battle of the Bands
champion Angel Siren.
Zombie Fest 2012, after
four venue changes, kicked off
in Beaumont at The Gig on
July 7 and 8. Ticketholders
were promised, in addition to a
Battle of the Bands, a 5K Run
for Education awarding the
first-place runner “a $10,000
cash award,” Zombie Tag,
guest celebrities, and a kids
play area, although the event
lacked any such amenities.
P.J. Disharoon from Battle of
the Bands winner Angel Siren
said the group was still waiting
to collect their prize a month
later but, “As of now, no, we
haven’t received any funds.”
Nor had Disharoon’s wife,
Hot Zombie contest winner
Rachel Disharoon, who was
promised a $500 prize.
But there was still hope, and
new word on the prize money
was offered immediately after
The Examiner’s Aug. 9 article.
Emerging Magazine corre-
spondence received Aug. 9
stated, “Emerging Magazine
Inc. board of directors elects to
maintain the integrity of the
company and continue payment of the prize award,
$10,000, although sponsors
and insurance required a minimum of 500 paid ticketholders.
No monies will be received by
sponsorships or insurance.
Therefore, the burden lies upon
the company.”
After vowing to make a
minimum of $1,000 a month
in payments to winning band
Angel Siren until paid in full,
the company correspondence
ended with, “We regret any
inconvenience this decision
may cause. However, in order
to meet the posted language on
the official Web site and maintain the integrity of Emerging
Magazine Inc., the company
will continue its commitment
as posted.”
On Aug. 17, Emerging
Magazine owner Buxton wrote
on The Examiner Web site,
stating, “Since the writing of
this (Aug. 9) article, we have
received death threats and violent acts against myself and
my wife.
“I am thinking we entered a
pathway to the Twilight Zone
in Southeast Texas.”
As of Aug. 22, well past the
Aug. 15 deadline at which
time payments were to begin,
no monies have been forwarded to Zombie Voodoo Fest
participants in Southeast Texas, and calls to Buxton are still
unanswered. The Disharoons
report that they have been told
“the check’s in the mail.” Stay
tuned.
Jennifer Johnson can be
reached at (409) 832-1400, ext.
231, or by e-mail at [email protected].
Anahuac man guilty in murder-for-hire plot
A 49-year-old Anahuac man
has pleaded guilty in a murderfor-hire scheme in the Eastern
District of Texas, United States
Attorney John M. Bales
announced on Monday, Aug. 20. The
accused, David Houston Sartin, pleaded
guilty to attempted
kidnapping and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Thad Hartfield.
Sartin faces up to Sartin
20 years in federal prison for
the kidnapping charge and a
minimum of five years for the
firearms violation. A sentencing date has not been set.
The Examiner first learned
of the love-scorned Southeast
Texas man when David Sartin’s plan was laid out in a federal indictment April 18, but
the entire story detailing how Sartin came
to enact his deadly
plan was found on the
Web site www.internetscamswatch.com.
In 2009, Sartin, 49, of
Hankamer near Baytown, met Elena
Barykina on the Web
site www.dream-marriage.com and began a
relationship with her – even
traveling to the Ukraine to
spend time with her and take
her on trips through Europe.
But while Sartin’s “dream
marriage” to Barykina began
in promising fashion with
affection and reciprocated
love, according to his online
comments, over the course of
a two-year period his dream
turned into a nightmare. In
September 2010, Sartin began
posting on numerous Internet
sites that his relationship with
Barykina was a sham and he
alleges that he is just one of
many of her victims. He posted their text conversations
where she supposedly asks
him for money – in one case
$17,000. On June 20, 2011,
she requested $6,000 to sustain her while attending a
school in Russia.
But by then, Sartin had
already hatched his plan to kill
Barykina and a man in New
York, according to government records. He had contacted someone who turned out to
be a confidential informant for
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and asked
them to help him carry out his
plan. He told the informant
“that Ms. Barykina would be
killed, and stated that she
would develop a case of lead
poisoning,” states a probable
cause affidavit obtained by
The Examiner.
Undercover ATF agent
Wesley Williamson contacted
the defendant by e-mail and
telephone during the second
week of January 2012. The
defendant spoke with Williamson by cell phone, a facility of
Elena Barykina
interstate or foreign commerce. He used the code word
“package” for Elena Barykina,
and indicated that he wanted
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needed this extra ($805). I wasn’t thinking about someone trying to scam us.
Now, she won’t even answer her phone”
The same sentiments were shared
by Willie Simien of Port Arthur, Detty
McCarver of Port Arthur, Anthony
Chargois of Beaumont and many others who called The Examiner looking
for direction as to what to do next.
Other offices in Southeast Texas
were receiving calls, too — the Better
Business Bureau, the IRS, the Justice
Department, FBI, Port Arthur and
Groves police departments, and others
all got calls from victims saying they
were scammed by Syam.
Victim statements and investigators’
sleuthing led to a federal search warrant issued by Magistrate Judge Keith
Giblin for the home of Diana Broussard on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The warrant was executed by multiple agencies
including local police departments, the
FBI and SWAT. Investigators were
tasked with securing, among other
things, “documents and information
associated with Diana Broussard and
Syam Investments ... or any other subsidiary or companion of Syam Inc.,
and their agents or employees.” Particular items to be seized at Broussard’s Waco Street address were tax
forms, business faxes and contracts,
bank statements, cell phones and other
mobile devices, appointment books,
client account ledgers, computer hard
drives, jump drives and more.
In requesting the warrant, federal
agent Alton Baise, a Task Force Officer
specializing in financial crime investigations, stated, “There is probable
cause to believe that numerous violations of wire fraud have been committed by Diana Broussard and others.” In
executing the search warrant, multiple
boxes, bags and containers of evidence
were hauled from the home. And
although the investigators couldn’t
comment on any specifics of the open
investigation, it was noted by one that,
“The number of (victims) involved in
this is going to be extensive.”
The case is being investigated by the
FBI, the Port Arthur Police Department, IRS, and a task force of participating agencies, including the U.S.
Attorney’s Office led by Assistant U.S.
Attorney Baylor Wortham.
Wortham said his office is pursuing
the case as a service to those in the
community who say they were duped
by wolves in sheep’s clothing.
“We owe it to the people of Port
Arthur and Southeast Texas, who were
likely taken advantage of,” he said.
“We will do everything we can to see
the perpetrators of crimes against our
citizens get justice for their actions.”
Wortham was unable to elaborate on
what evidence has been collected but
said, “We’ve still got more to do in this
case, and we’re likely going to be sorting out evidence for some time.”
People who feel they have been victimized can reach the Port Arthur Police
Department at (409) 983-8623.
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“These are the same laws
he’s been proven not to care
about,” said Morgan.
No court date has yet been
set in Jefferson County to
determine what will become
of Warren’s motion. Warren is
being represented locally by
Patricia Chamberlain of
Mahaffey Weber.
The McLeods are exhausted by how things have proceeded in the last month and
have been inundated with calls
from other parents and family
members who have gone
through Warren’s company
only to get dogs that aren’t as
well-trained as Warren insisted
they would be, or families that
are concerned about buying a
dog from Warren.
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talking with suggested that
Warren might try to come and
take his dog, but he doesn’t
think that would be a good
idea. “He doesn’t want to show
up at my house,” Ryan said.
While the McLeods wait for
a court date, they both stay
busy to keep their minds off
what has been a tumultuous
few months. Tara will soon
participate in a walk for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation and Ryan is helping with a local 9-year-old’s
fundraiser for an epileptic seizure alert dog.
“We’ll be doing our homework after my family’s experience,” Ryan said. And of
course they continue to take
care of Racer and his twin
brother, Rider.
As for the ideal outcome for
everyone involved, Morgan,
who has worked diligently on
the case, said he’d like to see
the judge look at the facts and
see that the McLeods don’t
owe any more money to Warren or Guardian Angel.
“He’s trying to hide behind
a contract that he forces all his
clients to sign, yet what he’s
claiming is nowhere in the
contract,” Morgan said.
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Barykina kidnapped and
delivered to him. Agent Williamson told the defendant
that he would kill her if the
defendant could not do it. Jan.
31, 2012, Williamson talked
with the defendant by telephone about the defendant
hiring him to “eliminate” a
second victim, who was a
Russian male that lived in
New York.
The affidavit says, “On
March 6, 2012, the defendant
met with Agent Williamson in
person at Sutherlands in
Beaumont, Texas. Agent Jauregui was present in the parking lot of Sutherlands doing
surveillance for the meeting.
The defendant disclosed to
Agent Williamson that he was
picking up supplies to complete the room he was building to confine Ms. Barykina.
There were sheets of plywood
and 2x4s in the back of the
defendant’s truck. The defendant gave Agent Williamson
$25,000 and they formed the
plan to bring Ms. Barykina to
the defendant. Agent Williamson asked the defendant if he
wanted him to come back to
kill her and he told him that
he wanted to personally take
care of her.”
At what was to be the final
meeting March 23, 2012, at
Sutherland’s, Sartin was taken into custody. A search of
his truck revealed an envelope containing the second
$25,000 payment, a .45 caliber pistol and a stun gun. At
his home, officers found more
than 25 firearms, handcuffs
and records showing his international travel. Officers also
found the room Sartin said he
would use to confine Barykina once she was kidnapped
and brought back to the U.S.
This case was investigated
by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Department of Public Safety – Texas Rangers,
Criminal Investigation Division, Aircraft Division, and
the Highway Patrol Division;
Beaumont Police Department;
Chambers County Sheriff’s
Office; Houston Police
Department and the Liberty
County District Attorney’s
Office and prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Joseph R. Batte.
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A request for information
filed at the office of Texas
Gov. Rick Perry has shed light
on reports of Beaumont Independent School District outgoing Superintendent Carrol
Thomas’ application to be the
next state commissioner of
education, overseeing all Texas’ school districts.
The process was initiated
June 20 when Coalition for an
Accountable System of Education (CASE) representative
Roscoe C. Smith submitted a
nomination to the governor’s
office asking that Thomas be
considered for the position of
state commissioner for public
education. A letter was then sent
to Thomas from the governor’s
office asking that he submit an
application, which he did.
According to information
from the governor’s office,
Thomas submitted an application, resume, attached profile
portfolio, and bound hardcover book for review July 5. As
part of the application, Thomas also gave a biographical
account of his career, although
some of the assertions made
therein are up for debate.
Thomas’ submission says
he plans to head BISD until
2013, although trustees, at a
June board meeting more than
two weeks prior to the application’s submission, accepted
an agreement to pay the
superintendent an early retire-
ment settlement for an August
2012 departure. Also attached
to the application was the
assertion BISD was rated a
“Top 10 school district,”
referring to a ranking from
Business Review USA, which
does not actually publish hard
copies and is strictly an online
publication.
The application for the
statewide position calls Thomas “a proven strategist (in)
maximizing on financial
resources to benefit efficient
organizational operations.”
Additionally in question is
whether Thomas indeed served
on the education policy team
tasked with working on the
2008 Bush/Omama education
transition team, as the longtime superintendent claims in
the application portfolio. Education Policy Transition Team
leader Linda Darling-Hammond told The Examiner that
Thomas was not on the team
she headed. Other teams, she
said, were utilized during the
process, however, and “he
might have been involved in
one of those.”
Citizens wanting input as to
whether Thomas receives the
state Commissioner of Education appointment can contact
the director of governmental
appointments, Teresa Spears,
by mail at P.O. Box 12428,
Austin, TX 78711; or on the
phone at (512) 463-2000.
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Firefighter
James Mathews Jr.
Terminated
After
Saving A
Child’s Life
On June 9, 2008 (4 years ago) James was stopped at a red light when he was rear ended by a man who admitted, that
he had just taken drugs and drank beer. This caused $8,499.11 of damages to James’s truck. On the day of the accident
the Police Dept. was unable to take the hit and run driver’s statement because he was too impaired on pills and alcohol, to make a statement.
At a later date, in an oral deposition and a statement taken at the police station, the hit and run driver stated that he
had drank beer and taken 3 pain pills, before driving from Vidor to Beaumont. The hit and run driver stated he was
going 30 MPH when he hit James. He then backed up and left the scene. James pursued and apprehended the driver
until the police arrived.
Now after 4 years the City has fired James again. This is the 3rd time the City has fired James for something that they
should have given him an award for. James has admirably and impeccably served the citizens of Beaumont for over 15
years. During the few months James was back at work, he and a fellow fire fighter, received an accommodation (which
was presented by Fire Chief-Anne Huff) for saving the life of a child from a fully involved house fire. Two weeks later
Anne Huff taped a termination letter to the front door of James’s home.
So far, in excess of $350,000.00 of your tax money has been wasted by the City on this case.
Contributions to this firefighter for expenses and attorney fees can be mailed to Capital One Bank
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Golden Pass to export LNG
Conversion would mean $10 billion investment, 9,000 jobs
Golden Pass Products LLC (Golden Pass) and ExxonMobil affiliates. The experience of
has submitted an application to the U.S. Depart- its two partners provides Golden Pass Products
ment of Energy (DOE) to export liquefied nat- market-leading project development skills and
ural gas (LNG) from the Golden Pass LNG technical expertise that would allow the comreceiving terminal at Sabine Pass.
pany to construct a world-class liquefaction
The proposed project involves construction and export facility in the United States.
of natural gas liquefaction and export capabiliThis proposed expansion is taking place in a
ties at the existing Golden Pass LNG facility. A changing energy market. The abundance of
final investment decision will
natural gas in the U.S. is revobe made following governlutionizing the scale and future
ment and regulatory approvals.
of domestic energy developIf developed, the project
ment. Because of its abundant
would represent about $10 a weekly column from the editor of the supply and world-class indusbillion of investment on the
try capability and infrastrucusiness ournal ture, the U.S. has the opportuU.S. Gulf Coast, generating
billions of dollars of economnity to capture significant ecoic growth at local, state and national levels and nomic benefits by expanding domestic and
millions of dollars in taxes to local, state and international markets for natural gas. LNG
federal governments. The project would gener- exports will help maintain a robust domestic
ate approximately 9,000 construction jobs over U.S. gas production industry.
five years with peak construction employment
Company officials noted this project would
reaching about 3,000 jobs.
create an opportunity to adapt an existing busiThe proposed project would have the capac- ness to the changing demands of the global
ity to send out about 15.6 million tons of LNG market, capture benefits in the U.S. through
per year. New infrastructure required to export jobs and investment and deliver an abundant
will be located on the existing property, which energy resource to our trade partners. LNG
currently contains two berths for LNG tankers, exports are consistent with U.S. efforts to
five storage tanks and access to the Golden expand international trade and reduce barriers
Pass pipeline. The expanded facility would to trade. The U.S. is already an exporter of
then have the capability and flexibility to both many commodities and energy products,
import and export natural gas.
including wheat and coal. The company
The proposed expansion of Golden Pass is believes the freedom to import and export
an opportunity to capitalize on America’s abun- goods and services benefits Americans in the
dant natural gas resources. The Energy Infor- form of more choices, more value, more wealth
mation Administration’s Annual Energy Out- and more jobs.
look 2012 shows that the United States has
In announcing its application for this new
substantial gas supplies that can support gas project, the company cited demonstrated safety
exports, including LNG exports, over the lon- and environmental performance in the conger term.
struction and operation of its existing Sabine
The application filed with the DOE is to Pass facility. The Golden Pass expansion projexport natural gas to nations that have existing ect would be built and operated with the same
free trade agreements (FTA) with the United unwavering commitment to safety as the existStates. A similar application is planned for non- ing facilities. Through construction of the
FTA countries.
existing facility, Golden Pass demonstrated an
The expansion, Golden Pass Products, is a
See GOLDEN PASS on page 14 A
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A recent survey conducted
by the Texas Criminal Justice
Coalition (TCJC) found 64
percent of 73 county probation
departments evaluated in Texas had insufficient funding for
county juvenile probation
departments. The survey included urban,
rural and medium-sized
counties. According to
TCJC, these funds are
needed to sufficiently
implement the best
practices for reductions
in juvenile crime and recidivism or habitual relapse into
crime.
“(The survey) was completed in early August,” said Dr.
Anna Correa, executive director at TCJC. “We wanted to
find what the departments
needed so they could better
serve the kids and make sure
the kids they were serving had
the resources they needed.”
Correa said many of the
kids in these departments have
gone through trauma in their
life, have been abused sexually, physically or mentally, have
drug addictions, or suffer from
mental health problems.
“The probation departments
are the ones who are working
with these kids on a daily basis,
so we wanted to get their perspective,” Correa said. “Unfortunately, they think that (the
funding) is not enough to meet
the kids’ needs. In terms of
what they need the most is
funding for mental health services.”
Other areas of concern the
survey indicates are community-based alternatives to secure
detention, family involvement
programs, prevention programs and substance abuse services.
Community involvement
was another big concern,
according to the survey. Seventy percent of the probation
departments cited receiving
less than $10,000 annually and
70 percent reported receiving
zero hours of volunteer work.
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costs as well,” Correa said.
Locally, the survey included
Jefferson and Orange County
probation departments. Hardin
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the survey.
Ed Cockrell, chief juvenile
probation officer at Jefferson
County, said the county is
receiving ample volunteer
work through the Foster
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citizens that are going into the
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The liquefied
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carrier Al Khuwair
GOLDEN PASS
from page 12 A
excellent safety record with
more than 5 million work
hours without a lost-time injury. Since operation, there have
been zero lost-time injuries at
the Golden Pass employee
base. Golden Pass is an excellent environmental steward,
with zero water discharge or
air violations. The expansion
project would be built on the
existing industrial footprint,
minimizing environmental and
community effects.
The U.S. government,
through the Department of
Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
utilizes a rigorous application
and permitting process for
LNG export projects. DOE
evaluates several criteria, such
as energy security and price
implications, in order to determine if an LNG export project
would be in the public interest. FERC ensures the safe
operation and reliability of
proposed and operating LNG
terminals.
Business Journal editor James
Shannon offers a weekly column
of business news for readers of
The Examiner. For more details,
see the editions of the Business
journal published monthly in
Beaumont, Port Arthur and Greater Orange. Check out the blog at
setxbiz.blogspot.com or e-mail
[email protected].
Cheniere to start construction
Project to convert Sabine Pass facility to export LNG
By the time Golden Pass
Partners decided this month to
apply for permits to convert its
facility along the intracoastal
canal to include the ability to
liquefy and export natural gas,
its rival across the river Cheniere Energy Partners was
almost ready to start construction on converting its facility.
Both Cheniere and Golden
Pass planned and built their
multi-billion LNG export
facilities at a time when experts
were warning a serious shortage of natural gas in the United
States was imminent. As construction neared completion,
new recovery techniques and
the discovery of additional
deposits of natural gas radically altered the equation.
Cheniere was first out of the
gate, moving ahead with the
construction of facilities to liquefy and export natural gas in
Louisiana, moving the U.S.
one step closer to becoming a
major exporter of the commodity.
The company said it had
More than
400 people
attended
the first of
two Contractor
Information
Sessions at
a church
hall in
Cameron,
LA on Aug.
21.
Photo by
Gina Werner
given engineering contractor
Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Inc. the green light to
start building two liquefaction
trains at its Sabine Pass, La.,
import terminal. Bechtel designated Recon and Bomac as
the prime subcontractors, with
those three firms and Cheniere officials on hand for the
session.
The U.S. exports relatively
small quantities of LNG to
Japan out of Alaska, but the
Sabine Pass facility would be
the first terminal to do so out
of the lower 48 states. The
company has struck long-term
agreements with four global
buyers to supply over two billion cubic feet a day of natural
gas for 20 years.
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Spewing hydrant at Cathedral of Faith near Ozen
An unidentified caller said on Tuesday, Aug. 21, that a fire hydrant had been spewing water
for six days behind Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church at the corner of Elmira and Fatima right
in front of the church’s food pantry. Calls to the city over the previous few days elicited no
response as to why the hydrant is left open for so long, the caller said. Wednesday morning, as
can be seen from the photo, the caller was proved correct.
East Lucas
and Highway 69
In a press release, the
city said it will be
reshaping the southwest
island at East Lucas and
Highway 69 to improve
the flow of traffic. This
work began Tuesday,
Aug. 21, and continues
through Tuesday, Aug.
28, during the weekday
hours of 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. The inner
southwest lane will be
closed to traffic during
construction hours.
Southwest bound traffic
will use the outer lane
only. Detour signage
will be in place.
South Major Drive north of US 90
Friday, Aug. 24, the railroad crossing on South Major Drive just north of US 90 will be closed
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. for replanking. Detour signs provided by a traffic control company will
in place, and portable changeable message signs will be put in place by TxDOT.
In all construction zones, motorists are asked to be aware of detour signs and advance warnings, and travel with caution.
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News Shorts
BISD superintendents
address AYP shortfall
At the meeting of the Beaumont
Independent School District Board of
Trustees meeting Aug. 16, the superintendent addressed the preliminary
results of 19 schools failing to meet
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
Under this federal school accountability system, a school or district this
year met AYP requirements if 87 percent or more of their students passed
the state reading/English language arts
test; 83 percent of their students passed
the state mathematics test; 95 percent
of their students participated in the
state testing program; and, depending
on the grade level, had either a 75 percent graduation rate or a 90 percent
attendance rate. Twenty-eight percent
of Texas districts met these high standards.
Superintendent Carrol Thomas said
that despite the district
failing to meet AYP
requirements,
he
believes that the district is performing
well.
“The main thing we
try to do at BISD is
see our kids are learning,” Thomas said. “If we are making
progress, we can’t worry about the rating. We are a recognized school district
... and have been recognized for several years. Yet over here on the other
side (we) didn’t meet AYP. One of the
main reasons we didn’t meet AYP was
because of special needs students.”
Dr. Timothy Chargois, slated to take
over for Thomas as superintendent
after his retirement, said that AYP “is a
confusing and complex situation.”
“You introduce a new system at the
height of the No Child Left Behind
Act, AYP, and what’s happened now is
you put your states, particularly Texas,
in a pretty unique situation. If you
break down the system and look at the
demographics, our students are performing,” Chargois said.
“All of (BISD) students in the area
of reading had a standard passing rate
of 85 percent,” Chargois said. “Afri-
can-American 81 percent, Hispanic 87
percent, white 95 percent, and economically disadvantaged 81 percent.
Special education indicator is at 63
percent.”
But according to AYP standards,
which require 87 percent, BISD’s 85
percent overall performance was substandard.
Chargois said despite the confusing
and complex AYP system, he’s “proud
that the performance of our students is
still in a position where we are progressing.”
“I think there is a fallacy in the system,” Thomas said. “I’m pleased with
the performance.”
Beaumont gets FEMA
funds for basin project
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded
more than $1.2 million to the state of
Texas for the construction of a detention basin in Beaumont. FEMA
is funding 75 percent or
$1,284,570 of the $1,712,760
project, which involves building the new basin along Bayou
Din. The project will help to
alleviate flooding to more than
40 homes downstream and
improve drainage for areas immediately surrounding the detention basin.
The federal share of the funds for
the project comes from the agency’s
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). HMGP provides grants to states, and
tribal and local governments
to implement long-term
hazard mitigation measures
that reduce the loss of life
and property due to natural
disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a
disaster.
in the Eastern District of Texas,
announced U.S. Attorney John M.
Bales.
Lehi Sorenson pleaded guilty to
possession of child pornography before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin.
According to information presented in court, on Jan. 12,
2011, federal officials executed a search warrant at
Sorenson’s residence in Nederland. Several computers and digital storage were seized during the
search and found to contain more
than 1,180 images of child pornography. Some of the material would be
considered sadistic or masochistic and
some depicted prepubescent children
under the age of 12. An Information
was filed on Aug. 8, 2012, charging
Sorenson with possession of child pornography.
Sorenson faces up to 10 years in
federal prison. A sentencing date has
not been set.
Vidor man is area’s
first West Nile victim
The first human case of West Nile
fever in Southeast Texas for 2012 has
been confirmed by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
A Vidor resident contracted the West
Nile virus in a neighborhood east of
Highway 105 and south of Interstate
10 in Vidor, a DSHS report says.
Orange County Mosquito Control
told KFDM News that a
42-year-old Vidor man was
infected with West Nile fever
on or about Aug. 1. He began
developing flu-like symptoms
a week later. His case is far
milder than the neuroinvasive
type of West Nile. The man didn’t
need hospitalization and has since
recovered.
Earlier this month, a mosquito collection tested positive for West Nile
virus just north of the victim’s neighborhood, according to Orange County
Mosquito Control District. Spray treatA 20-year-old Nederland man who ments have been increased in the area
now lives in Houston has pleaded where the viral activity has been
guilty to child pornography violations reported. The Mosquito Control Dis-
Nederland man guilty
of child porn charges
trict will continue mosquito surveillance in the area to determine whether
or not viral activity still exists.
According to the Beaumont Public
Health Department, there are two types
of West Nile virus, contracted from the genus Culex.
Symptoms of West Nile
fever, the milder form
of the illness, include
fever, headache, muscle and bone aches,
nausea and drowsiness.
The more serious form
of the virus, West Nile
neuroinvasive disease,
includes symptoms
such as stiff neck, visual problems,
body tremors, mental confusion, memory loss and seizures.
Residents need to protect themselves by taking personal protective
measures like avoiding outdoor activity when mosquito activity is on the rise
and by using an insect repellent containing DEET or picaridin when mosquito activity is present.
Bank of America gives
Browning a new post
Bank of America announced that
Connie M. Browning has been appointed Small Business Banker for Greater
Beaumont. Connie
M. Browning brings
18 years of experience working with
small businesses.
She lives in Beaumont and is active
within the community. She serves as treasurer on the Hamshire-Fannett Intermediate School PTA Browning
board and treasurer for the Texas Maritime Academy Parents’ Association.
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IN MEMORIAM
Marion ‘Sally’ Penn
Caldwell, 1921 – 2012
Marion “Sally” Penn Caldwell, 90, of
Port Neches passed away at Oakwood
Manor Nursing Home in Vidor on Monday, Aug. 20, just short of
her 91st birthday.
She was born on Aug.
23, 1921, to Susie J. O’Neal
Penn and Millard Penn in
Port Arthur. Sally was a
lifelong resident of the
area. She went into beauty
school after graduating
from high school and
worked as a beautician for more than 10
years before going into private service for
special friends and family. Sally was a longtime member of Procter Street Church of
Christ, then Park Central Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Jean Wharton, and her
husband Ernest Morris Caldwell.
Sally is survived by her two sons, Greg
Caldwell and wife Ann of Vidor, and
David Caldwell, D.D.S. of Beaumont;
three granddaughters, Ariel Caldwell,
Autumn Dawson and Dana Shipes; along
with four great grandchildren. She is also
survived by her sister, Hilda Pierce of
Groves, and several nieces and nephews.
Her funeral is Thursday, Aug. 23, at 2
p.m. at Clayton-Thompson in Groves with
private burial to follow at Greenlawn.
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Post Oak Bank opens Beaumont location
Post Oak Bank has opened its
Beaumont branch, and if the name
sounds familiar, there is a good reason. Founded in 2004 in Houston,
Post Oak Bank was a name used by
what is now BBVA Compass Bank.
The bank is at 8350-A Phelan Blvd.
at Major Drive.
“Our first priority is our customers,” said Steven Lucas, executive
vice president. “We began in Houston, but in our Beaumont office we
take care of Beaumont customers.”
Beaumont is important to Lucas,
who graduated from Forest Park
High School (now West Brook High
School) and Lamar University. “I
know a lot of our customers,” he
said. “I grew up in the community,
as did Tim Gaddis, our senior vice
president.”
Post Oak Bank handles commercial accounts from small businesses
to very large ones, including lines of
credit, loans and real estate transactions. “We can take care of anything
a business might need from their
bank,” said Lucas. “We have flexibility to make our own decisions based
on information that a large holding
company may not be able to take into
consideration. Face-to-face meetings
carry a lot of weight around here. We
have had instances where customers
have come in for a Small Business
Administration loan and we have
Tim Gaddis; Carrie LaRive; Steve Lucas; Dorothy Edwards, teller supervisor; and Sandra Earnheart, teller
found a way to give them a direct
loan from the bank.”
Lucas; Gaddis; Stephanie Spiller,
assistant vice president; and Carrie
LaRive, lending assistant joined Post
Oak Bank from a local branch of a
national bank. “Between the staff, we
have about 360 years of banking
experience,” Lucas said. “We have
worked together so long that we are
able to function as a team.”
Being part of the establishment of a
Post Oak Bank branch in Beaumont
was important to Gaddis. “I was getting frustrated at our inability to help
our customers,” he said. “Our personal involvement gives us the ability to
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look at all kinds of deals that we were
not able to consider at a large holding
company. It is awesome to see someone be successful and know that we
have had a part in that.”
The Board of Directors members
are well established in a variety of
businesses and bring a wealth of
knowledge and experience to the
bank. “We have seven branches now
and plan to expand, but each branch
has a large amount of autonomy,”
said Lucas. “We are dedicated to
working with the communities we
serve.”
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The opinions that appear directly below are the official
views of The Examiner and its publisher/CEO, Don J. Dodd.
Opinions expressed elsewhere on these pages are the views of
the writers only and not necessarily those of The Examiner.
Butch rising
The long goodbye from Beaumont Independent School
District Superintendent Dr. Carrol “Butch” Thomas is still an
ongoing drama at the district’s Harrison Avenue headquarters. Apparently he isn’t willing to just retire and spend his
days counting the loot he stashed during his 16 years as one
of the highest paid school superintendents in the state. Word
out of Austin is that Thomas has applied to Gov. Rick Perry
for appointment as commissioner of public education for the
state of Texas. If he gets the job – which is far from certain
– he surely would make no less than Robert P. Scott, who left
the job on July 2 making $186,300 a year. Although that is
only a little more than half the $360,000 Thomas made at
BISD, it is still a pretty good income for a retired guy.
Thomas was recommended for the job by Roscoe C.
Smith, member of an ad-hoc Dallas group of educators,
politicos and preachers known as the Coalition for an
Accountable System of Education (CASE), which was
formed last year in an unsuccessful attempt to get a former
Dallas school district superintendent reappointed to his old
job. Smith wrote Perry recommending Thomas, who at the
governor’s request submitted a thick, hard-bound book about
himself labeled a “profile” that describes the “educational
leader and strategist” we have all come to know.
This book runs into trouble in the opening sentence of the
section labeled “Biography,” which describes Thomas as “a
highly sought after educational leader who is renowned for
his work in inspiring people in communities and government
to achieve the best for those who depend on public education.” Maybe that’s true in some parallel universe, but not
here in Beaumont where Thomas and his cronies have sought
to divide the community along racial lines to cement their
power. They have largely succeeded with this divisive ploy,
much to the regret of many city residents of both colors who
lament the byproduct of this tactic — a Beaumont divided
like it hasn’t been for 40 years.
The fourth paragraph of this sham bio revisits a tired
BISD talking point about some ephemeral online magazine
that named BISD one of the nation’s Top 10 school districts
– in exchange for a list of BISD vendors to whom they could
sell advertising. The whole Top 10 rating is a blatant lie as
even the most dimwitted functionary at BISD headquarters
must surely know. A recent report by the Texas Education
Agency shows only four out of 23 BISD schools evaluated
in 2012 meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards, the federal accountability system under the No Child Left Behind
Act. With 19 out of 23 BISD schools failing to meet minimal
standards, anybody calling that a Top 10 track record needs
to take some remedial math.
You might want to give Rick Perry a call. If you think
Butch has done a good job here, tell that to the guv. But if
you’ve had your eyes and ears open for the past 16 years, tell
him what Thomas has done to this community.
We should be in the same boat
For many years, property taxes have been a
The Edgewood case in the federal system
source of conversation and consternation in was followed by a case reaching the Texas
Texas. Even though overall, Texas ranks among Supreme Court in which the system of funding
the lowest taxing states of the union, property education was deemed to have run afoul of the
tax remains a sore spot with almost all citizens. Texas Constitution; specifically, the provision
In Texas, property taxes have risen from near that required the state to offer all citizens a
the lowest in the United States in the mid- quality or decent education. The basic problem
1950s to among the top three or four in the U.S. with the tax is that it unfairly treats and puntoday.
ishes children who have the misfortune to live
Property tax is the primary way Texans sup- with their parents in poor districts or counties.
port public education. In all, property
The current system provides unbaltaxes levied in the various districts and
anced amounts available to educate
counties throughout the state amount to
children. As an example, residents of
a little over $60 billion. A few frustratschool districts like Mount Belvieu
ed members of the Legislature have
support a quality system of education at
suggested we abolish the property tax
a relatively low tax rate because they
to support education and replace it with
are fortunate enough to have salt domes
an increased sales tax. The problem
within the boundaries of the district
with this is that in order to replace the
filled with natural gas that periodically
money not raised by ad valorem taxes,
can be taxed. The gas is not produced in
Carl
the required increase in the sales tax Parker the district but simply is taxed as it
would be upward of 15 percent on each
passes through the storage in the disitem you purchase. Most exemptions,
trict on its way primarily to the Northsuch as diapers and groceries, would be elimi- eastern part of the United States. Other districts
nated. Some, mainly property owners, argue of low property wealth force citizens to pay a
this would be preferable to the current system, higher tax rate and devote a greater portion of
which in effect taxes people repeatedly on their public funds to support public education, with
homes and businesses. Again, the problem with still fewer dollars available to deliver educathis system is that a sales tax is regressive and tion to their children. In short, the current syshits those on limited incomes much harder than tem was, is and probably will be unfair.
those with large incomes.
A simple solution, unworkable in Texas, is
The ad valorem tax, or real estate tax, used to support public education with an income tax.
to support public education has been under It is not likely the people of Texas will in the
attack in the court system since the 1960s, near future vote for a constitutional amendbeginning with the Edgewood case filed in ment that allows an income tax, even though it
federal court. The federal appellant court, would totally replace the ad valorem tax on
including the Supreme Court, ruled not that the their homes and businesses.
tax system was fair, but that it was not so unfair
There is another solution that would absothat it had reached the point of unconstitution- lutely resolve the inequity of the current propality. The appellant courts followed with a erty tax system. As chairman of the Senate
warning that failure to address the problem Education Committee, I proposed it; Gov. Ann
could very likely involve federal court interSee PARKER on page 19 A
vention in the future.
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from page 18 A
Richards flirted with it very
briefly. Sadly, it was grossly
misunderstood by the press
who failed to note in their
reports that the proposed tax
was not to be added to the
local tax, but replace it. As a
result Richards quickly rejected the idea.
The proposal would have
preserved only local taxes
dedicated to paying off bonded
indebtedness. Thereafter, a
statewide tax at a uniform rate
per $100 valuation would be
levied on all property within
the state. The money would
then be placed in the state treasury and allocated to each district based on the number of
pupils. At the time of my proposal, a $1 per $100 tax rate
would have raised slightly
more than the differing local
tax rates. It would have lowered the tax rate for one half of
the taxpayers in the state.
Such a system would forever end the lawsuits alleging
the system of raising taxes and
the allocation of state funds
for education being unfair.
I have often believed sailboat racing among sailors sailing the same class vessels is
the fairest sporting competition existing today. All of the
sailors have the same amount
of wind, use relatively the
same amount of sail, maneuver the same kind of boat, and
winning depends primarily on
the skill of those who operate
the boat. The same should be
true of school districts throughout Texas. If every district had
the same resources available
per student, Texans would
quickly learn which districts
make efficient use of their
money and produce the right
result for our children. Maybe
it is time for all taxpayers in
school districts in this state to
get in the same boat.
Carl Parker has practiced law
in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a
1958 graduate of the University of
Texas School of Law. Elected to
the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in
1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and sponsoring hundreds of bills that
became laws relating to every
aspect of life in Texas, including
many regarding consumer safety.
His e-mail is [email protected].
Say Cheese
Photo by Kevin King
Books and beer
Representatives from the Art Museum of Southeast Texas were
joined by folks from Texas Big Beer, the Yeast Priests and
Brandon East of texasbrews.org, among others, for an Art of
Beer committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 21, at AMSET. Attendees sampled beer and learned more about the annual event.
The Art of Beer will be 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the
museum in downtown Beaumont. Tickets go on sale Sept. 12
for $60. For more information, call AMSET at (409) 832-3432.
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Community Listings
16 graduate with
honors from Lamar
University
Sixteen Lamar University students
graduated with honors during summer
commencement ceremonies Aug. 18 in
the Montagne Center.
Summa cum laude graduates,
with grade-point averages
ranging from 3.8 to 4.0, are
Kayla Holloway and Maegan
Walters, both of Lumberton,
and Natasha Walker of Winnie.
Magna cum laude graduates, with
GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79, are Todd Banning, Julia Byrne and John Young, all
of Beaumont; Andrew Bourgeois,
Groves, Hillary Dean, Jasper; Melinda
Thibodeaux and Olivia Wagner,
Orange; Angela Williams, Lumberton;
and Ana Barrientos, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Christopher Burnette of Norfolk,
Va., Sharon Seal of Bridge City, Gary
Waldrop of Lumberton and Ashley
Williams of Aledo graduated cum
laude, with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64.
Shangri La 2012
Adventure Series
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and
Nature Center has announced its
upcoming programs for the fall Satur-
day Adventure Series. These hands-on
programs give visitors the opportunity
to explore the natural world through
informative lessons and activities from
Shangri La educators. Below is an itinerary of upcoming programs for the
month of September. The Saturday
Adventure Series programs begin at
9:30 a.m. and last about an hour.
These programs are free with
paid admission on the day of
the event. Participants will
meet at the admissions window
at the scheduled event time. An
RSVP is required as space is
limited. For more information or to
reserve a seat, call (409) 670-9799.
Sept. 15: Bats Are Cool — Come
learn all about bats in this fun, interactive family program! We’ll first talk
about what makes bats so unique and
then play some games to learn
more about them! Program
presented by Kaycee Dortch.
Sept. 22: Winged Wonders — Two insects are
the favorites of many people: dragonflies and butterflies. These creatures instill wonder through their beauty and diversity.
You’ll learn helpful identification tips
during this family program presented
by Amanda Noble.
Sept. 29: Wild and Rich Wetlands
— Henry David Thoreau called wetlands “the wildest and richest gardens
that we have.” During this family pro-
gram, presenter Kaycee Dortch will aid
visitors in discovering critters that live
in the swamp mud. Attendees will also
play games to understand the important
role of swamps.
Arc of Beaumont to
host luau-style dance
closures, and veterans’ benefits and disability claims. For veterans needing
legal representation who financially
qualify, attorneys will be assigned pro
bono. The guidelines have
been adjusted for veterans so that they may
have income up to 200
percent above the poverty level and still qualify
for services. The clinic is
open to any Jefferson, Hardin, Orange,
Liberty or Chambers County veteran or
spouse of a deceased veteran free of
charge.
The Arc of Greater Beaumont will
be holding a luau dance Friday, Aug.
24, from 7-9 p.m. at the St. Giles Living Center, 7650 Park North Drive in
Beaumont. The event promises to be a
good time for all those involved, and
there will be plenty of refreshments
and music on hand. Admittance to the
dance is $3 for members and $6 for
Habitat for Humanity is hosting a
non-members. For more information,
Link and Stud Sale on Saturday, Aug.
call (409) 838-9012.
25, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at M&D on
College Street in Beaumont.
What’s a stud sale, you ask? For a $5
donation, donors can write their name
The Jefferson County Bar Associa- or a message of encouragement on a
tion (JCBA) will host a free legal advice 2x4 stud that will be used in the conclinic for area veterans Saturday, Aug. struction of an upcoming Habitat house.
Executive Director Uliana Try25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Lumberlowsky
invites to the public to enjoy
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Drive (421) in Lumberton. Appoint- the food and enjoy helping a hardments are encouraged by calling the bar working family realize the joy of
office at (409) 835-8647, but walk-ins homeownership.
“Be a part of the build just by supwill be welcomed. Volunteer attorneys
will provide legal advice on issues such porting our sale, and get a link or some
as family law, wills and probate, con- boudain also to support Habitat,” she
sumer issues, landlord/tenant law, tax said.
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issues, bankruptcy, employment, fore-
Studs, links for sale
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heroes and families
STUDY
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initiating enhanced educational, rehabilitative, and support
services for youth involved in
the juvenile justice system.
He also said mental health is
a concern across the state.
“We have a program here in
Jefferson County working with
MHMR to help kids who have
mental health issues,” Cockrell
said. “We have a probation
officer and they have a case
worker at their office that work
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Despite all the things going
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“Probation departments could
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Brenda Blohm, chief juvenile probation officer of Orange
County Juvenile Probation,
said their department has been
fortunate.
“We have been very
blessed,” Blohm said. “I don’t
really have any big complaints
here when you look at the
whole scheme of things.”
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Staff changes highlight Lamar’s improvements
By Fred Davis
Metro Editor
Spend a couple hours out at Lamar
football practice and one thing is clear
– there’s a different vibe for this 2012
version of the Cardinal football team.
Many of the original junior college
prospects that filled the team have graduated and moved on. The on-and-off
again quarterback controversy is over
with Andre Bevil graduating, Jeremy
Johnson transferring to Blinn Community College and Doug Prewitt, the
Kelly product, hanging up his cleats for
good following multiple concussions
last year; he’s now helping the coaching
staff out on the offensive side.
Coach Ray Woodard, entering his
third season at the helm of the Lamar
football program, says the first thing
he’s done throughout his career, whether as a player in the NFL or as a coach,
is always look at himself first after a
season and reflect on what he might
improve on.
After last season’s 4-7 finish, which
Woodard will tell you without hesitation was a disappointment to him
because there were a few games that
Lamar let get away, the Corrigan,
Texas-native knew there were things
he needed to do differently to get
Lamar where he knows it can be –
competing for Southland Conference
championships every year.
“I just wasn’t satisfied with what
we were doing in some areas,” said
Woodard, who celebrated his 51st
birthday this past Monday, Aug. 20. “I
felt like some changes needed to be
made. I’ve never been afraid to take
chances or do what I think you have to
do to win. Sometimes it’s not the most
politically correct thing to do, it’s not
the safest thing to do. But I didn’t
come here just to collect a check. I
came here to try and make this the best
team we can be, and I thought some
changes needed to be made.”
And changes were made on the
coaching staff — big changes.
The offensive staff welcomed
Larry Kueck and Dennis
McKnight, two veteran
football minds. Kueck has
30 years coaching the
likes of Chad Pennington and Randy Moss.
McKnight is a 10-year NFL
veteran whose intense personality and demeanor is matched by
his attention to detail, which is evident
when he coaches the offensive line and
special teams.
On defense, Bill Bradley, another
coach with NFL playing experience
and almost 30 years of coaching experience that includes stops in the NFL,
takes over a unit that was hamstrung
by depth issues last season. Bradley,
another no-nonsense guy, was instru-
Quarterback Ryan Mossakowski has looked good in practice.
Ray Woodard glances at his practice plans.
Photos by
Fred Davis
mental in bringing in Eric
Hicks, an 11-year NFL veteran who spent nine years as a
Kansas City Chief and finished his
career with 44.5 sacks after going
undrafted out of Maryland in 1998.
Throw former Central Oklahoma
head coach Chuck Langston in as
director of football operations, not to
mention the coaches who stayed from
last season, and this staff and team are
intent on this football team getting better every day.
“We’re focusing on the right things
now,” said Woodard. “Especially the
first year, to me, just getting off the bus
in Lake Charles was such an accomplishment. Just to say we put it all
together was something. And then last
year, it seemed to me like we were trying to find ourselves and we really
weren’t focused in on the things we
needed to be focused in on to be a good
football team. Now, we’re past that new
stage, and I like our team’s attitude. I
like how they come out to practice, and
even though we’re still relatively new,
we’re looking to be the best team we
can be. And we’re talking about and
working on the things you need to work
on while getting past the new.”
That doesn’t mean there aren’t some
new faces, and there are some important
new faces on the Lamar football team
that should make some noise. Woodard,
who’s never been afraid to give a kid a
Jordan Garrett (6) and Payton Ploch
(83) run a one-on-one drill.
second chance, welcomed running back
Herschel Sims to the fold this year.
Sims, a four-star recruit coming out of
Abilene High School, played last season
at Oklahoma State before being dismissed from the team this past spring
after a roommate alleged Sims stole
money from him. That case is headed to
an Oklahoma court in October.
Ryan Mossakowski, another fourstar recruit out of Centennial High
School in Frisco, played at Kentucky
before transferring and is now settled
in at Lamar, and is competing with
Caleb Berry for the team’s starting
quarterback spot. Woodard said both
youngsters are making the decision
harder on him by the day, but it’s Mossakowski who’s been running with the
1s on two-minute offense drills and
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Football banquet
to be held Aug. 26
The annual Lamar Cardinals
Football Kickoff Celebration
will take place Sunday, Aug.
26, inside the Montagne Center. A meet
and greet along with
a silent/live auction
begin at 5 p.m. The
program begins at 6
p.m. with a dinner
and guest speaker
Bum Phillips. Individual tickets are
$100. To RSVP, call
April Coon at (409) 880-7157.
For more information, see page
11 B in this week’s Entertainment Guide.
begin their season Aug. 24 as
they participate in the North
Texas Invitational in Denton.
LU will play UMKC
on Aug. 24 at 11
a.m., Houston Baptist at 4 p.m. then
play another doubleheader Aug. 25
against Prairie View
A&M at 9:30 a.m.
and North Texas at
7:30 p.m.
LU will play its
first home game Aug. 28
against New Orleans at 7 p.m.
LAMAR
LOOP
Women’s soccer
The soccer team has dropped
its first two games, road games
at Air Force, 3-0, and Wyoming, 3-1. Freshmen Megan
Campbell scored her first collegiate goal against Wyoming.
LU (0-2) will next play at
Southern University on Aug.
24 at 7 p.m. in Baton Rouge
Volleyball
The absence of expected
starter Cynthia McCollum
didn’t seem to slow down the
Lamar attack Aug. 18 as Wendy Krell and Sierra Whittaker
combined for 30 kills en route
to a 5-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-22,
25-21, 15-12) victory in the
annual alumni match at
McDonald Gym.
“I thought we performed
pretty well for our first time
out,” head coach Justin Gibert
said. “Wendy is a big force in
the middle offensively, and
Sierra just has a big arm that is
good for a lot of points. That’s
why they’re preseason all-conference. I’m pleased with both
of their performances.”
Prior to the match, the LU
volleyball program hosted a
luncheon for the returning
players at Café del Rio. The
group included Ruby Randolph (1981-85), who ranks
second in school history with
1,749 career kills, Shanda Hart
(1999-02), second all-time in
digs with 1,591, and Adrianne
Meengs (2006-09), fifth alltime in assists with 3,287.
The Lady Cardinals will
Women’s hoops
Coach Larry Tidwell has
hired former Southeast Missouri coach John Ishee to be an
assistant coach for the Lady
Cardinals.
“I’m excited to be here. I
have a relationship that goes
back many years with Coach
Tidwell,” Ishee said. “I’ve
always had an admiration and
respect for him as a person and
as a coach. He has done a tremendous job here at Lamar, and
I look forward to working with
him and his staff to help continue that tradition of success.”
Ishee posted a 77-74 record
in five seasons at Southeast
Missouri, earning Ohio Valley
Conference Coach of the Year
honors in 2007 after leading
the Redhawks to a 24-8 record
and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The following season,
the Redhawks were 23-9 and
qualified for the WNIT.
Ishee, who spent last season
as a talent evaluator for BlueStar Basketball, has coached
for more than 20 years at the
collegiate level. He has been a
head coach at Life University
and New Mexico Highlands,
and has been an assistant at
New Mexico State, Saint Louis University, Southern Mississippi, Mississippi, Pacific and
McNeese State.
“John brings a wealth of
experience as a head coach, as
an assistant coach and as a
recruiting
coordinator,”
Tidwell said. “He brings a lot
of positive things to our program that will help us win, and
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Stay cool with early-morning action
Here we are, in the waning days of will be quality fish for the most part.
August, and the first hunting seasons Whenever these fish are feeding, all
are at hand. Besides that, there is still a except the flounder will take topwater
lot of great fish catching going on. The lures. Keep in mind that this topwater
only problem is deciding whether to go action is not an all-morning affair.
after the doves on Sept. l, the
Anglers that choose to use either
teal Sept.15-30, or to go fishlive mullet, shad, croaker or
ing.
shrimp can also do well in the
There is still some good saltearly morning shallows. The
water action in the shallows on
better places for using the bait is
topwater lures. The action is
in the mouths of the marsh
taking place right at first daydrains or bayous. The sublight and continues until just
merged points are also haunts
after sunrise. The shallow water Billy Halfin for the fish. I recommend using
tends to cool off a few degrees
larger than normal shad, croaker
at night. Once the sun hits, it Outdoors or mullet.
the water warms quickly. All
I’ve learned from Capt. Daralong Lake Sabine’s Louisiana shore- ren Guernsey that to catch the larger
line, there are usually hordes of bait- quality fish, it is best to use larger bait.
fish swimming back and forth. When He has written a book called “No
that is happening, there will likely be Wimpy Fish” that explains when and
some larger speckled trout along with where to put them on a hook. He also
some redfish and flounder also. There explains that when a fish takes a 6- or
are rarely large numbers of these fish 7-inch baitfish, it is best to give it a
present, but the ones that are present little time before setting the hook.
Again, when going after the larger fish,
learn to be patient and not expect large
numbers of fish.
The use of lures can also follow the
same principal. Use larger lures. Some
of the lead-head jigs with plastic tails
do come in longer lengths. You’ll
notice that I didn’t say weights. It is
better to use a 1/4-ounce lead head
with a large steel hook with the plastic
tail. This will allow for easy casting
and a more fluttering action when it
falls under the surface.
Whenever you are going after
speckled trout or red fish with the jigs
you may likely take some flounder
also. I prefer lead heads such as the
new Half-Alive with shrimp or shad
inside the plastic capsule. The everpopular Gulp will also do a good job.
Both of these lures are great fish attractors and really durable.
Once the sun has hit the water, it is
time to look for feeding seagulls or
head to either the ship channel or the
Capt. Darren Guernsey knows big redfish are still around.
jetty. This just means that the water has
warmed and the bait as well as the fish
have moved to deeper water. Whenever the gulls are doing their thing, catching speckled trout and redfish is almost
Numbers of hunters, anglers on the rise
Here in Southeast Texas, picking up,” said Randy Leger.
hunting and fishing rule. We “We’re selling lots of guns,
have some of the best deer and scopes and ammo. Our sales
duck hunting that can be found will only increase from now
in the state, even the nation. through Christmas.”
And fishing is excellent
On the boating
just about any time of
scene, Mike Hebert,
year. If you don’t like
who owns Texas
fishing inland lakes like
Marine in Beaumont,
Sam Rayburn and Tolesays their boat sales are
do Bend for bass, crapthrough the roof.
pie and catfish, head to
“We sold over 90
the coast where you
boats at a recent show
can catch trout, reds Robert Sloan in Houston,” said
and flounder. MeanHebert. “We’re having
while, all of our hunt- Outdoors a record year for boat
ing and fishing activity
sales.”
not only keeps us entertained,
Just recently, a U.S. Fish
but also puts big-time bucks and Wildlife Service survey
into the local economy. For found some very good news.
example, go into any Academy In the world of outdoors, it’s
store and you’ll see a whole lot always good to hear that the
of hunters shopping for and numbers of hunters and anglers
buying anything from corn to are on the rise. That not only
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of a national survey of outdoor
recreation show a significant
increase in hunters and a double-digit increase in anglers
over the past five years.
“Seeing more people fishing, hunting and getting outdoors is great news for America’s economy and conservation heritage,” said Salazar.
“Outdoor recreation and tourism are huge economic engines
for local communities and the
country, so it is vital that we
continue to support policies
and investments that help
Americans get outside, learn
to fish or go hunting. “
Perez said that the Fish and
Wildlife Service’s 2011
National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation found that
hunters nationwide increased
by 9 percent while anglers
grew by 11 percent.
“Nearly 38 percent of all
Americans participated in
wildlife-related recreation in
2011, an increase of 2.6 million participants from the previous survey in 2006,” said
Perez. “They spent $145 billion on related gear, trips and
other purchases, such as
licenses, tags and land leasing
and ownership, representing 1
percent of the nation’s gross
domestic product.”
The Fish and Wildlife Service is dedicated to connecting
people and families with nature,
according to Fish and Wildlife
Service Director Dan Ashe.
“We look forward to continuing to work with the states,
non-governmental organizations and additional partners to
help keep recreational fishing,
hunting and wildlife watching
going strong for people across
America’s great outdoors,”
said Ashe.
At the request of state fish
and wildlife agencies, the Fish
and Wildlife Service has been
conducting the national survey
every five years since 1955.
“It is viewed as one of the
nation’s most important wildlife-related recreation databases and the definitive source of
information concerning participation and purchases associated with hunting, fishing
and other forms of wildliferelated recreation nationwide,”
said Perez.
“State agencies, hunters and
anglers are the key funders of
fish and wildlife conservation
through their license and gear
purchases,” said Dr. Jonathan
Gassett, commissioner of the
See HALFIN on page 26 A
Did you know?
A national U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service survey has
found that in 2011, 13.7
million people, 6 percent of
the U.S. population 16
years old and older, went
hunting. They spent $34.0
billion on trips, equipment,
licenses, and other items in
2011, an average of $2,484
per hunter.
More than 71 million
people engaged in wildlife
watching in 2011, spending
$55.0 billion on their activities.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife
Resources Commission and
president of the Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
“An increase in participation
and expenditure rates means
that agencies can continue to
restore and improve habitat and
fish and wildlife species, bring
more youth into the outdoors
and provide even greater access
to recreational activities.”
During this survey, Perez
says that the U.S. Census
Bureau interviewed 48,627
households across the country
to obtain samples of sportsmen
and women and wildlife watchers for detailed interviews.
Robert Sloan can be reached
by e-mail at [email protected].
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College Football Preview
LAMAR
from page 22 A
will probably get the nod when
the season starts Sept. 1 against
Louisiana-Lafayette, a Division I program from the Sun
Belt Conference.
Gone are receivers Marcus
Jackson and J.J. Hayes, but
Lamar welcomes another
Oklahoma State transfer,
Kevin Johnson, to the mix,
and the Houston-native
should make his presence felt
as the No. 1 receiver. Another guy to keep an eye out for
is Barry Ford, who was
played sparingly last year but
has good size at 6-1, 175
pounds and could become a
major factor in the passing
game.
Defensively, Jesse Dickson
looks like he’s ready to break
out at defensive end, and when
paired with another Oklahoma
State transfer, Joe Okafor, easily the biggest Lamar Cardinal
at 6-6, 300 pounds, the defensive line should be much
improved over last year. Add
in junior college All-American
Jermaine Longino at linebacker to replace last year’s tackle
monster Asim Hicks, and Jordan Garrett, a West Brook
product who struggled with
injuries last season but returns
to anchor the defensive backfield.
In year three, with a treacherous non-conference schedule that features a game at
Hawaii, another D-I foe, the
prevailing theme is if this team
can get through non-conference relatively unscathed,
Lamar will surprise some people once conference play
starts.
“We’re going to be right in
the middle of it,” Woodard
said of where Lamar sits in the
conference, which is widely
considered one of the best FCS
conferences in the country and
features the preseason No. 1,
Sam Houston State, last year’s
national championship runnerup.
“It’s going to depend on
how well we play and how
healthy we can stay, and how
much we improve as the season goes on. You’ll see towards
the end of year a team or two
kind of fade, and you’ll see a
team or two come on. And we
want to be one of those teams
that come on.”
Fred Davis can be reached at
(409) 832-1400, ext. 227, or by
e-mail at [email protected].
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certain. Many times, but not
always, the specks as well as
sand trout that are schooled
under the birds are the smaller
ones. Many of them are not
Texas legal. I enjoy fishing
under the birds simply
because the action is fast. The
lead-head plastics are favorite
lures here, but nothing works
better than live shrimp under
a popping float. That’s the
case if live shrimp are available locally. Over in East Bay,
there is rarely a shortage of
them.
Along the Sabine Ship
Channel, there is a constant
shallow to deep-water dropoff. The places that have shell
present are normally the better
spots for specks and redfish.
These types of places are nor-
mally best during the spring.
There are a number of places
out on the jetty that seem to
hold redfish right now. These
are the deeper holes along the
jetty and out near the end.
Whenever the water is clear
and not too rough, there will
be speckled trout, Spanish
mackerel, sheepshead, redfish,
and all sorts of pan fish around.
When the water is offcolor, the
redfish will still be around.
Live bait, cut bait, and leadhead jigs are the go-to offerings.
Be ready on Sept. 1 for
some hot weather and some
hot dove action in the north
and central zones.
Billy Halfin can be reached by
e-mail at bhalfinoutdoors@aol.
com.
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Cougars hoping to show
last season was no fluke
By Chad Cooper
Sports Editor
The Houston Cougars
nearly had an undefeated season, but 13-1 and beating
Penn State 30-14 in the TicketCity Bowl was a great way
to finish last year. Days after
Houston’s only loss, coach
Kevin Sumlin departed for
College Station and Tony
Levine was promoted to interim coach, then led the Coogs
to their bowl win. The school
took the interim tag off and
named Levine the new head
coach. The team, playing its
final season in Conference
USA, will also be without
quarterback Case Keenum,
who now plays for the Houston Texans.
Offense (6 starters return)
As a true freshman, David
Piland started eight games
back in 2010 when Keenum
went down with an injury. He
then was redshirted last year,
so Piland, now a sophomore,
will take the offense back
over. Piland knows the offense
and has the easy feeling of
relying on running back
Charles Sims (junior), who
Houston’s new helmet logo
led the team with 834 yards
and 9 touchdowns last season.
Four of the five linemen
return, with only one being a
senior, so that’s another positive.
The one question mark
will be who leads the receivers? The team’s top three
receivers have graduated, so
look for Ronnie Williams,
Dewayne Peace, Daniel
Spencer and freshman Deontay Greenberry (who chose
UH over Notre Dame) to get
plenty of chances to make
plays.
graduated, but names like
Zeke Riser and Port Arthur
native Radermon Scypion
will have to carry the defensive line. Both outside linebackers return – Phillip Steward and Derrick Mathews –
but the strength will be in the
secondary with D.J. Hayden,
who many project will play in
the NFL, and Zach McMillian.
Special teams
Both punter Richie Leone
and kicker Matt Hogan are
back for another season, but
Houston needs to find a playmaker that can return kicks
and give them good field
position, or even break open a
game.
Outlook
No doubt, there won’t be a
repeat of last season. But
Houston has some players,
and they seem to love playing
for Levine. The schedule isn’t
as tough, but they do play
Defense (7 starters)
three tough conference road
Most of the starters are games.
back from a defense that
Chad Cooper can be reached
made some strides last season at (409)
832-1400, ext. 241, or by
and ranked 35th in scoring. e-mail at cooper@theexaminer.
Two of their best players have com.
2012 Houston schedule
9/1
9/8
9/15
9/29
10/6
10/13
10/20
10/27
11/3
11/10
11/17
11/24
Texas State
La Tech
@ UCLA
Rice
North Texas
UAB
@ SMU
UTEP
@ East Carolina
Tulsa
@ Marshall
Tulane
University of Houston 8-1 in last 9 home openers.
Down 34-7 last year, Coogs won on road 35-34.
University of Houston is 0-2 in Pasadena.
Coogs have won 7 of last 10 vs. Owls.
University of Houston has won the last 3.
Series tied 4-4, but Coogs have won last 3.
University of Houston has won last 6 by average 17 points per game.
Coogs have won 3 of the last 4.
Last year, University of Houston won all 4 CUSA road games.
Coogs are 5-2 in last 7 vs. Tulsa.
Road team has lost all 3 meetings.
University of Houston has won last 9 vs. TU, 22-4 last 26 CUSA home games.
Predictions
Coop: 8-4, Armed Forces Bowl
Texas Football Magazine: 8-4, TicketCity Bowl vs. Navy
Phil Steele: 9-3, Armed Forces Bowl vs. Texas A&M
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The Lady Card program
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with the men’s basketball team
and baseball program.
The tourney will be Sept. 24
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Incarnate Word will participate in all of the Southland’s 17
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Q. Does a store have the right to international symbol for towing vehilimit who may park in its lot? Isn’t this cles, describe who may and who may
public property? Can I be towed for not park, and contain a current phone
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day to enable the owner to
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with Richard
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and facing the driver who enters the lot whatever fines or penalties are providand be located at each entrance to the ed for in your lease. If your lease says
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Q. Is it true that someone who
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his driver’s license?
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license, of a person who doesn’t pay
Q. I am the sole shareholder and child support as ordered. In fact, a court
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Access to McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge was closed Aug. 9 due to potential hazards
caused by multiple wildfires. The refuge is now
open during its regular
operating hours, and the
public is welcome to
participate in normal
recreational activities
on the site. Both the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the National
Park Service have wildland
firefighters working to manage these wildfires
and all burnout operations have been a complete success, Ranger Tami Schutter reported.
“These wildfires have burned approximately
4,000 acres of the refuge so far, and firefighters
will continue to monitor the remaining wildfire, but hazards have been reduced,” she said.
The public is reminded that wildfire conditions could be very dangerous. To keep communities safe from wildfires, do not build
campfires or burn trash/debris piles; do not
use fireworks; and properly dispose of cigarettes. These wildfires are indicators of the
potential for additional wildfires in the near
Pet of the week
My name is Shandy, and I am
about 12 weeks old. I was a stray
that someone found on their
doorstep and took to the shelter.
Look, I won’t beat around the
bushes about this. I love kids of
any ages, get along with other
cats and I am good about using
my litter box. Look at me — how
can you turn this cute thing
down? I am going to sit here and
wait for you to decide what I
already know — that you just
cannot live without me.
LISTINGS
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Refuge reopens
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planting. You can even use the
young sprouts in a tasty salad
while the beets continue to
mature. Keep the beets watered
well and wait about a month
for the greens and 50 days for
the beets.
This is the time to clean up
the summer mess in your garden. Add organic matter to
your soil and loosen the garden area if it has gotten compacted. For your treat after
these tasks, you can start to
peruse garden seed catalogs
and local garden centers for
your fall plants.
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Lots of us don’t think about will keep some seeds from
planting a garden in the fall, germinating. Keep the soil
but it’s the perfect time for moist by watering regularly
cool season veggie
and topping with
growing. We probably
organic mulch as soon
won’t have to worry
as you see little seedabout frost until mid
lings. You can start
November or later, so
pinching and eating
that gives weeks and
little leaves in a few
weeks of “grow time.”
weeks. Spinach takes
Fall is a great time
about a month to
for planting because the Garden mature fully.
plants get plenty of sun
Leaf lettuce is good
Gate to grow when the tembut not as much heat.
Spinach, lettuce and
peratures fall below the
with
radishes are some Joette Reger 80s. You can start clipoptions for your garden
ping little lettuce leaves
as they like the cooler
to make a salad in
nights of early fall. Another about a month. If we have an
advantage of fall gardening is occasional extra hot fall day
that there are usually fewer just give the baby plants a litinsect pests as the temperature tle shade with a temporary
goes down. Even weeds grow sheet or canopy propped up on
a little slower, which gives the sticks.
plants a little less competition.
Radishes grow fast. Look
You might need less water in a for round classic radish shapes
fall garden, and you certainly or the fancy French oval shaped
will enjoy pulling weeds more seed pack. They are ready to
with the slightly cooler tem- pick in three to four weeks.
peratures
Keep the soil moist, and the
Spinach grown from seed is radishes will taste better.
a great plant for your fall garBeets are another favorite
den. You should sow a little choice for fall gardens. Experts
more thickly than a spring suggest soaking the seeds for a
crop because the warm soil few hours or overnight before
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Plenty of pluses in fall gardening
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future, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Adopting a cat can be a 15-year or more commitment. Please
staff is expecting the active fire season to con- adopt
responsibly! Adoption fee is $85, or $150 for pure breed or
tinue.
pedigree cats and kittens. This includes the first round of vaccina-
Chief Shelton to be
honored at 2012 Salute
Chief C.A. “Pete” Shelton will be honored
at the 11th annual A Salute to The Real American Heroes fundraiser for the LIT Foundation.
The event will be at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.
6, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 3810 N.
Major Drive in Beaumont.
Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, A Salute to The
Real American Heroes was created by Chief
Shelton in recognition of local fire, police,
emergency medical technology, criminal justice, and homeland security services and to
assist students in these educational programs at
Lamar Institute of Technology.
All first responders and active military that
are in uniform and a guest will be treated to a
dinner, provided by the Cooks 2 Dozen+ Inc.
All others interested in purchasing a ticket or a
table may call (409) 839- 2983 for more information. Reservations are required for first
responders and active military, and can be
made by visiting www.lit.edu or calling (409)
839-2983.
tions, bordetella vaccination, worming, flea treatment and spaying or
neutering. All animals will be spayed or neutered before going to their
new home. For information, call the Humane Society at (409) 8330504 or visit 2050 Spindletop Ave., Beaumont.
Pet of the week sponsored by
A l l P Aw s
V e t e r i n a ry C l i n i C
Suzi Hahn, DVM
409-838-2510 • In front of Humane Society
Lilly
This sweet princess deserves a castle!
Meet Lilly. She is about 4 or 5 years old
and is a 16 pound Dachshund/Terrier mix.
Her human mom passed away, and her
human sister has been caring for her, but
she already has three other dogs. With all
the daily chaos she gets lost in the shuffle.
She loves the outdoors just as much as
the indoors and can walk on a leash. She
will potty outside or inside on paper/potty
pads. She is spayed, current on all shots,
and is currently on heartworm and flea
preventative. We’re asking a small adoption fee of $25.
Call 409-679-8370
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R eligion
Tears of a woman … or of a man
How long has it been since you’ve She answers that he wouldn’t underhad a good cry? Can you remember stand. He then asks his father why
women cry and the father says, “Because
when you last shed tears?
I am not a big crier in the usual sense they are women,” which really didn’t
of the world. I have to be very, very answer his question, either.
The story went on to say when the
angry or very, very happy to shed many
tears, and especially so in public, or boy grew up and had relationships of
even in front of my family members. his own, the same question nagged at
his heart and mind. One day, in
Having been accused by some
an earnest prayer, he asked God
unknowing folks as being cold
why the women he loved cried
or reserved, I rather think that’s
so. As the story goes, God
not true. I think, instead, that I
answered his question by saying
have simply experienced many
that women must be strong for
different life emotions, seen
the men they love and He has
things in ministry that I have
created them to be sensitive to
come to accept, and have now
the needs of the husband and
lived long enough to know that
Brenda
children He will give to them,
there are good things and bad
Cannon
and that they must rely on their
things, helpful and hurtful
Henley
strength to stand by the side of
things, joy and sorrow and
Senior
the man and to uphold the chilpeace — if you seek it for your Correspondent
life. Let me add here that I to The Examiner dren all of their lives. The last
line stuck with me, and it said
believe it is perfectly permissible to cry openly if the need strikes you. that you can see a woman’s heart
I have a dear, dear fried that cries at through her tears, and that if you watch
the drop of a hat, and I love her for her long enough and diligently enough,
emotion and deep concern for others. It you can see her entire life pass by.
I am not so certain about this, and I
sometimes takes me a minute or two to
see if she is crying “happy” or “sad” know men who cry just as easily. So, in
all honesty, I believe I would re-write
tears because she often cries both.
A long-time friend of mine, Dr. Ron the thoughts to say either a man or
English, sent me a writing this week woman may cry because of the strength
about the tears of a woman. He said he needed to sustain relationships and to
thought I would enjoy it and I did. I care for those they love. In fact, my
later did a little research and found this former boss, Dr. John R. Rice, taught
topic to be both in writing and in a vid- that there was a time in his life when
eo and slideshow presentation. The gist he asked God to stop letting him cry
of the writing was that women’s tears because he thought it confused his
are a special invocation to God. A little hearers and made it so that he could
boy asks his mom why she is crying. not deliver his message clearly. He
added quickly that he, after a few
months of not crying when he preached,
begged God to give him tears again.
He said only when God was speaking
to his heart did he know that his message was alive and right for the audience where he was speaking.
Experts tell us we cry when we are
either happy or sad. Crying is a natural
response to certain feelings, probably
more often to sadness or hurt, but tears
can also be happy ones. Some people
cry when they see things of great
beauty, like a new grandchild, or where
they are given good news. “When
people cry, they are letting go of their
guard, their defenses,” said Stephen
Sideroff, Ph.D. at the Moonview Treatment Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
“They are tapping into a place deep
inside themselves.”
“It can also be a survival mechanism,” said Jodi DeLuca, Ph.D., at
Tampa General Hospital in Florida.
“When you cry,” she said, “it’s a signal
you need to address something.” Among
other things, it might mean you are frustrated, overwhelmed or even just trying
to get someone’s attention.” Other
experts state that crying has a biochemical purpose. It is believed to release
stress hormones or toxins from the
body, and it might have a purely social
function as well. It often wins support
from those who watch you cry. It can
also be manipulative — simply a way to
get what you want.
“For various reasons, a lot of people
push down their tears. They suppress
them,” Sideroff says. “One of the con-
sequences is we sort of deaden ourselves to suppress bad news or not
even notice we have these feelings
inside. The way this may look to the
outside world is that we are depressed.”
Let’s give ourselves permission to
have a good cry if needed. We might
just be surprised at how it makes us feel.
In 2 King 20:5, the king is told that God
said, “I have heard thy prayer and I have
seen thy tears.” And God promises in
Isaiah 25:8, “He will swallow up death
in victory, and the Lord God will wipe
away tears from off all faces.”
Our sympathy this week is extended
to several of our readers who have lost
family members and dear friends.
Please remember that God sees your
tears and knows your hearts.
Brenda Cannon Henley is an awardwinning journalist and writer living on the
Southeast Texas Gulf Coast. Having
enjoyed more than four decades in ministry, Brenda shares her columns with our
readers and works with churches and
faith-based programs nationwide. She can
be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at [email protected].
Life spent working for Christ is well spent
Today we look at a word of encour- ity, then shall be brought to pass the
agement from the heart of the apostle saying that is written, ‘Death is swalPaul. He wants us to know that our lowed up in victory. O, Death, where is
lives and our work are not in
your sting? O, Hades, where is
vain — even when we may
your victory?’ The sting of death
think it is. I am reading from 1
is sin and the strength of sin is
Corinthians 15:51-58:
the law. But thanks be to God
“Behold, I tell you a mysWho gives us the victory through
tery. We shall not all sleep, but
our Lord Jesus Christ. Therewe all shall be changed, in a
fore, my beloved brethren, be
moment, in the twinkling of an
steadfast, immovable, always
eye, at the last trumpet. For the
abounding in the work of the
Pastor
trumpet will sound, and the
Lord, knowing that you labor is
Delmar
dead will be raised incorruptnot in vain in the Lord.”
Dabney
ible, and we shall be changed.
Time passes so quickly. Do
1925-1994
For this corruptible must put
you ever stop and think that all
on incorruption, and this moryou have done and are so busy
tal must put on immortality. So when doing is of so little value? Maybe you
this corruptible has put on incorruption even went so far as to exclaim, “What
and this mortality has put on immortal- is the use of it all, anyway?” You recall
the words of the Old Testament preacher, “This was also vanity,” and you
sighed, “How true.”
Well, has all of your labor been in
vain? How did you go about evaluating it? Did you compare it with what
others have done? Paul is very careful
to tell us in 1 Corinthians 12:6, that
there are varieties of working, but it is
the same God Who inspires them all in
everyone. Who told you that you have
to be a carbon copy of someone else?
Aren’t you, you, and there is only one
copy?
Was it really all in vain? Some of us
have large tasks, while some of us
have to fulfill the more routine services, but all of us are in the service of the
Lord. We have reflected on that in past
messages. One man builds a cathedral
and another a plasterboard chapel.
Both are called to do it as unto the
Lord. We tend to evaluate the work by
its size and splendor. To the Lord both
the cathedral and the chapel are little.
He looks at His servant, the doer. It
isn’t what he did that is of primary
importance, but how he did it. And if it
is done as to the Lord, the doing of the
task becomes a high calling from the
Lord. No matter how insignificant you
may feel your task to be, if it is done in
His name, it is not in vain. Be steadfast. Our Lord is coming again. He will
have His reward for you in His hand.
I will never forget the day when the
Lord let me know that He needed one
Del Dabney. I didn’t have to emulate
anyone else. I didn’t have to attempt to
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Texas tough
2012 Dodge Ram 1500
Michele Brooke
Auto Writer
The 2012 Dodge Ram 1500
makes an impression. It’s big.
It’s bold. And it loves Texas,
as is made evident by its special 10th anniversary Lone
Star edition.
Capability
Need a tailored fit? The
Ram 1500 is likely to have
what you need.
In addition to the 5.7-liter
HEMI V-8, which produces
390 horsepower and 407
pound-feet of torque, the 2012
Ram 1500 offers a flex-fuel
capable 4.7-liter V-8 providing
310 horsepower and 330
pound-feet of torque, and a
3.7-liter V-6 generating 215
horsepower and 235 poundfeet of torque.
The 2012 Ram 1500 is
offered in regular cab, Quad
Cab and Crew Cab models,
with three box lengths: 8 feet
(regular cab); 6 feet, 4 inches
(regular cab and Quad Cab);
and 5 feet, 7 inches (Ram 1500
Crew Cab). Eleven trim levels
are available, each with a
unique appearance: Tradesman, Express, Outdoorsman,
ST, SLT, Sport, Sport R/T, the The Ram 1500 Lone Star interior features the Lone Star name on the large glove box and floor mats.
aforementioned Lone Star, Big
The Ram 1500 Lone Star perforated leather seats with HEMI V-8 with fuel-saver
Horn, Laramie and Laramie model makes up 30 to 40 per- stylized Texas/Lone Star technology, which delivers
Longhorn.
cent of all Ram 1500s sold in logos. Additionally, a 10th 390 horsepower and 407
Texas. Since the Lone Star’s Anniversary Lone Star logo is pound-feet of torque. It’s
Special Lone Star Trim
debut, Ram has sold more than called out on the passenger backed by a 6-speed automatic
glove box, and the transmission. Fuel ratings are
“The Ram 1500 Lone Star 80,000 of the Texfour embroidered 13 mpg in the city and 19 mpg
was the first pickup truck as-only models.
The Ram Lone
floor mats also on the highway.
designed by Texans and built
feature the Lone
The Lone Star also gets
specifically for Texans,” said Star 10th AnniverStar name.
20-inch aluminum wheels, a
San Antonio native Fred Diaz, sary edition feaThe 2012 Ram 10th Anni- 10-way adjustable power drivpresident and CEO, Ram tures new, larger “Lone Star”
Truck Brand and Chrysler de badges with the prominent red, versary Lone Star is exclu- er’s seat, fog lamps, leatherMexico. “Native Texans are white and blue Texas state sively available in Crew Cab wrapped steering wheel, rear
very proud to be from the emblem on its front doors and configuration with bucket 60/40 split folding seats and
Lone Star State. For the last 10 tailgate. The new badges are seats. Paint choices include more. In addition, more than
years, this truck has given us part of an exclusive appearance Black, Bright Silver, Bright two-dozen factory options and
the authentic opportunity to package and replace the “Ram White, Deep Cherry Red, hundreds of Mopar accessoproudly connect Ram with 1500” badging that accents Flame Red, Mineral Gray and ries are available for buyers to
True Blue.
further personalize their Ram
Texas’ very proud state motto. most other Ram models.
On the inside, the anniverStandard Ram Lone Star Lone Star.
It’s by far our best-selling Ram
See AUTO on page 34 A
sary model features Katzkin features include the 5.7-liter
truck in Texas.”
2010 DODGE CHARGER
2012 CHEVY SILVERADO
2009 DODGE RAM
2012 CHEVY SILVERADO
2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA
2008 DODGE AVENGER
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Health-care change
and the uninsured
As we continue to work to help
patients get control of their lives and
health, it is clear that all of the answers
will not be found in a test tube. Life’s
experiences can “beat the life” out of
us. How to “re-inflate” our lives is a
question we all must address, but it is a
question particularly critical to the
mission of health-care providers.
While we are striving
for clinical competence
and excellence, we must
never forget that we are
not dealing with simple
machines, but with complex and complicated individuals, each
of which is incredibly important.
Without hope, a function of value
and virtue, all of the health-care financing and access in the
world will not change a
person’s health. Public
policy must address this
central element to the
efficacy of our efforts at
improving the administration, financing and
distribution of health
care in the United States. Your Life,
spiritually — human beings begin to
die from the inside out.
The evidence for this is easy to see.
There are entire Web sites with the title
“health and hope.” Books are written
about the association between the two.
One Web site states, “Hope requires an
action plan. This Web site is dedicated
to helping you create a hope-filled
plan.” A search on
the Web for the
delineators of “health
and hope” gives
more than 3.1 million
responses.
Health and hope go hand-in-hand, but
how? And how do you give hope to
people who have an incurable illness,
who have made so many bad choices
in their lives and/or
have experienced
extensive failure in
their lives and who
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believe there is no
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hope for things to
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change?
Hope is the basis
for all human effort.
Your Health In the face of futility
— the vacuum of
hope — men and
women become acquiescent. The
Apostle Paul addressed this in the New
Testament. In I Thessalonians, he said,
“I know your faith meant hard work,
your love meant solid achievement and
the hope you have in Christ meant
sheer dogged endurance.”
“Hope meant sheer dogged endurance,” means catching on, holding on
and keeping on.
How often have you heard someone
say, “I started a diet but after three
weeks I gave up.” They lacked that
“sheer dogged endurance” that allows
some to “keep on keeping on” because
they lacked the hope that what they
were doing would help. Someone who
has “hope” will keep on, no matter
how long it takes.
But what is hope? Obviously, there
are elements of hope that are a matter
of faith. Many of us have strong beliefs
that undergird, inform and give substance to our hope. Yet there are common elements of hope that are universal. It is these that concern us as healthcare providers and that we would like
to “tap into” in order to help our
patients achieve the health they desire.
Part 2: Hope,
Value, Virtue
Frustration
Our frustration — and it is a frustration — has arisen from the fact that we
know how to help people improve their
health. Nonetheless, many patients’
health does not improve because they
are unwilling or unable consistently to
make the choices that are required to
become healthy. What do you do with
a person who knows, if they continue
to overeat and under exercise, that they
will die, and yet they don’t change?
What do you do with a person who
knows, if they don’t stop drinking
alcohol, that they will lose their family
and their life, but they don’t? What do
you do with a person who knows, if
they don’t take their medication, they
will become sicker, but they don’t?
At SETMA, we have been grappling with these questions and more.
We have concluded that the problem
for most people is not in their heart,
their arteries, their intestines or their
joints; the problem is in their heads.
But this reference is not to the cranium
but to their minds, attitudes and spirit.
There is no simple solution for the
health-care problems that derive from
the “head,” but a great deal of it has to
The first element of hope is the affirdo with hope or the lack of hope. Without hope, human beings begin to die. mation that the future is positive and
And while it is true physically, it is good. For some, this is a difficult
also true mentally, emotionally and aspect of hope. Due to the loss of loved
ones to death or estrangement, the
future doesn’t look bright. For others,
the irremediable consequences of past
choices or bad experiences make the
future seem gloomy. Yet when we get
outside of ourselves and find someone
else who needs us and when we recognize how precious life is, hope returns.
If there are those who do not value us,
there are those who do, or who will, or
who can. If we give ourselves to others, they will reciprocate with a gift of
their love and companionship. My
daughter is a person filled with hope. I
have always said that she could fall
into a mud hole and turn it into a swimming pool. Some of this is personality;
most of it is hope. Everyone can have
hope, if they so choose. With health
concerns, hope gives us the resolution
and purpose to continue until the good
things we expect happen.
damaging our bodies.
The fourth element of hope is the confidence that I can make a change. Here
is where hope often needs help. Often
people who need to make a change say,
“I have tried everything.” What they
often mean is that they have tried a
“quick fix” or they have tried a “gimmick.” None of these work. What they
have not tried is working in collaboration with someone who will help them
by walking through the “darkness”
with them. The same Apostle Paul we
quoted earlier talked about “bearing
one another’s burdens.” The reality is
that we were designed by God to need
help and to give help. Hope is most
powerful when it is collective. And that
collectiveness requires only “two or
three,” not thousands. In health concerns, this element of hope requires that
we partner with those who can support
The second element of hope is the us and help us sustain our effort until
confidence that change will make a dif- we are successful.
ference. When IBM was in trouble as a
The fifth element of hope is the detercompany, it employed and empowered mination that I am willing to persist in
a group of people called “change the change until it makes a difference.
agents.” One of the principles they Relentlessness is a character trait
discovered about “change agents” is birthed of hope. The most common
that if you are going to change things, failure in health matters is the terminathen you had better make a difference. tion of a “diet” before the desired
Hope demands change, expects change results have been achieved. Hope
and at the same time makes change allows you to continue no matter how
inevitable. With health concerns, hope long it takes. Also, hope not only
gives us the willingness to endure allows, but demands that you continue
short-term discomfort or depravation the effort no matter how hard it is.
in order to achieve long-term gains.
Hope gives you that “sheer dogged
The third element of hope is that my endurance,” which Paul addressed. It
actions can make a difference. Futility is that “bull-doggedness” that inevitais the belief that no matter what we do, bly leads to success. And in health
it will not make a difference. In the concerns, it is imperative that we
face of futility, we give up. Hope relentlessly pursue our goal until it is
dashes the power of the sense of inevi- achieved.
tability. Hope declares that nothing is
The sixth element of hope is the knowlinevitable until after it happens and edge that changing does not make me a
that until that time, our efforts can better or more valuable person. The
make a difference. In health concerns, changes we want to make are not in
this element of hope gives us the cour- order to become acceptable or worthage and the determination to stop over- while. The marvel and the miracle of
eating, to begin exercising, to ask “humanness” is that we are valuable
questions, to start a treatment program and worthwhile no matter how young,
and/or to change other habits that are
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Sophomore tapped as
University Press editor
Chelsea Henderson, a sophomore communication major, has been named University Press editor at Lamar University after a three-year career
at the publication brought her to the position.
Andy Coughlan, Lamar’s director of student
publications, said Henderson’s passion for journalism has been evident since she was a freshman, so it was a natural fit to place her in the
position as new UP editor.
“Chelsea has worked hard to reach the
position of editor,” Coughlan said. “Her
maturity has matched her considerable
ability, and I am delighted for her. ... She
will bring fresh ideas to the University
Press that will reflect the changing nature
of the industry.”
Henderson said she chose Lamar because
of the professional quality of the student newspaper, the University Press.
“The other schools I was accepted to granted
me scholarships” she said, “but after looking at
their student newspapers, I decided on Lamar.
We put out a professional publication, and that
was something that was important to me. I figured if I were going to a school to work for the
newspaper, then I should find the college with
the best one.”
HOLLY
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old, sick, well, tall, short, thin, fat, handsome,
ugly, rich or poor we are. Change does not make
us better. Change might make us healthier.
Change might make us thinner. Change might
make us stronger. But we are intrinsically valuable because of being a creation of God’s. Hope
frees us from self-rejection and self-loathing and
liberates us to pursue our goals with joy and
purpose. In health concerns, this element of
hope allows us to persevere because we are
acceptable, not in order to become acceptable.
reality that others have overcome the same
adversity, and so can and so will we.
The ninth element of hope is that it is personal. Just as I am not changing in order to be
acceptable to others, I am not changing to be
acceptable to myself. And the change I am
making is for me. I am doing it not to please
others, but to fulfill my own goals, aspirations
and dreams. The only sustainable health initiative is one that is internalized; that is, one that
comes from my own heart and desire. If we are
The seventh element of hope is that our exer- changing for our wife, children, boss, etc., it
cise of hope always impacts others whom we love will not last. If we have determined for ourand care about. Here is the ultimate payoff in selves to change, we will succeed.
The tenth element of hope is that hope is not
human terms of hope and its result. We get to
I am not trying to do better than
competitive.
influence for good those we love. Hope is conanyone
else.
I am determined to reach my
tagious. When we exercise hope, others catch
that spirit. When we demonstrate the effects of goals, not beat someone else’s performance.
hope, others take hope and are encouraged. The great thing is that everyone can win at the
Hope is a “trip,” and it is a trip we never take “game” of hope, for it is truly the “game of
alone. In health concerns, when we experience life.” And the game of life is not a zero-sum
the results of hope, others’ health will also be game with winners and losers. Everyone can
win, and everyone can lose. In health concerns,
improved.
The eighth element of hope is that we are not our attention never is on others, but always
alone. This is the summation of No. 4 and No. upon ourselves. The wonder of exercise is that
7 above. It is the truth on the basis of which all it is not what others can do, but what I am
hope is founded. It is the message of one of the doing which matters. I can’t lift 500 pounds
most beloved works in human history, the 23rd while others can, yet their ability is not injuring
Psalm. It states, “Yea though I walk through the my health. It is whether or not I am exercising,
even if I can only lift 25 pounds, that will detervalley of the shadow of death, I will fear no mine my state of health.
evil for Thou art with me.” The reality of God’s
Hope is the foundation of good health. If
presence ultimately makes us not alone, but it you are willing to begin the journey toward
is also the presence of an entire community health, empowered by hope, you can improve
which prevents our isolation and aloneness. In your health. Without hope, you will not begin,
health concerns, our not being alone means that and without beginning, you can’t win.
others are going through the same thing that we
are, and some of them are worse off than we
Dr. James L. Holly is CEO of Southeast Texas
are. This element of hope is also birthed of the Medical Associates, LLP (SETMA) in Beaumont.
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Craftsmanship
Whether you opt for the Lone Star
edition or one of the other trim levels,
the interior of the 2012 Ram 1500 stands
out with an emphasis on craftsmanship
expressed in premium interior appointments including six-ring instrumentation, controls, chrome accents, premium
seating with bolsters and two-tone
upholstery. All Ram 1500 interiors feature “soft-touch” materials with premium fit and finish. Full-width contrasting
stitching is offered on soft-touch instrument panels for select models.
On the exterior, the Ram 1500 features an aluminum hood with a large
power bulge and grille, while front and
rear bumpers wrap around each body
side. Attractive 20-inch
wheels are avail-
TECH
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burning the downloaded ISO file to a
CD will not create a bootable CD.
Instructions on how to create a bootable
CD using the ISO file are available on
the Web site, and are also included
with almost all ISO burning utilities.
Most major CD burning utilities support the creation of bootable CDs using
an ISO file; just be sure to check the
ISO selection from the CD utility software menu. Once booted with the created Rescue Disk, the computer can be
scanned using the included Kaspersky
scanning engine, which will effectively
detect and kill most malware in circulation. After the computer is cleaned
with Rescue Disk 10, the CD is
removed, and the newly disinfected
computer rebooted as normal. As is
common after most contemporary
infections, it may be necessary to reinstall any security software that was on
the computer prior to the infection
(maybe not a good idea, because it had
already been proven to be vulnerable),
or install a new security suite.
In a recent column, I wrote about
able. Sills are pulled down to cover
frame rails for a premium appearance.
Badges are three-dimensional, rather
than decals, and are designed to stand
out.
Convenience
The 2012 Ram 1500 Crew Cab,
Quad Cab and short bed Regular Cab
features an available first-in-segment
RamBox cargo management system
that provides weatherproof, lockable,
illuminated and drainable storage compartments integrated into both fender
sides for access and convenience.
Another segment-first innovation
for the Ram 1500 crew cab is a pair of
“store in the floor” bins with removable liners that offer even more versatile storage. Locking The Ram 1500’s available RamBox cargo management system
lids are avail- Mopar.
Other premium amenities include
able from
There are many other convenient first-in-segment heated and ventilated
storage locations throughout the Ram front seats, available heated rear seats,
1500 including a large upper glove and dual-zone automatic temperature
box, map pockets in door panels control.
and a configurable center conManufacturing
sole.
Technically sophisticated
The Ram 1500 is built in two locayet simple-to-navigate elec- tions: Quad Cab and Crew Cab 1500
tronic and infotainment models are built at the Warren (Michioptions include a media gan) Assembly Plant, and Regular Cab
center with a 30-gigabyte models are built at the Saltillo Assemhard drive, navigation sys- bly Plant in Mexico.
tem, and a rear-seat DVD
•••
entertainment system availTo learn more about the 2012
able in the Quad Cab and Crew Dodge Ram 1500, visit your local
Cab. Also available is segment- Southeast Texas dealer or www.ramfirst surround-sound audio.
trucks.com.
the nasty form of malware referred to loined computer, and allow the removas “ransomware,” where an infected al of the ransomware. Kaspersky Wincomputer is locked by the malware dowsUnlocker is a large (236 mb)
and supposedly not released until ran- ISO file that can be burned to a CD or
som is paid via a third-party payment installed to a bootable USB flash
service to a cyber crook. This ransom- drive. The bootable media also
ware is often accompanied by a screen includes an updated copy of Kasperfalsely announcing that child pornog- sky’s Rescue Disk utility, which will
raphy or pirated software was found be used in conjunction with the Winon the computer, threatening jail time dowsUnlocker. Once the bootable
and hefty fines if the ransom or fine is media is created, the computer is
not promptly paid. The screen of the booted with it, following the instruclocked computer gives explicit tions provided by Kaspersky meninstructions on how to
tioned previously. The
pay the fine (ransom) to
WindowsUnlocker utilWEBSITE:
unlock the computer.
ity will scan the regiswww.kaspersky.com
Even if the fine/ransom
try and remove any
is promptly paid, the
traces of the ransomcomputer will likely not be unlocked ware from the registry (these hidden
by the scammer. In addition to the registry entries are often referred to as
ransom requested, the cyber crook a form of “rootkit”), and then run the
also often loads other malware to the malware detection and removal softinfected computer, including varieties ware to complete the cleaning proof spyware and key loggers to steal cess. This process will likely remove
valuable personal information, bank- the ransomware as well as any addiing, shopping and credit card informa- tional malware that it may have
tion in order to perpetrate identity installed or any malware that had
theft and other financial crimes.
previously infected the computer. The
Kaspersky offers an interactive free bootable media is removed from the
utility to explicitly unlock the pur- computer and then the computer is
rebooted normally; if successful, the
ransomware should be gone. It will
then be necessary to install (or reinstall) a comprehensive security suite,
and any previously installed security
software might have been compromised by the ransomware (malware).
In addition to the broad-spectrum
scanners already mentioned, Kaspersky offers an extensive collection of
small, free scanners for specific scanning tasks and removal of difficult
infections. Several of these specific
removal utilities are intended to detect
and neutralize individual ransomware,
illicit file encryption malware, rootkits and other threats. The comprehensive list of free security scanners
available for download is located at
kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus-tools.
Hopefully, you will never need to
utilize these excellent, free malware
detection and removal utilities from
Kaspersky, but a familiarity with them
may provide some degree of “peace of
mind” in this dangerous and threatening cyber world. It is nice to know that
they are available if (when) you ever
need them.
Su•do•ku
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column and 3x3 subsquare has digits 1-9.
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1 Perps:
3 2(1) In7 May,
5 Chicago
police arrested a man they believed had just
minutes earlier
3 used a Bobcat8front-end loader
to crash through the window of a Family Dollar
store and steal two cans of deodorant and
2 (and notha handful of gift cards
ing else) and walk away. (2)
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• New Mexico is an “open carry” state, with
4 loaded
law-abiding adults9authorized to display
handguns in public. However, in the town of
Vaughn (pop.1500,3located
per2 mid-nowhere),
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the town’s two
3 police officers.
8 Chief Ernest
Armijo had been convicted in 2011 of criminal
nonsupport of a wife
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the conditions of probation was the prohibition
on gun possession. Deputy Brian Bernal has
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violence that bars him, under federal law, from
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• Most people who call an FBI field office
would be in serious trouble if they left an
answering-machine message for a named
agent, along with the caller’s name and telephone number, in a message consisting of at
least 13 F-word epithets threatening to “break
(the agent’s) (F-word) neck.” However, when
Thomas Troy Bitter left the message at the San
Diego field office, according to a July report in
OC Weekly, the agency, after initially charging
Bitter, quietly dropped the prosecution with no
further repercussions. OC Weekly speculated
that Bitter is a confidential informant whom the
FBI was late in paying.
Government in Action!
• Miniature golf is remarkably simple to
play, requiring neither experience nor much
exertion, and even toddlers can negotiate their
own brand of fun on the course. However, in
March, a set of “accessible design” standards
went into effect, under the Americans With
Disabilities Act, governing such things as the
“slope” of courses (maximum 1:4 rise on some
holes), the maximum length of the blades if
artificial turf is used, and the minimum area of
the “tee-off” landing (48 inches by 60 inches,
with a slope not steeper than 1:48).
• The only unlimited-issue U.S. visa allow-
ing fast-lane entrance for certain foreign workers is the O-1, available to those (e.g., scientists, technology engineers) who, in the opinion
of the State Department, demonstrate “extraordinary ability.” Reuters reported in June that an
O-1 recently went to British journalist Piers
Morgan, whose extraordinariness
seems limited to replacing Larry
King on his CNN interview
program, and another to
Shera Bechard, Playboy’s
Miss November 2010, whose
other accomplishment seems
to be the creation of an online
photo-sharing experience called
“Frisky Friday.”
• Canadian rap singer Manu Militari was,
until earlier this year, sufficiently patriotic to
have received more than $100,000 in government grants that originated with the Canadian
Heritage department. However, a June video
released ahead of his new album “L’Attente”
portrayed Afghan Taliban fighters targeting a
convoy of Canadian soldiers, planting a roadside bomb and aiming their rifles at the Canadians’ heads. Over 150 Canadian soldiers have
died fighting the Taliban and their insurgent
allies.
• Forgetful: (1) USA Today, quoting a Pentagon official, reported in July that, during the last
decade, the Pentagon had paid “late fees” totaling $610 million for not returning leased shipping containers by the due dates. (2) A Government Accountability Office report in July
revealed that the federal government’s vast
properties include about 14,000 offices and
buildings that are vacant (or nearly so), but
which the government still pays to maintain (at
about $190 million a year). (A large building in
Washington, D.C.,’s Georgetown — among the
most valuable real estate in the city — has sat
mostly unused for more than 10 years.) (3) The
Miami-Dade County, Fla., government confirmed in April that it had discovered, in storage,
298 brand-new vehicles that had been purchased
in 2006-07, but which had never been used.
Freedom Under Attack
First Amendment Blues: (1) A bar in Horry
County, S.C., named the Suck Bang Blow filed
a lawsuit in May challenging the county’s new
ordinance prohibiting motorcyclists’ “burnouts” (engine-revving with back-tire-spinning,
creating smoke — and enormous noise). The
bar claims that burnouts are important expressions of its customers’ “manliness and macho”
and as such are protected by the First Amendment. (2) Luigi Bellavite complained to reporters in Mountain View, Colo., in July that the
See WEIRD on page 37 A
36 A
By Darby Conley
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,
longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Write to Annie’s
Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste.
700, Los Angeles, CA 90045 or e-mail your questions to
[email protected].
quences. Instead of protecting
Our 21-year-old daughter her, advise her on how to hanhas had weight issues for dle her relatives’ negative
years. “Barbara” weighs 80 comments, and then let her do
it. Tell your husband
pounds more than she
you will no longer
should.
be involved in his
I cannot rememissues with Barber a time when
bara, and when
Barbara’s weight
he brings up
wasn’t a big
her weight,
deal to my hussimply
reply,
band.
His
“Yes,
dear,”
and
mother
also
then
ignore
him.
puts in her two
cents with regular
Dear Annie:
comments to Barbara conI’ve been married
cerning her diet. So do other
family members. I find their for 14 years. The first few,
obsession with her weight everything was good, and then
nauseating. I know they are I stopped enjoying sex. I’ve
concerned about Barbara’s seen several different doctors
health, but I believe they are and had my hormones checked,
and the verdict is that I am in
expressing it the wrong way.
My daughter is beautiful great health for a 39-year-old.
I think the main problem is,
and creative and has a huge
heart. I offer healthy food while I love my husband, I
choices in the house and make don’t find him attractive. I’m
balanced meals when she is not sure I ever did. I was 23
home. She has seen a doctor when we met and had never
and has information on proper had a boyfriend. Men had nevnutrition. We have offered to er been interested in me until
pay for gym memberships and he came along. He is smart,
diet programs, which she has funny and experimental in the
declined. We bought her a bedroom, so it isn’t like we
bicycle, which she rides, and I haven’t tried new things. He
have invited her to go on walks would do anything for me.
But, Annie, having sex with
with me. She always starts
with a real effort and then him is a massive chore. I suspect he knows this, and I hate
stops.
I believe her family should making him feel bad. I can’t
accept her as she is. I have fake passion I don’t feel. To
become the buffer, trying to be tell the truth, I doubt another
encouraging and positive man would do it for me, either,
while filtering out the harsh- and I’m not attracted to womness of others. I have told my en. I feel like a part of me is
husband that Barbara must missing, and I don’t know how
make lifestyle changes herself, to find it. What now?
— Berlin, Germany
and that his comments and
pressure tactics have a nega- Dear Berlin:
tive effect. But he can’t help
It is possible that you are
himself. He is frustrated that
asexual
— meaning you are
he cannot control his daughnot
attracted,
sexually, to anyter’s size and that I won’t go
along with his approach. It is one. If this sounds like what
causing stress in our marriage. you are experiencing, please
look into AVEN (Asexual VisPlease help.
— In the Middle ibility and Education Network) at asexuality.org.
However, if your libido preDear Middle:
viously
was working fine and
You should remove youryour
lack
of interest was sudself from the equation altogether. Barbara is an adult, and den, you may want to get a
not only are her choices her referral to see a doctor who
See ANNIE on page 37 A
own, but so are the conse-
Dear Annie:
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RELEASE DATE: 8/26/2012
are only in their mid-50s, but
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LegaLs
Legal notices
PUBLIC NOTICE OF
SHERIFF’S SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
BY REQUEST OF THE
JEFFERSON
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS’
COURT
(RESOLUTION
DATED JULY 30, 2012),
THE
SHERIFF
OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY IS
OFFERING
THE
FOLLOWING DESCRIBED
REAL PROPERTIES FOR
SALE AT A PUBLIC
AUCTION. THE AUCTION
WILL BE HELD AT 10:00
O’CLOCK A.M. ON THE
4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
2012 ON THE STEPS OF
THE
JEFFERSON
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
A bidder at the sale must be
registered at the time the
sale begins with the sheriff,
deputy sheriff or agent
conducting the sale.
• Texas House Bill 335 has
required bidders at tax
sales to preregister and
obtain a certificate from
the Tax Office
• There may or may not be
redemption
periods
outstanding on properties
being offered for sale.
NOTE:
Additional
taxes,
penalties,
and
interest may have accrued
since the date of judgment
which
constitutes
an
additional tax lien not
extinguished by the Sheriff’s
Sale.
Given under my
August 1, 2012.
hand
Sheriff
Jefferson
County, Texas
of
SHERIFF SALE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
1.CAUSE: E-129367
ACCOUNT: 023350-017
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
CHARLES J LeBLANC, ET
AL
ORIGINAL SHERIFF SALE
DATE:
11/04/1994
DESCRIPTION:
GOLD HILL 2 L13 B9
A P P R O X I M A T E
LOCATION:
2088 TULANE ST.
ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE:
-0CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$2000.00
MINIMUM STARTING BID:
$2000.00
2. CAUSE: E-130076
ACCOUNT: 021160-012500
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY ET AL VS WILLIE
MAE WILSON
DATE: 04/07/2009
DESCRIPTION:
FORREST L16 B9
LOCATION:
3225 GRAND ST.
$1,780.00
$1,780.00
3. CAUSE: E-130130
ACCOUNT: 035000-036800
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS J. A.
CRUSETURNER
DATE: 05/04/2004
DESCRIPTION:
LT 22 BLK 16 LAKEVIEW
LOCATION: 5225 4TH
STREET
$2,910.00
$2,910.00
4. CAUSE: A-130361
ACCOUNT: 300007-011300
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
DOLORES
GILES,
TRUSTEE
DATE: 04/01/2008
DESCRIPTION:
JW
BULLOCK ABST 7 TR 62
PLAT B3
100X150’ 2/5
ACAPPROXIMATE
LOCATION:
HOUSTON
ST.ADDITIONAL TAXES
DUE: -0CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
5. CAUSE: B-130954
ACCOUNT: 013500-005500
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
MICHAEL MACE, ET AL
DATE: 04/07/2009
DESCRIPTION: COLLEGE
PLACE L12 B3
LOCATION:
4715 MADDOX ST.
$5,350.00
$5,350.00
6. CAUSE: A-131765
ACCOUNT: 002550-046400
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
RUTHIE GUERRERO
DATE: 12/01/1998
DESCRIPTION:
AVERILL L10 B28
LOCATION:
2475 McFADDIN ST
$12,500.00
$12,500.00
7. CAUSE: D-131797
ACCOUNT: 055020-028600
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
ARTHUR WASHINGTON
SANDY, ET AL
DATE:
02/05/2002
DESCRIPTION: W 50’ OF
LTS 1 THRU LT 6 RES 18
RESV
LOCATION:
540 W 9TH ST.
$2,590.00
$2,590.00
8. CAUSE: E-133118
ACCOUNT: 023000-003400
STYLE:
BEAUMONT
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DIST VS NADINE BARBER
DATE: 10/05/2004
D E S C R I P T I O N :
GLENWOOD L8 B94
LOCATION:
4320 IRONTON ST
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
9. CAUSE: E-133419
ACCOUNT: 036700-000600
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
CARRIE J. SELLS AKA
CARRIE JEAN HUNTER,
ET AL
DATE: 03/01/2005
DESCRIPTION:
LEIGHT L8 B1
LOCATION:
4220 BESSEMER AVE
$1,440.00
$1,440.00
10. CAUSE: D-133983
ACCOUNT: 052800-005900
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY, ET AL VS
AMBROSE S. DAIGLE
INDIVIDUALLY & ET AL
DATE: 04/07/2009
PINECREST L5 L6 B21
LOCATION:
MONROE
ST.ADDITIONAL TAXES
DUE: -0CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$4,900.00
$4,900.00
11. CAUSE: B-134263
ACCOUNT: 023350-017400
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
INDIE R. SANDERS
DATE: 12/01/1998
DESCRIPTION:
GOLD HILL 2 L14 B9
LOCATION: 2078 TULANE
ST
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
12. CAUSE: D-134890
ACCOUNT: 028000-002300
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
BOBBY M. DOYLE, ET
DATE: 12/05/1995
DESCRIPTION: HERRING
S ½ L18 B2
LOCATION:
2360 BROOKLYN ST.
$960.00
$960.00
13. CAUSE: A-135013
ACCOUNT: 010850-020500
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
CHARLES DIPMORE
DATE: 05/01/2001
CARTWRIGHT L12 B20
LOCATION:
1810 CORLEY ST.
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
14. CAUSE: A-136189
ACCOUNT: 053460-006300
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON ET AL VS
VIOLA
RUFFIN
PORTERORIGINAL
SHERIFF SALE DATE:
04/07/2009
DESCRIPTION: LT 7 BLK 7
PA HTS & ADJOINING 30’
OF WASHINGTON
LOCATION: ------ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE:
$3,140.00
$3,140.00
15. CAUSE: D-138154
ACCOUNT: 047250-000100
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
THERESA COLLINS
DATE: 10/02/2001
DESCRIPTION: NORTH
PARK LOT 1 THRU 5 & S ½
6 B1
LOCATION:
3526
MAGNOLIA AVE
$21,370.00
$21,370.00
16. CAUSE: D-139964
ACCOUNT: 051800-003400
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
EMMA L. NELSON
DATE: 10/05/1999
DESCRIPTION: PENNOCK
& POTTS L1-2 BLK D
LOCATION:
2295
SOUTHERLAND ST.
$2,650.00
$2,650.00
17. CAUSE: E-146725
ACCOUNT: 046650-016600
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON, ET AL VS
JEWEL L. McLEMORE
GIFFIN
DATE: 08/04/2009
DESCRIPTION: NORTH W
60 FT L11 12 B20
LOCATION:
930 SPRUCE ST.
$69.17 (2009)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$2,640.00
$50.00
18. CAUSE: B-146894
A C C O U N T :
056700-005300STYLE:
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON,
ET AL VS ESTATE OF
ERNA HINKEL FORBES,
DECEASED, ET AL
DATE: 05/01/2007
ROBERTSON L1-3 B10
APPROXIMATE
LOCATION:
4068 BRANDON ST.
$7,251.46 (1995-2007)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$7,350.00
$50.00
19. CAUSE: B-148592
ACCOUNT: 032750-000900
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS. JOHN
HOPKIN, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
JOHNSTONE L3 B2
LOCATION:
3330 HALL ST.
$2,050.00
$2,050.00
20. CAUSE: A-149288
ACCOUNT: 035000-095500
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON
VS
FLETCHER N. WEEKS, ET
AL
DATE: 05/02/2006
DESCRIPTION: 25’ X 125’
OF LT 1 & LT 2 ALL BLK 39
LAKEVIEW
LOCATION:
1352 DUFF
$4,800.00
$4,800.00
$50.00
26. CAUSE: A-157727
ACCOUNT: 004200-005700
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS EVA
YELTON, ET AL
DATE: 02/02/2010
DESCRIPTION: LT 3 BLK 7
BELMONT
LOCATION:
1437
DELAWARE DR.
$467.02 (2010)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$10,450.00
$500.00
$500.00
32. CAUSE: A-172103
ACCOUNT: 052550-007000
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS. MARY
BELL REED, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: PINE HILL
L22 L23 L24 BL B
LOCATION:
380 POLLARD ST.
$3,740.00
$50.00
27. CAUSE: A-158003
ACCOUNT: 030200-001800
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS ESTATE
OF FRANCES L. ZENON
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: HORN L4
B3
LOCATION:
4430 HORN ST.
$6,490.00
$50.00
33. CAUSE: D-178487
ACCOUNT: 024250-000100
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS. RICHARD
WAYNE WELCH, ET AL
DATE: 05/03/2011
GRANDBERRY L1 B1
LOCATION:
4105
SULLIVAN ST.
$44.33 (2011)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$3,410.00
$50.00
28. CAUSE: B-161555
ACCOUNT: 049401-035600
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS H R
WILSON
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: LT 3 BLK
16H TR 6 PORT ARTHUR
LAND CO.
LOCATION: -----ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE:
$1,820.00
$50.00
34. CAUSE: B-181058
ACCOUNT: 021000-001300
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS. JOE LUIS
RODRIGUEZ, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: LT 1 TR 1
BLK 2 J D FORD
LOCATION:
8214 AIRLINE DR.
$16,760.00
$50.00
23. CAUSE: D-153428
ACCOUNT: 028200-001700
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS ROLAND
J. SIMON, SR., ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: LOTS 5 &
LT 6 BLK 3 HIGHLAND
ANNEX
LOCATION:
1048 SMITH ST.
$3,110.00
$50.00
29. CAUSE: D-162680
ACCOUNT: 028800-002100
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS TONY
LEE MOORE, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: LT 25 & S
½ OF LT 26 BLK HIGHWAY
TERRACE
LOCATION:
1610
ROSEDALE DR.
$3,710.00
$50.00
24. CAUSE: A-155748
ACCOUNT: 011350-004700
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS. JERRY
PAUL BERNARD, ET AL
DATE: 08/04/2009
CARTWRIGHT TERRACE
W PT L5 BLK 7
LOCATION:
2270
FRANKLIN ST.
$2013.84 (1997-2009)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$2,250.00
$50.00
30. CAUSE: D-167102
ACCOUNT: 032400-029500
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS. LYNN
STRAHAN
AKA
ALICIA LYNN STRAHAN
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: JIROU W
16.7’ L4 E 15.6’ L5 B30
LOCATION:
1493 LOUISIANA ST.
$1,460.00
$50.00
35. CAUSE: D-183636
ACCOUNT: 210110-001100
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS. MATTHEW
DAVIS
AKA
MATTHEW DAVIS, SR., ET
AL
DATE: 12/07/2010
DESCRIPTION:
PL A 10 T 9 D BROWN
LOCATION:
2298 BLANCHETTE ST.
$2,810.00
$50.00
25. CAUSE: D-156790
ACCOUNT: 250409-004400
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON
VS.
TEMPERANCE SIMON, ET
AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: PL D9 T44
OUT OF T4 J DRAKE
LOCATION: 615 HILL ST.
$2,160.00
31. CAUSE: A-171871
ACCOUNT: 057800-001900
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS JAMES R.
BERG, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: TR B 8 1
SABINE PASS .689
LOCATION:
5746 DOWLING RD.
$10,500.00
21. CAUSE: E-149547
ACCOUNT: 033000-000300
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS HELEN
BILL DOUGLAS, ET AL
DATE: 12/01/2009
DESCRIPTION: JOSEY L M
L3 B1
LOCATION: 760 POWELL
ST.
$440.00
$440.00
22. CAUSE: B-151444
ACCOUNT: 048600-005300
STYLE:
COUNTY
OF
JEFFERSON VS BERNICE
H. MOTT, ET AL
DATE: 04/07/2009
DESCRIPTION: OGDEN L1
L2 B6
LOCATION:
2395 AVENUE A
$4,900.00
$4,900.00
36. CAUSE: B-183801
ACCOUNT: 252411-004300
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY
VS AARON
DOUGLAS HENDRIX, AKA
AARON
DOUGLAS
HENDRIX, SR., ET AL
DATE: 06/01/2010
DESCRIPTION:
PL D11 T45 A. WILLIAMS
LOCATION: ------ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE:
$37.89 (2010)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$2,030.00
$50.00
37. CAUSE: B-183807
ACCOUNT: 065550-001800
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS. EUGENE
HERRERA, AKA EUGENIO
HERRERA AKA GENE
HERRERA
DATE: 06/01/2010
UNIVERSITY PLACE 2ND
L18 B1
LOCATION:
645 E. IRBY ST.
$50.95 (2010)
CURRENT YEAR VALUE:
$2,730.00
$50.00
38. CAUSE: B-184700
ACCOUNT: 003150-000400
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY
VS.
CM
WILBANKS, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION:
BEAU TERR L7, 8 B1
LOCATION: -----ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE:
$4,700.00
$50.00
39. CAUSE: B-185289
ACCOUNT: 028000-000900
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS BEVERLY R.
GOODWIN STEWART
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: HERRING
N46X120
FT
L1-2-3
51.5X100 FT LT 7-8 B1
LOCATION:
2355 IRVING ST.
$22,800.00
$500.00
40. CAUSE: A-186358
ACCOUNT: 053350-005800
STYLE:
JEFFERSON
COUNTY VS TINA MARIE
WELCH EDGERLY, ET AL
DATE: 12/06/2011
DESCRIPTION: LT 11 & N
½ OF LT 12 BLK 6 PORT
ACRES TERR
LOCATION:
6475 FRONT AVE
$4,720.00
$50.00
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
BMTPWCP0034
Sealed bids will be received
by the City Clerk of the City
of Beaumont, 801 Main
Street, Room 125 until 2:00
PM, local time, Thursday,
September 13, 2012 and all
bids will be opened and
publicly read in the City
Council Chambers on that
date for:
BROWN PLAZA SITE
UPGRADE
BEAUMONT, TEXAS
Bidding documents may be
obtained from the City’s
website:
http://cityofbeaumont.
com/purchasing/
purchasing_bidlists.htm
The project manual and all
contract documents may be
examined without charge at
the Public Works counter,
2nd floor, City Hall, 801
Main, Beaumont, Texas.
Bid Security: Each bid must
be accompanied by a
certified or cashier’s check
or an approved Bidder’s
Bond underwritten by a
surety satisfactory to the
City for the sum of five
percent (5%) of the amount
of the maximum total bid as
a guarantee that, if awarded
the contract, the Bidder will
promptly enter into a
contract on the forms
included in the contract
documents within then (10)
calendar days after Notice
of Award of the contract to
him. If bidder fails to do so
Continued on 39 A
Continued from 38 A
he will be liable to the City of
Beaumont, Texas in the
amount equal to the
difference between the bid
of the bidder and the next
lowest secured bid for this
work and the City of
Beaumont may apply the
bond
or
check
accompanying this bid to
said amount and if the
damages are greater than
said sum, the City of
Beaumont shall be entitled
to the difference. Certified
or cashier’s check shall be
made payable to the Owner.
Bids without the required
bond or checks will not be
considered.
Prevailing
Building
&
Construction 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 on
Wednesday, September 5,
2012 at 9:00 AM at
Beaumont City Hall, 801
Main, in the first floor
Conference Room. Bids
will not be accepted from
any firm not in attendance
at the pre-bid conference.
The City reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, or to
accept
any
bid
or
combination of bids deemed
advantageous to it.
Tina Broussard, TRMC
City Clerk
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby
given in
accordance with
the provisions of
the Texas
39 A
Alcoholic
Beverage Code
that Gator’s
Exxon, LLC dba
Gator Exxon is
making
application with
the Texas
Alcoholic
Beverage
Commission for
a Wine Only
Package Store
Permit to be
located at 4655
W. Cardinal
Drive in the City
of Beaumont,
Jefferson
County, Texas.
Officers:
Hien X. Nguyen
- Manager
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Street, Room 125 until
2:00 p.m., local time,
Thursday, September 13,
2012 and all bids will be
opened and publicly read in
the City Council Chambers
on that date for:
Six (6) Month Contract for
Road Materials –
Asphaltic Concrete
Bidding forms, specifications
and
all
necessary
information may be obtained
from
the
Purchasing
Division, City Hall, 801
Main, Room 315, Beaumont,
Texas 77701. Bids shall be
submitted to the City Clerk’s
Office, 801 Main, Room
125, prior to the above
stated time.
accept
any
bid
or
advantageous to it.
Vendors
requesting
bid
packets should call the
Purchasing Division at (409)
880-3720 or you may
download the specifications
from our website at:
http://www.
cityofbeaumont.com/
Purchasing/purchasing_
bids.htm
Please make reference to
Bid Number: BF0812-33
Bid Closing Date:
September 13, 2012
Tina Broussard, TRMC
City Clerk
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
BMTPWCP0033
2012, local time, at 2:00
PM and all bids will be
on that date for:
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS
WINDOW REPLACEMENT
Bidding documents may be
obtained from the City’s
website:
http://cityofbeaumont.
com/purchasing/
purchasing_bidlists.htm
The project manual and all
contract documents may be
examined without charge
at the Public Works
counter, 2nd floor, City Hall,
801 Main, Beaumont,
Texas.
Bid Security: Each bid
must be accompanied by a
certified or cashier’s check
or an approved Bidder’s
Bond underwritten by a
surety satisfactory to the
City for the sum of five
percent (5%) of the amount
of the maximum total bid as
a guarantee that, if
awarded the contract, the
Bidder will promptly enter
into a contract on the forms
included in the contract
documents within then (10)
calendar days after Notice
of Award of the contract to
Jefferson County Grand Jury
him. If bidder fails to do so
he will be liable to the City
of Beaumont, Texas in the
amount equal to the
difference between the bid
of the bidder and the next
lowest secured bid for this
work and the City of
Beaumont may apply the
bond or check
accompanying this bid to
said amount and if the
damages are greater than
said sum, the City of
Beaumont shall be entitled
to the difference. Certified
or cashier’s check shall be
made payable to the
Owner. Bids without the
required bond or checks
will not be considered.
A Mandatory Pre-Bid
Conference will be held on
Friday, August 24, 2012 at
9:00 AM on site at the Fire
Department Headquarters,
400 Walnut, Beaumont,
Texas.
to reject any or all bids, or
to accept any bid or
combination of bids
deemed advantageous to it.
Tina Broussard
City Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
original
Letters
Testamentary for the Estate
of MARY LUCILE CIMINO,
Deceased, were issued on
the 7th day of August, 2012
in the Cause No. 105,672
pending in the County Court
of Jefferson County, Texas,
to:
HUGH
PATRICK
O’NEILL. The post office
address of the Independent
Executor is:
c/o James M. Black
Attorney at Law
3535 Calder Avenue,
Suite 300
Beaumont, TX 77706
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 this 15th day of
LegaLs
August, 2012.
JAMES M. BLACK
Attorney at Law
3535 Calder Avenue,
Suite 300
Beaumont, TX 77706
Telephone: (409) 951-4732
Telecopier: (409) 951-4791
James M. Black
Texas Bar No. 02372000
ATTORNEY FOR THE
ESTATE OF MARY LUCILE
CIMINO, DECEASED
NOTICE OF
CONSTABLE’S SALE
The State of Texas BY
VIRTUE of a/an WRIT OF
EXECUTION issued out of
the Honorable JUDGE
ALFRED
GERSON
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
#1 Court of JEFFERSON
County, on the 2nd day of
June, 2009, by the Clerk
thereof, in the case of
PHARIA, L.L.C. versus
SUDHEER KAZA, Cause
No. 0112723; and to me, as
Constable, directed and
delivered, I will proceed to
sell, within the hours
prescribed by law for
Constable’s Sale on the
FIRST
TUESDAY
in
Septemebr, A. D. 2012, it
TH
being the 4
day of month,
before the Court House
door of said Jefferson
County in the city of
BEAUMONT, the following
described property, to wit:
THE 50% INTEREST IN
UNIT
905
BLDG
1
DELAWARE
OFFICE
TH
PLAZA
CONDO
8
AMENDED (1870 SQ FT)
ABSTRACT
016045;
PARCEL ID: 016045-000005500-00000-1
ALSO KNOWN AS 3560
DELAWARE ST #905,
BEAUMONT, TX 77706
Levied on as the property of
SUDHEER KAZA this the
8th day of AUGUST, 2012 to
satisfy
a
judgment
amounting to $12,840.10
with 5 percent interest from
une 2nd, 2009 in favor of
PHARIA, LLC and costs of
suit.
July Term, 2012
Given under my hand, this
8th day of AUGUST, 2012.
CHARLES L. WIGGINS,
JR., CONSTABLE
PRECINCT 1,
JEFFERSON COUNTY
STATE OF TEXAS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original Letters
Testamentary for the Estate
of Isabel Meza Gonzales
aka Marie Isabel Meza
Gonzales, Deceased, were
issued on July 31, 2012, in
Cause No. 105600,
pending in the County
Court of Jefferson County,
Texas, to: Vivian Meza
Gonzales Gore.
against this Estate which is
currently being
administered are required
to present them to the
undersigned within the time
and in the manner
prescribed by law.
Vivian Meza Gonzales
Gore
c/o: April C. Lindsay
Lindsay, Lindsay &
Parsons
710 North 11th Street
Beaumont, Texas
77702-1502
Telephone: (409) 833-1196
Facsimile: (409) 832-7040
DATED the 20th day of
August, 2012.
April C. Lindsay
State Bar No.: 24056113
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice:
Union
Pacific Railroad Company
hereby provides notice of
the proposed modification to
a 68 foot monopole
communications
tower.
This site location is Milepost
453.8
Union
Pacific
Railroad, Jefferson County,
Beaumont, TX. The Federal
Communications
Commission (FCC) Antenna
Structure Registration Form
854 filing number is
A0782258. No lighting is
anticipated.
The application may be
reviewed by going to www.
fcc.gov/asr/applications and
entering the Form 854 File
Number.
Environmental
concerns may be addressed
by filing a Request for
Environmental
Review
online at www.fcc.gov/asr/
environmentalrequest or by
mailing a request to: FCC
Requests for Environmental
Review,
Attn:
Ramon
Williams, 445 12th Street
SW,
Washington,
DC
20554.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
2:00 p.m., local time,
2012 and all bids will be
on that date for:
SIX (6) MONTH
CONTRACT FOR
WATER TREATMENT
CHEMICALS –
PHOSPHATE
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
Criminal District Court
Cases indicted by the grand jury on Aug. 16, 2012
Indict.
12-14843
12-14844
12-14845
12-14846
12-14847
12-14848
12-14849
12-14850
12-14853
12-14854
12-14855
12-14858
12-14859
12-14860
12-14864
12-14866
12-14867
12-14869
12-14872
12-14873
12-14875
12-14876
12-14877
12-14879
Defendant
Manuel Wade Deshotel
Patrick Oneal Hale
James A Harbor
Tiranie Lynette Dixon
Kimothy Ray Flowers
Terry Michael Frazier
David Christopher Garnett
Martel Charles Gilliam
Mitchell Cedric Hartfield
Miranda Hendrix
Tenolia Albert Johnson
Lucas Andrew Lejune
Kierstin Jinkins
Tyler Wilkinson
Tryon Moates McInnis
Kerie Nails
Arnold Dale Mays
Andy Ortiz
Brandon Smith
Kenneth Ray Slaughter
Jesus Rodrigo Torres
Terrence Jason Young Sr.
Ted Dublon Zamora
Amanda Christine Barton
Birth date
07-19-81
08-03-81
08-16-64
01-13-81
10-13-60
01-09-85
05-29-77
06-30-85
11-20-87
09-10-78)
03-06-82
08-14-91
03-08-93
01-12-93
08-06-60
08-31-89
05-10-74
11-03-90
03-20-78
07-22-58
05-05-95
07-23-79
04-02-84
08-10-89
Charge
Theft SJ
Theft SJ
Theft SJ
Theft SJ
Evading Detent W/Motor Veh
Theft SJ
Burglary-Habitation
Evading Detent W/Motor Veh
Weapon-Prohibited-Felony
DWI/3rd
Burg-Building SJ
Poss Marijuana SJ
Poss Marijuana SJ
Poss Marijuana SJ
DWI/3rd
Assault-Aggravated
Unauthorized Use-Mtr Veh SJ
Assault-Aggravated
Assault-Family-Felony
Theft SJ
Indecency- With Child
Assault-Aggravated
DWI/3rd
Poss C/S Pen Grp 1 SJ
Indict.
12-14880
12-14881
12-14882
12-14883
12-14884
12-14885
12-14886
12-14887
12-14889
12-14890
12-14891
12-14892
12-14893
12-14896
12-14898
12-14900
Defendant
Joshua Brian Broussard
Gene Paul Cross Jr.
Nina L. Green
Jasmine Sade Hall
Dequanna Marie Johnson
Tawrence Jamal Wilson
Darrell Wayne Harris
Floyd Hill
Robert Felix Joseph
Arnold Dale Mays
Tommy George Nelson III
Tommy George Nelson III
Christopher A Neville
William Russell Smith
Joseph Hernandez Trice
Walter Papillion Jr.
Birth date
07-26-85
08-25-69
03-09-89
09-25-92
07-07-80
07-14-81
08-07-65
03-29-68
09-11-87
05-10-74
08-06-77
08-06-77
10-21-85
03-31-62
07-19-83
02-06-71
12-14901 Kip Kevin Lamb
03-09-56
12-14902 Kip Kevin Lamb
03-09-56
Charge
Poss Marijuana SJ
Control Sub-Possession
Poss Marijuana SJ
Poss C/S - D.F. Zone SJ
Poss Marijuana SJ
Theft SJ
Re-Indicted From #12-14455
Misap/Fiduciary Prop SJ
Misap/Fiduciary Prop SJ
*SJ = state jail felony
An indictment is not an indication of guilt or innocence; it’s only a step in the criminal justice
process that allows a case to go forward to trial.
Division at (409) 880-3720
or you may download the
specifications from our
website at:
http://www.
cityofbeaumont.com/
Purchasing/purchasing_
bids.htm
Bids shall be submitted to
the City Clerk’s Office, 801
Main, Room 125, prior to
the above stated time.
accept
any
bid
or
advantageous to it.
Please make reference to
Bid Number: BF0812-34
Bid Closing Date:
September 13, 2012
Tina Broussard
City Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
original
Letters
of
Independent Administration
for the Estate of Peggy
Clark Dillahunty, also known
as Peggy Clark Dillahunty
Jones, Deceased were
issued on the 21st day of
August, 2012, in Cause No.
105,744, pending in the
County Court of Jefferson
County, Texas, in Probate,
to Fred Frank Dillahunty, Jr.
and Betsy Dale Dillahunty,
also known as Betsy D. Lee,
as
Independent
Co-Administrators.
against the Estate which is
currently being administered
are required to present
same within the time and in
the manner prescribed by
law to Brian A. Mills,
Creighton, Fox, Johnson &
Mills, PLLC, P.O. Box 5607,
Beaumont, Texas 77726.
DATED this 21st day of
August, 2012.
HENLEY
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duplicate or exceed another
man’s labor. All I had to do
was to give myself to Him so
that He could do through me
the work He had in mind for
me to accomplish. I can do
what God has called Del Dabney to do and that is all that He
expects of me.
“Be steadfast, immovable,
always abounding in the work
of the Lord, knowing that your
labor is not in vain in the
Lord.”
Father, we have this day
from You. Give us strength for
it. May Your Spirit enable us
to use our time and abilities in
Your service. May we be found
faithful. Amen and amen.
The Rev. Delmar Dabney was
a spiritual inspiration in Southeast
Texas for many years before his
death in 1994.
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