Beaumont trauma surgeon to compete on reality show
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Beaumont trauma surgeon to compete on reality show
RELAY FOR LIFE May 30 - June 5, 2013 • The Examiner • Section C Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Dave Parkus Page 3 C Photos courtesy of TNT American Cancer Society celebrates 100 years in the fight CREAM OF THE CROP Beaumont trauma surgeon to compete on reality show By Kevin King Staff Writer This summer, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is going to challenge a diverse group of nine individuals to face extraordinary situations and see who can emerge as the ultimate champion in TNT’s new competition series “The Hero.” Dr. Dave Parkus, a board certified trauma surgeon at Christus Hospital – St. Elizabeth in Beaumont and director of its Trauma Center, is one of those nine. Parkus doesn’t need the notoriety of a television show to be seen as a hero. In 2002, he risked his own life helping law enforcement officials tackle a terrorist in the Los Angeles International Airport. And that’s not to mention what he does every day at St. Elizabeth’s Trauma Center — saving patients from life threatening injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents, stabbings, gunshot wounds and falls. He also has a general surgery practice, Surgical Critical Care Associates, where he performs surgical procedures in the abdomen such as cholecystectomies, appendectomies, bowel resections, hernia repairs, and colon and breast cancer surgery. Parkus even performed surgery on his own mother, who was suffering from lung cancer. “During the middle of the surgery I looked down, and there was my mom’s heart,” he said. “I put my hand on my mom’s heart. Who can say they actually touched their mom’s heart?” “The Hero” isn’t the first reality TV show that Parkus has tried out for. Parkus said he also tried out for “Big Parkus Brother,” but didn’t make the cut. Three years later, Parker said he endured a rough time in his life that included a torn rotator cup, a nerve entrapment, a blown knee and a pinched nerve — all of which resulted in four surgeries. “It was just a really rough time for me,” he said. “I got out of shape.” Parkus’ luck changed, however, when he received a phone call from casting producer Bonnie Clark, whom he’d met while trying out for “Big Brother.” Clark was producing a new TNT show, “The Hero.” “She said, ‘We’re doing a new TV show with Dwayne Johnson, and we think you’d be perfect for it,’” Parkus said. “They flew me up to Dallas, and I did a video audition and sent it to TNT. They said I killed it.” But the challenge had just begun for the 50-year-old trauma surgeon, who had four months to prepare for the show. “I started really training hard — swimming 50 laps a HERO Page 2 C Page 5 C BISD names top students at Beaumont high schools AUTOMOTIVE REVIEW Page 4 C A look inside the 2013 Lexus LS 460 Page 10 C 2C LIVING THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013 HERO from page 1 C Photo by Kevin King day, running every day. I got my weight back down. I need goals, and this came at a perfect time for me,” he explained. Parkus endured several tests and auditions to see if he was physically and mentally able to make the cast. Out of several thousand people, he was chosen. “The next month I was in Panama filming the show with Dwayne Johnson,” he said. “It’s been a really crazy ride the last couple of months. It’s been surreal.” Parkus said the show is similar to “Real World” in that he and eight other contestants are stuck in a house together and not allowed to leave. “It’s like a psychological fishbowl. Every room has a camera,” he said. “We’re wired 24/7. They give us these clues, and we go out on what are called ‘team challenges.’ If we win the team challenge in the time that’s allotted, then we win 10, 20 or 30 thousand dollars for charity.” The next stage, following the team challenge, is called the “hero challenge,” Parkus said. “It’s a huge epic challenge that’s done by one person,” he said. “Out of the people that win the group (challenge), the house votes on who gets to be the hero.” The person voted to participate in the hero challenge has a to win from $50,000 to $100,000 thousand, according to Parkus. “You can keep the money or you can add it to a pot of money,” he said. “As the show goes on, the pot builds up. Some people keep the money; some people don’t. There are consequences if you keep the money, and other people offer temptations to screw other people over.” With temptations around every corner, viewers get to see what the contestants are willing to overcome, undergo, and sacrifice on behalf of themselves and others. To keep the audience up to date, the show will incorporate social media throughout, according to a TNT press release. “Through the series’ unique and interactive digital platform, viewers will be able to engage with the show and one another, ultimately playing an important part in the outcome and helping to define what it means to be a true hero. In the end, it’s America’s call on who will be ‘The Hero.’” The competition includes almost every single phobia one can imagine, Parkus said. “Claustrophobia, darkness, spiders, snakes, heights, ocean, jungle, tear gas, bees … whatever you could imagine, they threw at us,” he said. “But, there’s no way I’m gonna wimp out with America watching. There’s a million dollars up for grabs.” Parkus, who said he believes his chances of winning are good, said the show appealed to his drive for life. “I’m an adrenaline junkie; that’s why I chose trauma and critical care as a profession,” he said. “It’s exciting, life or death. Trauma is about taking care of the sickest of the sick and giving them the best possible chance for recovery. Being on a reality show was less stressful than my real life.” Parkus, who enjoys rappelling, scuba diving with sharks, snow skiing and marathons in his spare time, grew up in California, where he was captain of Long Beach State’s college football team. He earned his medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at University of South Florida College of Medicine and his fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. In 1997, Parkus began serving the trauma, critical care and general surgery needs of the Beaumont area. “They wanted to build a trauma center and they were looking for a trauma director,” he said. “I built a trauma center from the ground up. It was the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life. “ Parkus said he would be attending a premiere party for the show at Madisons, 4020 Dowlen Road in Beaumont, on June 6 at 7 p.m. The show will air at the bar and grill every Thursday through July at 7 p.m. on TNT. For more information about the show, go to www.theherotnt.com. For more information about Dr. Parkus and the Christus Hospital – St. Elizabeth trauma team, go to www.christushospital.org/criticalcare. Kevin King can be reached at (409) 8321400, ext. 225, or by e-mail at [email protected]. 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The team is comprised of members that work in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, including Jamie Smith, who is office administrator and also serves as Beaumont City Councilmember for Ward IV. “The cause is important,” Smith said. “Hopefully this hard work will get enough funds together so they’ll be able to fight cancer, eradicate it and save lives.” Smith, who has participated in the relay for five years, said he knows first hand how cancer affects families, as his LIVING 3C REDEFINING THE LUXURY OF YOUTH Photo by Kevin King grandfather lost a battle with the disease. Smith said he is proud to be a part of the team. “It’s always good to a part of something that is special like that to try and fight cancer,” he said. Desirre Dickenson, Beaumont Relay for Life Co-chair, presented Smith and his fellow team members with a trophy as the top fundraising team. The team won the 2012 trophy as well. “The money raised goes so far to help people get services that they would otherwise not have access to,” Dickenson said. “I think Councilman Smith does it out of the goodness of his heart, and he believes in the work that we’re doing.” County Clerk Carolyn Guidry said her employees’ efforts included bake sales, a bowling tournament, a zumba event, a golf tournament, a See RELAY on page 5 C American Cancer Society celebrates 100th birthday On May 21, relayers, service volunteers, cancer survivors and loved-ones of cancer victims alike gathered at the ACS office in Beaumont to commemorate ACS’s 100th birthday and to commemorate struggles lost and battles won. To celebrate ACS’s 100th birthday, each participant was given a birthday card and encouraged to honor a cancer survivor or victim by writing his or her name on the card and pinning it on a cancer ribbon-shaped board. One of the participants was Mary Wilson, a member of Beaumont’s Alpha Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Greeklettered organization for African-American women. Wilson pinned a card on the board in honor of her Greek sisters who survived cancer and in memory of those who died. She wrote her grandfather’s name, Willie Johnson, on the card as well. Johnson, who Wilson helped care for during his last days of life, lost a battle with cancer in 1972. “Those of us who have not had to struggle with the condition of cancer … it opened our eyes to a (new) world,” she said. “It’s one where you have to keep your mind on your recovery, your wellness and your wholeness. It’s a morning-to-night mindset of, ‘We’re going to overcome.’” Participants were also given Chinese lanterns in honor of loved ones. 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She was year is Matthew McAfee, and salutato- involved in many school sports including volleyball, cross-country, track, rian is Hannah tennis, softball and basketball, and also Breaux. McAfee is plays Division II club soccer at the the son of Ken and Gulf Coast Youth Soccer Club. After Nancye McAfee. He high school, she plans to attend Lamar has an older sister, University and major in accounting. Katie. He has participated in multiple clubs in high school, including National Honor Society, Student Council, and Student Leadership McAfee Neches Federal Credit Union is Institute. He has played varsity basketball, tennis and donating and collecting monetary to golf for four years, and has achieved aid the residents of Oklahoma affected by the destructive tornado of May 20. All-State and Aca“Helping our neighbors in Oklahodemic All-State honma to get back on their feet aligns with ors in each. He has our social responsibility as a credit won four State union. 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Endowment created in honor of Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Rod Carroll signed a permanent endowment named in his honor at Lamar Institute of Technology on May 17 in the school’s Multi-Pur- pose Center. The endowment was created with funds donated to the LIT Foundation, and will help provide cadets in LIT’s Regional Police Academy with the opportunity to begin or continue their education. The endowment recognizes Carroll’s many contributions to the citizens of Southeast Texas. Carroll is an LIT Foundation board member, and has served as chairman of the Texas Peace Officers Memorial Committee. Under his leadership, the committee raised funds for a state memorial for officers who have died in the line of duty to be placed on the Capitol grounds. In 2005, he received the Small Business Person of the Year award from the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. Carroll has also been recognized by the cities of Jasper and Labelle for his assistance during Hurricane Rita. He has served on many boards such as The Southeast Texas 100 Club, the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital Foundation and Girls’ Haven. He is currently employed as the public information officer for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. He and his wife, Kate, have two children, Matthew and Brooke. SETMA recognized as innovative primary care practice Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP is among 30 clinics nationwide selected as an exemplar primary care practice by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Group Health Research Institute, who have teamed up on a new initiative to identify practice innovations that make primary care more efficient, effective, and satisfying to patients and providers. The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP) project identifies primary care practices that have focused on teamwork and new roles for health professionals in ways that support consistently outstanding primary care. SETMA was selected through a rigorous national process to receive the designation. SETMA has been acknowledged by many organizations for the use of electronic patient records to improve care and for excellence of care. Since 1998, SETMA has been expanding the use of electronics in improving patient care resulting in SETMA receiving the HIMSS Davies Award in 2005, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition and Diabetes Recognition in 2010, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accreditation for Medical Home and Ambulatory Care in 2010, formal Affiliation with the Joslin Diabetes Center affiliated with Harvard School of Medicine, and many other Since its founding in 1995, SETMA has focused on processes, believing that outcomes will inevitably follow, which outcomes will the inevitably be sustainable. The goal of the LEAP project is to identify and share innovative staffing arrangements that make primary care more accessible and effective for patients. In October 2012, A LEAP team conducted a three-day site visit to understand how the SETMA primary care team delivers high quality, patient-centered health care. The exemplar practices will then join together in a learning community to share best practices and distill their innovations into training and technical assistance materials that can be used by others. SETMA will be influential in developing creative workforce models that will be disseminated to primary care practices nationwide. SETMA’s integrated approach to primary care is organized as a set of teams formed into one team. Using the same EMR in the clinic, emergency department, hospital, physical therapy, nursing home – everywhere SETMA patients are seen – SETMA has improved the continuity of care, the safety of care and has decreased the cost of care. In 2011, RTI International was commission by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to contrast 312 Medical Home Practices with 312 non-coordinated practices. SETMA results demonstrated a 37.4 decrease in the total, annual cost of the care of fee-for-service Medicare recipients over other practices, while maintaining superior quality and coordination. Because many of SETMA’s patients have limited resources, the SETMA partners inaugurated the SETMA Foundation to which they have personally given over $2 million in the past four years. This money cannot profit or benefit SETMA or SETMA employees but is used to care for SETMA patients who cannot afford their care. Foundational funding has been the difference in the health and recovery of many of SETMA’s patients. Other healthcare providers in Southeast Texas have either donated their services to these patients or have significantly reduced their fees to enable these neighbors to get critically needed healthcare. “With millions of Americans about to enter the health care system, primary care must become more effective and efficient. Building high performing care teams is a key step,” said Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, co-director of the LEAP project and director emeritus of the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle. “This new project will allow us to identify best practices and help other primary care sites replicate and adopt innovations to improve access to care and the quality of care they provide.” “Now more than ever, the country recognizes that a great health care system has to build on a strong primary care foundation. We are seeing innovation all over the country, particularly in the area of primary care but there has been little study of how practices have redefined traditional roles and developed a team approach to caring for patients,” commented Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN, LEAP project codirector and senior vice president and clinical director of the Community Health Center, Inc. and director of its Weitzman Center for Innovation. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to study these innovations that improve patient and practice outcomes and share them so they can be replicated.” About the MacColl Center for Health Care Named for a Group Health founder and pioneering physician, W.A. MacColl, MD, the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) was established in 1992 by Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, who is a senior investigator and founding director of GHRI. In the mid-1990s, the Center developed the Chronic Care Model, a widely endorsed and adopted approach to improving ambulatory care that has guided clinical quality initiatives in the United States and internationally. The Center was also the home of Improving Chronic Illness Care, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program that has been involved in further developing, testing, and disseminating Chronic Care Model-based clinical improvement efforts. To learn more about this work, visit www.improvingchroniccare.org. For information on Group Health Research Institute, go to www.grouphealthresearch.org. About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, measurable, and timely change. For more than 40 years, the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER 9C LIVING 2013 STATE OF TEXAS ANGLER’S RODEO MAY 25 – SEPT 2 12 DIVISIONS 20 BOATS 5 TRUCKS $1,000,000 In Prizes & Scholarships King mackerel are big, bad and fast, and they can be caught on a variety of lures. This one blasted a Heddon Super Spook fished over a school of pogies. Some of the best action can be had around anchored shrimp boats and the many oil and gas platforms straight out from the Robert Sloan photo Sabine jetties. Including STARKID and STARTEEN Divisions! Hit the short rigs for Sabine kings ties. This is the time of year when huge schools of pogies will be rafted up within sight of the McFaddin Beach surf. That’s when you want to get out the topwater plugs and work them close to and over the menhaden. Another option is to troll lures around schools of baitfish. From now through the end of September, finding schools of menhaden and shad is easy anywhere east and west of the Sabine jetties. Some of the best lures for trolling up kings are the metal-lipped divers that are anywhere from 7 to 10 inches long. One of the best is the Bomber A-Salt HD Minnow. It’s built to withstand the toothy mouths of kings and is built with a pair of tough treble hooks and a stainless-steel lip. The Bomber HD Minnow can be trolled from 4 to 5 knots with 25-pound test line to depths of 20 to 25 feet. Trolling around the oil and gas production platforms is h ST FREEAR ! Sign up for STAR no later than May 24, 2013 to be automatically entered in the STAR “EARLY BIRD” drawing for fabulous prizes including a Dargel 210 Skout, Evinrude 150 E-TEC and McClain trailer – a prize package valued at around $35,000! Everyone ages 21 and over that signs up now through May 24 will automatically be entered into this special drawing courtesy of Coors Light. (PHOTO IS FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY) See SLOAN on page 12 C Leger’s ooting Sh Range Fishing for king mackerel a black barrel swivel. can be big-time fun from 10 to The Super Spook I’m using 35 miles off the Sabine jetties. now is the new 5-inch Zara From now until the end of Spook XT. It’s built extra October, they can be caught all tough with two 3X treble day long around baitfish, hooks and heavy-duty saltwashrimp boats and the rigs. ter grade hook hangers and Probably the most exciting split rings. In short, it’s built to way to catch king mackerel is catch kings without falling with a topwater plug or by apart. Top producing colors fishing jigs and spoons include mackerel, sararound shrimp boats. dine and silver mullet. A “hot” king mackThe Bomber Magerel won’t even hesitate num Long A is a 7-inch to blast a topwater lure. lure with a pair of Two of the best are a beefed up 4/0 hooks. 5-inch Super Spook Like the Spook XT, it’s and a Bomber Long A. built to handle toothy When fishing either Robert Sloan fish like a king macklure, I’ll be using a Outdoors erel. Top colors are 7-foot All Star baitbonito, silver/blue casting rod that can back, chrome/black handle line in the 20 to 30 back and baby striper. pound class. My favorite reel The Super Spook has a is an Ambassadeur 7000. This completely different action particular rod-and-reel combo than the Long A. It’ll move is perfect for casting lures for from left to right in a steady kings and fishing live baits. walk-the-dog retrieve. ConYou can fill the reels up with versely, the Long A is a shal30-pound test Silver Thread low-running lipped lure. It can and you’re good to go. When be trolled or popped on the fishing lures for kings, I’ll rig surface. The popping retrieve ‘em up with a two-foot length creates lots of action and will of 40 to 50 pound test wire draw some serious blowups. leader. The lure end of the Most of the time, the best leader is connected to a 50 to topwater action for kings will 60 pound test black snap swiv- be anywhere from a half mile el. 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It doesn’t immature to get married. 90 87 87 88 88 8989 90 o b, once once mean Martha no longer cares, ghoose h t choose 91 91 92 92 93 93 9494 9595 96 Dear Annie: only that the friendship has hby i n gitby i t 99 100 100 101 or 97 97 98 98 99 101 102 102 103 103 become a casual interest. FaceI am a 32-year-old profesa k i ng? g? book is actually perfect for that. 104 105 106 107 sional woman and a newlywed. 104 105 106 107 m a tt er? ter? You can keep track of each othche 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 I have been best friends with 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 a , m an” “Martha” since the first grade, er without having to invest any an” 115 116 117 u n d of Norse 115 116 117 of Norse although we began to drift apart genuine effort. l o gy 118 119 120 118 119 120 o l de r s after college. 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Meanwhile, I moved to ame” memo i ri the st f ootball coach d er iv eare d undefeated college “candy” 80 8Literary 3 R e t ro dinits. os Game” memoirist w h o di ed 9 6 Pro mi n en t b eefcak e crazy stereotype that women the East Coast, and Martha football coach 106 ___ law derived 6 9 S ee 10 -Do wn 83 8Retro dost h e w o rl d ’s 4 Wh ere ydied e a r s b efore feat u res beefcake 96 Prominent 107 weatlaw 106 S___ 7 0 D10-Down ay, to d a Vin c i 1 0 0 the t al l es t like me are wild party girls. I’m moved to the West Coast. We n gbefore a P ul itze r 69 See 84 Where world’s features 9 8 “I’d l i k e t o s ee _ _ _ ” 108 F or m er r ailr oad motallest u n t ai n s are 107 Sweat 7 3 H as an a d u lt 100 Pulitzer l ’s H ouse ” 70 Day, to da Vinci actually quite conservative. But stayed in touch and occasionally 98 9 9“I’d Su rnlike ame to ap see p eari___” ng fou n d r Former egulator railroad y agcy. co n v e rsa tio n ? mountains are 108 73 Has an adult ouse” n i n e t i mes in a list 8 5found It’s an affro n t 109 Blem ish 99 Surname appearing 7conversation? 4 F ev erish fit regulatory agcy. other women seem to think it’s saw each other in our homet l i ke” o f In d y 5 0 0 6 “ Ho an d ” o rg . 110 talian m ine? nine times in a list 7 5 D o esnfit ’t ju st te a r u p 85 8It’s anmel affront 109 IBlemish 74 Feverish OK to poke my breasts or lift w iIndy n n ers500 ’s w ee kend e” 8 8 B a s k et b al l H al l -o f112 did NOT need to town. of 7 7 _ _ _ Pig g letear - Wig org. 110 “I Italian mine? 75 Doesn’t just upg le 86 “Homeland” 1 0 0 L o n g -t ai l ed b each Fa mer A rt i s hear that” winners ( ch ild re n ’s eekend them, probably to check whethI was not asked to be a brides88 Basketball Hall-of112 “I did NOT need to 77 ___ Pigglefl i ers y ’s partne r in 9 2 Pos i t i v e en d s 113 F or m er F or d m odel ch ara c teWiggle r) 100 Long-tailed beach Famer Artis hear that” (children’s er they are real. maid at Martha’s wedding, but I 1 0 2 _ _ _ n o u s 9 3 ’6 0s act i v i s t o rg . 114 Cinnabar, e.g. 7character) 8 En g in e p ro b le m fliers artner in 92 Positive ends 113 Former Ford model traveled to California with my Last week at a party, some 102 ___ nous 93 ’60s activist org. 114 Cinnabar, e.g. 78 Engine problem 2 6 M i n d -n u m b i n g 27 Kind of pressure in v o l v e d i n w a t e r f i ltr a t i o n 7 7 C o mm e n t t h a t m i g h t g e t t h e re sp o n se “ d e ri e n ” Down 1 La c k i n g sh i n e 3 9 Binge 4 2 Texter ’s ta- ta 68 69 70 Dear Annie: 76 71 77 RELEASE DATE: 6/2/2013 insufferable girl I just met turned the entire conversation to my breasts. I walked away to cool off, but someone overheard me say that the girl was obnoxious. So “poking girl” started shouting at me, and you can guess how the rest of the night went. Annie, please tell your readers that just because a woman has large breasts doesn’t mean she wants to be poked and prodded in public. Where have basic social graces gone? — Staying Classy Dear Classy: You hang around with some inappropriate, rather creepy women. Your body, all of it, belongs to you. If someone touches your breasts, gasp in horror and perhaps yell loudly for the police. What nerve. Dear Annie: Thank you for recommending the NAMI Family-to-Family class to “Parents at Wits’ End.” When I took that 12-week class, I learned so much about mental illness, as well as finding support and hope from other parents. I have no doubt my son is doing better because of it. — Grateful Mother Dear Annie: I believe you missed the boat with your answer to “Irritated by Lack of Thoughtfulness,” who said a woman carried on a cellphone conversation during a funeral. You said it was impolite, but added that the phone could be turned on “mute” or “vibrate” and emergencies handled out of earshot. We have lost all sensitivity to others. At funerals, weddings and church services, phones should be left at home or in the car. If something is so important that one must stay connected, one should not attend the function. Not so long ago, cellphones didn’t exist, and we managed to survive. — Litchfield, Maine May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER LIVING 11 C By Darby Conley Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter combinaion can be used only once, but all the letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle. For solutions, see page 15 C 12 C LIVING Su•do•ku Yoogi games (www.yoogi.com) THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013 • Fill the cells in such a way that each row, column and 3x3 subsquare has digits 1-9. • Some digits are already given as clues. WEIRD from page 5 C Medium — Puzzle No. 1 Medium — Puzzle No. 2 paid official, plus “longevity” pay of $54,000 a year, plus a car allowance — and that she will be paid that total amount per year as her pension for life (in addition to a private pension of $46,000 a year that the county purchased for her). • The Way Washington Works: (1) Congress established a National Helium Reserve in 1925 in the era of “zeppelin” balloons, but most consider it no longer useful (most, that is, ranging from President Reagan to the Democratic congressman who in 1996 called it one program that, if we cannot undo it, “we cannot undo anything”). The House of Representatives recently voted 394-1 to continue funding it because of “fears” of a shortage that might affect MRI machines and, of course, party balloons. (2) In rare (these days) bipartisan action, congressional military “experts” of both parties are about to force the Army to continue building Abrams tanks — when the Army said it doesn’t want them and can’t use them. The tank manufacturers, of course, have convinced Congress that it needs the contracts, no matter what the Army says (according to an April Associated Press analysis). Great Art! • The Jewish Museum in Berlin is currently staging what has become popularly known as the “Jew in the Box” exhibit to teach visitors about Judaism — simply featuring one knowledgeable Jewish person who sits in a chair in a glass box for two hours a day and answers questions from the curious. Both supporters (“We Germans have many insecurities when it comes to Jews”) and critics (“Why don’t they give him a banana and a glass of water (and) turn up the heat?”) are plentiful. • The weather in Hong Kong on April 25 wreaked havoc on American artist Paul McCarthy’s outdoor, 50-foot-tall piece of “inflatable art” in the West Kowloon Cultural District. “Complex Pile” (a model of an arrangement of excrement) got punctured, which mostly pleased McCarthy’s critics since his recent work, reported the South China Morning Post, has often centered around bodily functions. Police Report • News of the Weird has reported several times on the astonishing control that inmates have at certain prisons in Latin American countries, with drug cartel leaders often enjoying lives nearly as pleasurable as their lives on the outside. However, according to an April federal indictment, similar problems have plagued the City Detention Center in Baltimore, where members of the “Black Guerrilla Family” operated with impunity. Between 2010 and 2012, corruption was such that 13 female guards have now been charged, including four women who bore the children of the gang’s imprisoned leader, Tavon White. Cellphones, drugs and Grey Goose vodka were among the smuggled-in contraband, and the indictment charges that murders were ordered from inside. (Baltimore City Paper had reported 14 stories in 2009 and 2010 on the gang-related corruption at the center, but apparently state and federal officials had failed to be alarmed.) • Frequent Flyers: (1) Chicago police have arrested Ms. Shermain Miles, 51, at least 396 times since 1978, under 83 different aliases, for crimes ranging from theft (92 times) to prostitution and robbery. According to the Chicago SunTimes, she is a virtuoso at playing “the system” to delay her proceedings and avoid jail time. (2) Alvin Cote, 59, passed away in February of poor health in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, following a “career” of 843 public-intoxication arrests. The Weirdo-American Community The biggest news out of Newtown, Conn., recently — not involving the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School — came when local environmental officials announced on April 29 that they were investigating the finding of “200 to 300 onegallon plastic jugs” filled with urine in a home “in a state of disrepair.” No charges were filed against the homeowner, but officials sought to assure neighbors and users of the property that no health hazard was present. (The average person, reported the Connecticut Post, produces about six cups of urine a day.) SLOAN from page 9 C Easy — Puzzle No. 3 For solutions, visit www.theexaminer.com where you will find some magnum-sized kings. The near-shore rigs in 20 to 30 feet of water hold lots of small kings. That’s been my experience while fishing the short rigs anywhere from 12 to 18 miles off the Sabine jetties. The rigs out at about 32 miles usually hold heavier kings. Kings like to hang out under and around anchored shrimp boats. The best action will be off the boats that are anchored anywhere from 10 to 25 miles out. Shrimpers usually drag their nets all night, then anchor up during daylight hours. Once they anchor or tie off to a rig (usually at dawn) they will finish culling the night’s catch. That’s when the kings will move in for some easy pickings. And that’s when they will be all over jigs. One of my favorites for kings is the Bomber twin tail shrimp and jig combo. It’s four inches long and weighs 3 ounces. You can troll them, or cast them out and reel them in on a yo-yo retrieve. Best colors are chartreuse, red/white tail, glow and white/pink tail. A 1/2 to 1 ounce silver spoon is deadly on kings. When deckhands are shoveling out their bycatch, the kings, along with jacks and bonito, will be swarming on the surface. Pitch a jig or spoon into the melee and you’ll get an instant hook-up. May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER LIVING IObit releases new free and pro Malware Fighter 2 Countless times in this col- run concurrently with contemumn over the years, I have porary security software in recommended free standing order to provide enhanced anti-malware software from security in real-time, and MalMalwareBytes, SuperAn- ware Fighter is one of those tiSpyware and Emsisoft. I products. This software is writhave now had an opportunity ten to be compatible with other to experiment with another antivirus and anti-malware newly released competing software, firewall software and product, Malware Fighter 2 other security products. The real-time functions in from IObit, and my first Malware Fighter provide comimpressions are positive. 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Both ver- threats; a “Network Guard” sions use IObit’s proprietary that block Web pages contain“Dual-Core” anti-malware ing threats; a “File Guard” that engine, which claims to detect protects critical system and complex and deeply hidden program files as well as scans malware, including spyware, unknown files for threats; a adware, trojans, keyloggers, “Cookie Guard” that protects bots, worms, hijackers and other the browser and the user from malware threats. If a suspicious dangerous cookies (small text file or behavior is detected that files placed on the computer by is not included in the updated Web sites that can violate your Malware Fighter’s database, the privacy and safety); a “Process questionable file is uploaded to Guard” that monitors the runthe new “IObit Cloud Security” ning processes on the computservice for further analysis and er, continuously searching for resolution. For users who prefer threats that may start to run; a simplicity, Malware Fighter “USB Disk Guard” that prooffers a “Smart One-Stop Solu- tects from infestation from tion” that can detect and repair USB devices; and “Malicious any malware security issues Action” that protects against with a single mouse click. The other malicious behaviors, only major difference between threats and dangers to the comthe free and pro versions that I puter. These real-time proteccould find is that the pro version tions are always running and updates automatically, and the providing continuous protecpro version can be set to per- tion, even when Web gaming, form a scan at selected times. Web browsing, reading e-mail, As good as they may be, no shopping online, watching vidsecurity product offers 100 per- eos and performing other PC cent protection; it is often desir- activities. able to implement a layered Currently, a nasty form of defense that will impose addi- cyber threat is referred to as a tional barriers and defenses to a “zero day” threat in that it can variety of cyber threats. Today, be introduced and spread so several anti-malware products quickly that it is nearly imposare intentionally designed to sible for security providers to detect the threat and devise a solution to neutralize it before is spreads widely. IObit Malware Fighters uses a variety of tools to protect the user from these rapidly evolving threats, including a form of Host Intrusion Prevention System, commonly referred to as “HIPS.” Malware Fighter has a feature it calls “DOG” to detect these new threats. In addition to providing real-time protection, this type of software is also designed to scan the computer for existing threats. Malware Fighter allows user selectable custom scans covering critical system areas, processes running in memory (running malware can often be quickly detected here, as a memory processes scan Be part of LU history only takes a few seconds), or specific hard drives. IObit Malware Fighter will run fine on all contemporary versions of Windows, including Window 8, Windows 7, XP, Vista, and Windows 2000. Hardware requirements are minimal for a modern computer, such that Malware Fighter will run on almost any Windows PC with a minimum of 256 megs of RAM, a 300 13 C MHz processor, and 30 MB of hard drive space. For those who would like another malware scanner in order to confirm their PC’s security, or would like a free or paid real-time malware utility that can provide security in depth in addition to the security software already installed, IObit’s new Malware Fighter 2 would be very worthy of consideration. Leave your lasting legacy and help beautify the Quad. Purchase an engraved brick along the Cardinal Walk of Honor for just $200. “Lamar University has meant so much to my family. I was overwhelmed when my children surprised me with a brick as a birthday gift. My sister, Colleen, and I decided to purchase bricks in memory of our parents, too.” Sally (McDonald) House 59 To order: lamar.edu/bricks or (409) 880-8519 14 C LIVING Tough times really don’t last forever I have some dear friends that are going through what some would term “tough times.” Each of them is hurting in different ways and needs a friend, helping hand, and kind words. I thought about the old adage, “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.” But then I asked myself, “Do we really want to be thought of by those we love as ‘tough people’?” I realize the word “tough” is relative, and I think I know what the writer of that little bit of sage advice meant, but I find I still question the meaning. In a more personal manner, I know I have gone through what I would term “tough times” in my own life. I was a single mother after being married for more than a quarter of a century to one man. I had children to educate, a home to pay for, and groceries to purchase. I remember clearly having to decide whether to pay the electric bill on time, put it off, or to buy groceries and gas to get to work. This time of the year was harrowing for me because I knew I could not respond as I had in the past to graduation invitations, bridal showers, weddings and such. I felt terrible because my love for the people in my life was no less — it was just that my bank account was more mea- are our guidelines and our ger at the time. I have also lost those I loved hope? What is our anchor? I dearly. When my Mama Cole can tell you with certainty that died and we buried her in the for me, it is the Word of God, dark ground, I felt terrible. My my faith in Him, and the abilsense of loss was overwhelm- ity to pray and find comfort in ing. I had never before that being with other Christians. time lived one day on this “My hope is as an anchor, both earth without her by my side, sure and steadfast” (Hebrews either figuratively or physical- 6:19). I know that God loves ly. I felt that without my life me and that He cares for me and that even if death anchor, I was adrift. should come for me or But you know, I got my loved ones, they will through that first day be in Heaven waiting for and night and was able me one day, or I for to attend the visitathem. I sincerely believe tion, funeral and burithat. al. And I survived. May I suggest that if The second day was you are struggling as you perhaps a little less Brenda read this column, you frightening, and so on Cannon take or make time to and on the days and Henley clear your head and nights passed and I Senior lived. I had to live. I Correspondent heart, and ask God to had children to care to The Examiner give you guidance? He will be more than happy for, a home to keep, to do that for you because and a job to return to. every single man or woman, God really does know just boy or girl, is important to how much He can trust us with Him. Think of some positive at one time. I had a dear friend insights you can hold on to tell me honestly the other day until you are stronger. I tend to that she just wished that God think that God will take care of didn’t trust her with quite so me today as I remember the much, and I knew what she many times He has in the past. meant. What do we do when life is He has proved Himself to me over and over. I wish I learned coming faster than we can things more easily, but I’ll comfortably handle it? What admit I am a bit hardheaded — can we cling to when we don’t some would say stubborn — so know we are where going or there are times when the leshow we will get there? Where Jesus, God are one in the same What is God like? Can I really know Him? Over the next weeks we are going to be looking at questions like these and others as we explore the theme, “Discovering God.” I am reading today from John 10:22-30: “(22) Now it was the Feast Sunday • 10:30 AM Tuesday Family Prayer 7:00 PM Wed. Night • 7:30 Bible Study Everyone Welcome! Pastor Michael LaBrie Gospel Tabernacle 1225 Glendale • Beaumont 409-866-2000 www.GospelTabernacleBeaumont.com of Dedication in Jerusalem, perish; neither shall anyone and it was winter. (23) And snatch them out of My hand. Jesus walked in the temple, in (29) My Father, who has given Solomon’s porch. (24) Then (them) to Me, is greater than the Jews surrounded Him, and all; and no one is able to snatch said to Him, ‘How long (them) out of My do You keep us in Father’s hand. (30) I doubt? If You are the and (My) Father are Christ, tell us plainly.’ one.’” (25) Jesus answered Here is the key to them, ‘I told you, and our theme, Discoveryou do not believe. The ing God. Jesus said, “I works that I do in My and My Father are Pastor Father’s name, they one.” Delmar bear witness of Me. For nearly everyDabney (26) But you do not one, there comes a time believe, because you when his “God ques1925-1994 are not of My sheep, as tions” become the most I said to you. (27) My important ones he has. sheep hear My voice, and I As children, our sons used to know them, and they follow ask such questions as, “Which Me. (28) And I give them eter- cloud is God in?” As they nal life, and they shall never grew up, their God questions THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013 sons have to be administered more than once. Without sounding prideful, I have also learned to trust myself a bit more. I have undertaken new goals and succeeded in the past, and I can do it again. Secondly, ask yourself, “What does God want me to learn from this experience? Am I learning it well?” I love this quote I found in one of my darkest hours: “If the brook had no stones, it would have no song.” And I have also learned not to expect quite as much from myself and from others. Maybe things won’t go my way. I can change my way a bit without giving up my standards. When the way is especially hard, cling to good, solid, positive friends who are willing to help. Everyone has troubles. You are not alone. Retrain your thinking to move toward something, rather than away from something. And learn to rest. Rome really wasn’t built in a day, and we cannot gain our losses back all in one quick step. Be willing to rest in the valley for a while, if necessary. God will be with you as you take one tiny baby step at a time. Stay with Him, for His way is best, and He can deliver us from our every trouble and sadness. May God bless you today in your need. become more insistent. They wanted contact with Him, and they wanted assurances that He is a God of love. Those who are really serious about knowing God will have to look into the Bible. There we discover Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and we are told emphatically that He is God. This is what He meant when He said, “I and My Father are one.” In a glorious way which escapes our understanding, this simple statement is part of the Bible’s teaching that God is a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The benefits that come to us because God is this kind of being are marvelous. We may be so thankful that Jesus, God’s son, and His Father are one God. This means that in Jesus all our questions about God find their answers. Jesus reveals God’s love to us. Here is real reason for joy: God has come so close to us, He has become one of our race. He has done it in the person of His only begotten son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Now we must work hard at knowing this Jesus better and better. Those who know that Jesus is their savior from sin know that God will never abandon them. Jesus assures us of that in His statements here recorded by John: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley@ yahoo.com. See DABNEY on page 15 C May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER LIVING 7 Little Words solution – Puzzle on page 11 C Puzzle 1 1. KHMER 2. REFUNDED 3. RINGGIT 4. WHITEHAVEN 5. WONDEROUSLY 6. ABANDONS 7. RAMBLINGLY Puzzle 2 1. AFLATOXIN 2. GAWKED 3. HAIRCUTTING 4. PLEASINGLY 5. PRECEDING 6. GUANTANAMO 7. DROOPILY Puzzle 3 1. ZANTAC 2. SHRED 3. AIRMAN 4. KRALENDIJK 5. MINCINGLY 6. DIAPERED 7. MEOW Crossword solution – Puzzle on page 10 C M A T E A W A R T A X I T I R E E T E T R T R U T T H R E Y E N L E S T S A R G O R O I S A M O B A R G I N N I C O O L M I M M O C A I R C R O E B E E H I V E S O V E R E A T S E S S A M E N U A S O C N D S O O S A S D G E E E L S S L S N H O T A N O M E O U T T M C C H E A Z O R Y A N G O M E R R E A S T G I F Y U C K O P E R H U G E R E E T B D B R A T A T H Y M E O S M U S E O S T A R E S A M I N O D S T A I H I N G E S T A S T G S L A V I A L A P L U N T L O S M T R E I D E R G A V O L E S E R O T I F A F T I L E G O S A T R A M O N P A R I P L E E S S P T K E I C O T S H E M S S T O I L C I A T A L K S D I R T Y E N T R E A G U E O T T M I S I O U C R I C O T A N G T I T A R L R L E K S M E Y E R S O B S A S H T O N E S S Humane Society of Southeast Texas Pet of the week My name is Scutty. I’m a pretty handsome boy, huh? I prefer pictures without a rainbow colored cat-toy scarf (although it does bring out the yellow in my eyes!), but I’m a pretty laid back guy and just decided to go with it! You should also know that I am very sweet and love attention so much that when I think you’re coming near to pet me, my whole tail quivers with happiness! I think I get so excited about a little TLC because when I was young, I was dumped out of a car and left in the woods with no one to love me or give me any attention. I was eventually rescued by a family, but they recently had to surrender me to the shelter because they could not care for me any more. I just want someone who loves me, who I love, and who I can shake my tail at in happiness! I prefer the great indoors to the great outdoors! Adopting a cat can be a 15-year or more commitment. Please adopt responsibly! Adoption fee is $90, or $150 for pure breed or pedigree cats and kittens. This includes the first round of vaccinations, 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) 833-0504 or visit 2050 Spindletop Ave., Beaumont. Repossession doesn’t end financial responsibility Q. I can no longer afford to repossessed car is sold at aucpay my car note. One friend tion for $8,000. The creditor told me that if the car is repos- will apply the $8,000 to your sessed or I return it, I am off the debt, leaving a “deficiency” of hook for any more payments. $4,000. You still owe the defiAnother said no matter what, I ciency, and the creditor may would still owe the remaining pursue a claim to collect the payments. What really happens $4,000. The bottom line is that following the return of a car? unless the car is worth the same A. Actually, neither of your or more than you owe, you will friends is correct. The conse- still owe some money followquences of repossession ing its repossession or return. depend on the value of the car. Whether a car is voluntarily Q. I rented an apartment to returned or repossessed, the be close to my new job. After results are the same. Follow- just two months, I have been ing the return of the car, the transferred. Is this a legal creditor usually will excuse to get out of my arrange for the sale of lease? the car. After the sale, A. As a general rule, the creditor will apply you may terminate a whatever is obtained lease only for those reafrom the sale against sons spelled out in the the amount you owe. lease. Read your lease At that point, there are carefully to see if it three possibilities. you the ability to Know gives First, the amount you terminate it early due to owe might be the same change in your Your aemployment. as what the car sold for. If it does In that case, you will Rights not, you will be in not owe anything addi- with Richard breach of the lease and tional. Second, the the landlord could be amount obtained at the Alderman entitled to damages if sale might be more you stop paying rent. than you owe. If that happens, My guess is that this will not the creditor may keep the be a valid reason to terminate amount necessary to cover your lease early. If that is the your debt but must return the case, my suggestion is to dissurplus to you. The third and cuss this with your landlord most likely option is that the and see if you can work out a car sells for less than you owe. mutually agreeable settlement. In that case, the amount For example, the landlord may obtained at the sale is applied agree to let you leave early if to the debt, and you still owe you forfeit your security the difference. deposit. Be sure to get any Here is an example of how agreement in writing. this works. Let’s assume you owe $12,000. The returned or Q. Am I entitled to recover 15 C child support from my child’s father, whom I never married? A. Generally, if you can establish that someone is the father of a child, he has an obligation to help support the child. The fact that you did not marry him does not matter. Q. My wallet was stolen. The thief charged $2,500 to my credit card. Am I responsible? A. Good news — under federal law, your maximum liability for the unauthorized use of your credit card is $50. In fact, you have no liability for any charges made after you report the loss. If your card is stolen, be sure to immediately call the credit card company. Q. How do I get a copy of a living will? Does it have to be notarized to be valid? What does it cost? A. For a free copy of a living will, visit my website www.peopleslawyer.net and go to “Legal Topics,” then click on “Wills and Living Wills.” A living will, formally called a “Directive to Physicians,” does not have to be notarized, but must be signed by two witnesses. You may make several originals and give them to a number of people to ensure that it will be available when needed. For example, you can keep one and give one to a family member and your physician. Do you want to know more about your legal rights? Visit my website at. DABNEY from page 14 C shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” I need that sense of security. So many things are changing in my life and yours. More and more, our world becomes a strangely alien place. The Bible that I was taught to love as a child, both in my home, my public school and my church, is little regarded today. The moral values that we were raised to love and respect and practice seem so foreign to many. I need to know that God will never abandon me. Jesus tells me it is true. Almighty God, we are grateful for Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Who reveals You perfectly. Answer our deepest questions, and show us the fullness of divine love, as we learn to know Jesus better each day. Amen and amen. The Rev. Delmar Dabney was a spiritual inspiration in Southeast Texas for many years before his death in 1994. This and other messages from his daily television show, “Coffee with Pastor Dabney,” are featured here regularly. 16 C LIVING THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013
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