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].
CHUCK SHEPHERD’S
WEIRD
6285 West Bend Dr. • Beaumont
4 OR 5 BEDROOM • 3 FULL BATH • 2 HALF BATHS • 3 DETACHED GARAGES
SPACIOUS HOME WITH 5 BR’S OR 4 BR’S & OFFICE, BOTH FORMAL
ROOMS, NEW CARPET & PAINT, GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, INGROUND
POOL & SPA, GAMEROOM/MEDIA ROOM ON LARGE CUL-DE-SAC LOT.
PERFECT FOR A LARGE FAMILY.
Albert Nolen
$399,900
(409) 866-9129 ext. 116
3550 Dowlen Rd., Suite A AMERICAN REAL
ESTATE
Beaumont
www.americanrealestate.com
Backyard Barnyard
The Department of Agriculture reported recently that in
four of America’s largest cities
— New York, Miami, Los
Angeles and Denver — nearly
one home out of 100 keeps
chickens either for a fresh egg
supply or as pets, giving rise to
chicken services such as Backyard Poultry magazine,
MyPetChicken.com and Julie
Baker’s Pampered Poultry
store. Among the most popular
products are strap-on cloth
diapers for the occasions when
owners bring their darlings
indoors, i.e., cuddle their “lap
chickens.” Also popular are
“saddles” for roosters, to spare
hens mating injuries — owing
to roosters’ brutal horniness,
sometimes costing hens most
or all of their back feathers
from a single encounter.
Government in Action
• “Consider all the ways
we’re taxed,” wrote Maryland’s community Gazette in
April — when we’re born, die,
earn income, spend it, own
property, sell it, attend entertainment venues, operate vehicles and pass wealth along
after death, among others.
Maryland has now added a tax
on rain. To reduce stormwater
runoff into the Chesapeake
Bay, the Environmental Protection Agency assessed the
state $14.8 billion, which the
state will collect starting in
July by taxing “impervious
surfaces” — any land area in
its 10 largest counties that cannot directly absorb rainwater,
such as roofs, driveways, patios and sidewalks.
• The Washington Post
reported in April that the federal government is due to
spend $890,000 this year to
safeguard ... nothing. The
amount is the total fees for
More WEIRD on page 5 C
May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER
Jefferson County Relay for Life
team raises more than $32,000
By Kevin King
Staff Writer
If reaching its 100th birthday wasn’t enough reason to
celebrate, American Cancer
Society (ACS) has even more
cause to commemorate the
occasion. The Beaumont
Relay for Life event, held May
3 at Ozen High School raised
more than $150,000 total, with
Relay for Life team Survivor
Jefferson County alone raising
$32,096 for ACS.
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. The wind didn’t
The Only Advanced Swiss Marine
Anti-Aging Cell Therapy Supplement
We may not be able to live forever, but
you can age gracefully with the latest
advancement in Cell Therapy - Celergen.
Developed and produced in Switzerland
utilizing proprietary Swiss Cold Process
DNA Extraction technology, Celergen is a
potent food supplement, encapsulated with
the essential elements of Marine DNA
Cellular Extracts, known for their supreme
rejuvenation and anti-oxidants properties
to give you enhanced vitality and
ageless beauty.
Never Before
Available in Pill Form
No Doctor Visit Required
Exclusively at
GLEN G. GUILLET, M.D.
Photo by Kevin King
cooperate with the release, however, and only a
couple of lanterns actually took flight.
“The wind’s too strong,” said Robert Dickenson, online chair for Beaumont Relay for
Life. “You just can’t do them if it’s too windy.
It’s got to be a calm, peaceful night.”
Dickenson said that the thought was what
was important.
— Kevin King
ANTI-AGING
CELL THERAPY
OF TEXAS
409-937-1366
www.celergenUS.com
4C
LIVING
Premium Luxury: Lexus LS 460
Michele Brooke
Auto Writer
As the flagship sedan of the
Lexus brand, the LS 460 is
exceptional when it comes to
elegance and style.
While retaining many of the
qualities that have defined
Lexus for more than 20 years,
the LS reaches new heights in
2013 with an exciting blend of
beautiful design, modern
refinement and superior craftsmanship.
Elegant comfort
Inside, the
LS 460
integrates modern refinement
with intuitive technology. For
example, the Advanced Illumination System
(AIS), an allLED interior
lighting system,
illuminates to
greet the approaching occupants and then fades in
sequence with the vehicle
starting procedure.
Additionally, the LS features
a standard Lexus Premium
Audio System with a nine-
channel amplifier, 10 speakers,
MP3 sound enhancement, HD
Radio, a three-month trial subscription to SiriusXM Satellite
Radio and more.
The optional
Mark Levinson
Reference Surround System
provides a 5.1 home theatre
surround with 7.1 architecture,
15 channel, ML3-16 Processor
Power Amplifier covering a
frequency range of 20Hz20kHz, and 450 watts with
less than 0.1 percent Total
Harmonic Distortion
(THD).
THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013
The stylish LS 460 interior
is offered in five color
schemes: Ivory, Light Gray,
Black, Black and Saddle Tan,
and a newly available Topaz
Brown. Optional wood trim
includes Walnut, Shimamoku
Espresso, Matte Brown Bird’s
Eye Maple.
Interestingly, the aforementioned Shimamoku finish is an
example of fine traditional
Japanese craftsmanship. Shimamoku, translated as “striped
wood,” involves the layering
of angle-cut dark and light
shaded wood veneers in a
unique process, which involves
67 manufacturing steps over
the course of 38 days.
On the outside,
from every
angle,
the
Lexus LS 460 is an attractive
sedan.
Up front, the inverted trapezoidal upper grille and slanted lower grille that were first
introduced on the GS sedan
have been combined and integrated into a single element on
the LS to create a more prominent spindle shape. Additionally, the LS 460 comes
equipped with 18-inch split
five-spoke wheels.
Powertrain
The Lexus LS 460 is
equipped with a 4.6L V8 engine
that produces 386 horsepower
and 367 lb-ft of torque for
RWD models and 360 horsepower and 347 foot-pounds of
torque for AWD models.
Fuel economy ratings are
16 mpg in the city, 24 mpg on
the highway and 19 mpg combined for RWD models and 16
mpg in the city, 23 mpg on the
highway and 18 mpg combined for AWD models.
•••
To learn more about Lexus’
flagship sedan, visit www.lexus.com.
08 FORD F-150
07 DODGE RAM
07 CHRYSLER ASPEN
12 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
12 CHRYSLER 200
10 FORD MUSTANG
May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER
LIVING
RELAY
Beaumont ISD’s 2012-13 valedictorians, salutatorians
from page 3 C
concession stand at Ford Park
and a fundraising tree in the
office.
“I’m glad to see my office
take part in such a worthy
cause,” Guidry said. “I’m so
very proud of them for taking
such an active role. It’s giving
back to the community and
outside of the community as
well because it just reaches out
and touches so many people. If
you’ve ever had a loved one
who had cancer, you know
what it is (like) to go through
the process of chemo and radiation treatment. It’s good to
have a support system.”
Guidry said her office plans
to continue to take part in
Relay for Life in the future.
“I hope we can continue to
stay involved,” she said. “As
long as I’m here, I certainly
intend to stay active in the process as long as the office wants
to continue to support it.”
The funds raised by Relay
for Life not only go toward
cancer research but also help
honor survivors of the disease,
Dickenson said.
“What is so awesome about
WEIRD
from page 2 C
maintaining more than 13,000
short-term bank accounts the
government owns but which
have no money in them and
never again will. Closing the
accounts is easier said than
done, according to the watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste, because the
accounts each housed separate
government grants, and Congress has required that, before
the accounts are closed, the
grants must be formally audited — something bureaucrats
are rarely motivated to do, at
least within the 180 days set
by law (though there is no penalty for missing the deadline).
• It’s good to be the county
administrator of Alameda
County, Calif. (on San Francisco Bay, south of Oakland).
The San Francisco Chronicle
revealed in March that somehow, Susan Muranishi negotiated a contract that pays her
$301,000 a year, plus “equity
pay” of $24,000 a year so that
she makes at least 10 percent
more than the next highest
More WEIRD on page 12 C
5C
Central Medical Magnet High School
Beaumont City Councilmember for Ward IV Jamie Smith
and Jefferson County Clerk
Carolyn Guidry
relay is that it’s to honor our
survivors,” she said. “We’re
honoring them because they’re
alive. This gives us hope that
the work that we are doing is
worth something.”
According to Relay for
Life’s website, more than
5,200 communities in 20 different countries take part in
Relay For Life, which is the
signature fundraiser for ACS.
For more information, visit
www.relayforlife.org.
Bette Eva Paredez,
Valedictorian
Clifton J. Ozen Magnet
High School
Nicalus Alexzander Rhone,
Salutatorian
Aeris Broussard,
Valedictorian
West Brook High School
Danielle Chow,
Valedictorian
Ibrahim Musa,
Salutatorian
Quentaxia Wrighting,
Salutatorian
Barrington Heights... An Entrance to Remember
Open House Sunday 1-4pm
3524 Valmont • 4/3.5/3 - $399,900 3550 Charleston • 3/2/2 - $198,000
Luxurious Custom Home with Sublime Landscaping
Exquisite Home in Barrington Heights
Open House Sunday 1-4pm
3525 Windrose • 4/3/3 - $394,900
6080 Barrington • 4/3/2 - $279,900
Keystone Home with Emmaculate Upgrades
Spacious with Childrens Playhouse
I have the “Key” to your success!
BEAUMONT
SueOpensDoors.com • Cell: (409) 673-8244
6C
LIVING
THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013
You are the artist, containers are the canvas
After a visit south of the
border, my eyes were opened
to the infinite possibilities of
container gardening. Hanging
baskets, pots, unique items
used as pots, and containers
brimming with flowers spilling down from walls have
enormous potential for brightening up your outdoor spaces.
Containers with annuals or
perennials lead your eye where
you want it to go. They can be
used not only to dress up the
front door but also add interest
to any place along a home’s
facade. An exciting container
can keep the eye from noticing
flaws in the home or yard. A
stellar container with eyecatching contents can lead you
down a path into another part
of the yard.
Potted plant rules are few.
Plant like plants together.
Plants needing full sun won’t
do well with shade lovers.
Water frequently because most
container plantings dry out
quickly, especially those in
terra cotta planters. Feed the
container plants because they
don’t “eat” or bloom well if
you don’t give them some
blooming fertilizer food. A
15-30-15 boost each week or
every other week is a good
idea. Make sure your container super chic. A double row of
offers drainage. Most plants terra cotta pots filled with boxwoods lining a small
do not like to be mired
patio or courtyard as
down in swampy soil.
you would in-ground
Pack in smaller plants
shrubs is super chic.
only, allowing room for
Some offbeat conroots to grow. Be genertainers are old bathous.
tubs, tin cans, a lined
You can think of
old wicker laundry
plants grown in containers, whether annual Garden basket, a hanging shoe
organizer (for small
or perennial, as short
Gate veggies?), and an old
term, seasonal plantshoe or rain boot with
ings. But lots of places
with
in the world expand on Joette Reger drainage holes drilled.
Make a walled circle
that vision. Why not a
out of old bricks you
more permanent planting in a container? Trees may have around and you have
grown in large containers are a space to fill with soil and
garden. Some hardcore recyclers turn used mesh produce
bags into hanging planters.
may choose to go a tad
BLUEBERRY PATCH You
more
traditional with terra cot2365 Blueberry Patch Dr.
ta
or
other
commercially availSilsbee, TX • 409-385-1200
able pots,
Some gardeners like to mix
multi-color varieties in one
container, but lots of professionals stick to a mass planting
OPENING DAY SATURDAY, MAY 25 of exactly the same plant or
color in each pot. Make your
Visit our website for season updates:
potted vision large or small.
www.blueberrypatch.vpweb.com
B & M FARMS
Make it all green or colorful.
You are the artist. Just like the
painter with brush and watercolors, you are creating a 3-D
“paintinga” with flowers and
greenery.
As a side note, Jefferson
County Master Gardeners
would like to thank the community for its support in the
annual Spring Plant Sale at the
Jefferson County airport. With
their hard work and the support of gardeners just like you,
they raised considerable funds
to keep teaching, training and
learning about gardening in
our community. For information on becoming a master
gardener, call Texas Agri-Life
at (409) 835-8461. Ask for
Peggy or master gardener and
president Jackie Steen.
Joette is an avid gardener and
prides herself on staying up-todate on the latest gardening
activities and tips. To share your
gardening news with Joette, call
(409) 832-1400 or fax her at (409)
832-6222. Her e-mail is joreger@
msn.com.
May 30 - June 5, 2013 • THE EXAMINER
LIVING
7C
Community Listings
Community Christian
School’s valedictorian,
salutatorian
he has accepted.
Hannah Breaux, CCS Class of 2013
Salutatorian, is the daughter of Michael
and Caroline Breaux. As a senior,
Breaux was the president of Student
Community Christian School’s Council and the vice president of the
valedictorian for the 2012-13 school National Honor Society. 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. The destruction and devastation
Championships in
from natural disaster resonates with
doubles tennis. He
our entire organization as we have
has also played AAU
experienced similar heart-wrenching
basketball for Team
loss through hurricanes over the last
Sneed of Beaumont
the past two years.
eight years,” said Neches FCU PresiHe plans to attend
dent/CEO Jason Landry.
Lamar University Breaux
Those interested in aiding Neches
and has received the
FCU to donate funds may help in the
Mirabeau Scholarship at Lamar, which following ways. Visit any of Neches
Neches Credit Union
rallies to support
Oklahoma
FCU’s locations to contribute. Visit
facebook.com/nechesfcu to contribute
through a social media mechanism that
has been set up. Visit nechesfcu.org for
other fundraiser information and for
real time updates of the donations
progress.
Neches Federal Credit Union is a
community credit union serving Jefferson, Hardin, and Orange counties.
For information about membership eligibility call (409) 722-1174 for Mid
County, (409) 860-0800 for Beaumont,
visit us online at www.nechesfcu.org
or come by one of our eight locations
in Port Neches, Beaumont, Nederland
Sally (McDonald) House, a 1959 and
and Lumberton.
1967 graduate, planned to add her
name to the Cardinal Walk of Honor,
but her three children beat her to it.
Applebee’s Fundraiser
for Stable-Spirit
LU alumni, friends will
The Flapjack Fundraiser for StableSpirit at the Applebee’s in Beaumont mark campus with
was a huge success. Now Stable-Spirit
is asking all South and Mid-County brick campaign
residents for help with another Flapjack
Fundraiser at Applebee’s in Port Arthur
on Highway 365 on Saturday, June 1,
from 8-10 a.m. For $5, get all the pancakes you can eat and a beverage.
Stable-Spirit is a nonprofit organization providing equine assisted psychotherapy to youth and adults, with
horses helping capture and hold attention, while rapidly breaking down
defense barriers. For more information, visit www.stable-spirit.org.
ExpertADVICE
Lamar University students, alumni
and friends now have the opportunity
to leave a mark on campus permanently by purchasing engraved bricks
in the new Cardinal Walk of Honor in
the quadrangle.
This brick campaign will allow anyone to take part in the university’s
Investing in the Future comprehensive
campaign with a contribution of $200.
Installation of the bricks this fall, as
See LISTINGS on page 8 C
“Expert Advice” spotlights
area businesses and
business leaders by
addressing questions posed
by Examiner readers
in an easy-to-read,
question-and-answer format.
Professional answers to often-asked questions
Q.
Q.
Q.
When to Remove
Wisdom Teeth?
Are Cockroaches
Omnivorous?
Is it true that I could be
charged with a serious
crime if I am in the car with
someone that is committing
a crime? Even if I don’t
know the person is or has
committed a crime?
Max “The Law Dog”
Q.
Voted Best
Attorney
of the year
Ashley DeMarco, DDS
Michael Palmer, Palmer Pest Control
James R. Makin, Attorney at Law
A.
A.
A.
The simple answer is YES. And YES... if you are in the
car, odds are you will be charged. Remember: If you
have any questions, your first consultation is free at the
Law Office of James R. Makin, P.C. (409) 833-2827.
www.gulfsidedental.com
The cockroach is an omnivorous animal and feeds on
decaying matter and therefore is often associated with
things being dirty (you would not be happy to find them in
a restaurant for example). Most cockroach species are
nocturnal with the exception of the oriental cockroach,
which is attracted to light. Cockroaches generally only eat
organic matter but some have been known to even eat
substances such as mouldy wallpaper paste. Call today for
a free inspection.
4179 DOWLEN RD • BEAUMONT TX, 77706
409-899-4867
Palmer Pest Control • 409-782-6612 • Beaumont
People between the ages of 16 and 19 should have their wisdom teeth
evaluated. If they need to be removed, it should be considered before
age 20 when generally fewer complications occur. At a younger age,
tooth roots are not fully developed, the surrounding bone is softer, and
there is less chance of damaging nearby nerves or other structures.
There is also less surgical risk and healing is generally faster.
BRACES STARTING AT $3,500.
CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION.
Board Certified in Criminal Law Texas Board of Legal Specialization
409-833-2827 • 1900 Broadway at 3rd
www.jamesrmakin.com
The workflow at our office
demands a high speed
copier/ printer that can
handle high volumes at peak
times during our business
week, does Canon have a
heavy-duty equipment solution
available that will handle my
applications?
Bernadette Spencer, Account Manager
Better Business Machines
A.
www.csa.canon.com
Yes! Canon has a number of equipment and software solutions
to address your application. The Canon ImageRunner 8000
series is specifically designed for today’s competitive business
environment, with blazing speeds of up to 105 pages per
minute these units will unleash the powerful productivity your
office requires.
7510 Calder • Beaumont • 866-2422
8C
LIVING
THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013
LISTINGS
from page 7 C
Lamar celebrates its 90th anniversary,
will help to beautify and revitalize the
quadrangle at the heart of campus.
July 1 is the deadline to order an
engraved brick for yourself or to honor
a friend or loved one. Bricks may be
ordered online at lamar.edu/bricks. For
additional information, visit the Web
site or call (409) 880-8519.
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. The line end is connected to to five miles off the Sabine jet-
CC
Mem A
Ages bers
6-17
Fis
Quality Guns & scopes
We give CHL Classes & Renewals
We Sight in Rifles
Tuesday - Saturday • 10am - 5:30pm
409-866-0871 • 409-860-GUNS
Entry Forms Available at: Texas Ford Dealers
Instant Entry Available at: Academy Sports & Outdoors, Peggy on the Bayou,
SGS Causeway, Sportsmans Supply, Stingaree Marina
713.626.4222
ccatexas.org startournament.org
10 C
No. 0526
THE EXAMINER • May 30 - June 5, 2013
LIVING
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES By Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz / Edited by Will Shortz
1
2
3
4
5
6
20
23
Across
1 F r ie n d s i n a p u b
6 Openly disdain
1 3 Ba r o q u e F r e n c h
dance
2 0 Co g n i z a n t
2 1 Re l a x i n g s o a k
22 Alma mater of Eli
Manning
23 TV movie about …
w h e re I c a n e a s i l y
get a cab?
25 “I’m not kidding”
5 7 J a n i s’s c a rt o o n
h u sb a n d
5 8 N B C n e w sm a n H o l t
60 Step
61 Specter of the
Senate, once
62 … trying to get a
friar to violate his
v o w o f si l e n c e ?
6 8 Tr a de t a l k
71 Soak
7 2 F a r fa l l e a n d o rz o
7 6 O l d F re n c h l i n e
11 5 Ya si r A ra fa t , b y
b i rt h
11 6 S t a t e sy m b o l o f
M a ssa c h u se t t s
11 7 A rc h b i sh o p o f
Ca n t e rb u ry ’s
h e a d d re ss
11 8 F a b u l o u sl y ri c h
ancient king
11 9 Wh i t e Ca st l e
o ffe ri n g s
1 2 0 Co m p a ra t i v e l y
fo x y
1 8 The Tiger s of the
Ohio Valley Conf .
1 9 Ogee’s s hape
2 4 Binge
42
3 3 Exploits
58
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
31
32
34
35
36
28
33
40
44
41
45
46
48
49
55
50
51
52
53
56
59
57
60
62
16
25
39
43
15
22
30
38
54
3 6 Actor Kutcher
3 8 Number ed r d.
10
27
37
47
3 5 J er s eys and s uch
9
24
29
3 1 Even mor e vas t
3 4 Nickname f or Clar a
Bow
8
26
2 8 Neighbor of Alg.
3 2 Phone abbr.
7
21
63
64
65
66
61
67
72
73
74 went
75
fiance to attend
and also
to
her78 bridal
79
80 shower in
81 our homeI am in my 20s and am
4 3 Syngman of South
2 Ex p e c t
7 8 F o l lo w e r o f La s
town. Very few
others did
Kor ea
82
84
85
86
Ve ga s o r N e w Yo rk 3 O n e s g o i n g t o
engaged
to a83beautiful girl. Our
4 4 VHF unit
because
of
the
cost
and
the disWa sh i n g t o n ?
29 French word with
8 1 B a ck
religion
prohibits
sex before
87
88
89
90
4 5 J obs ’s job, once
tw o a c c e n t s
4 P e n n sy l v a n i a ’s
tance.
Her
parents
told
me
they
8 2 L i v y ’s “ I l o v e ”
marriage.
But when
4 6 You might choos e
F l a g sh i p Ci t y
3 0 … wh e re t o g o i n
91
92
93 “Donna”
94
95
96
8 3 … a si n g i n g g ro u p
were
thrilled
that
I
was
there.
s omething by it
5 Mtg.
To g o ?
t h at m e e t s f o r
tells
me to stop98 kissing her, I
97
99
100 10 months
101after
102 103Mar4 8 Gr ant f or
About
6 Wh a l e o f a n
b a c o n a n d e g g s?
37 Home-run pace
persist.
I don’t see why not. It’s
f ilmmaking?
e
x
h
i
b
i
t
i
o
n
8
7
B
u
r
st
s
(i
n
)
40 Arriviste
tha’s 105
wedding,106I 107
married on the
104
4 9 Star t to matter ?
just kissing.
7 Miles Davis ___
8 9 R u s si a n s, e . g .
41 Greek vowels
East
Coast.
Of
course,
Martha
5 0 Bellyache
(c o o l j a z z g ro u p )
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
9 0 “ S t ou t l y -b u i l t ”
Donna says she has not been
4 2 N e tw o r k w i t h t h e
5 1 “Gotcha, man”
8 F i g . o n a t e rm i n a l
was
invited,
but
she
RSVP’d
D
i
ck
e
n
s
v
i
l
l
a
i
n
slogan “Not
115
117
firm
enough with me and116 when
monitor
5 2 Hellhound of Nor s e
9 1 C o nc a v e o b j e c t o f
R e a lit y. A c t u a l i t y ”
that she could not attend. She
mythology
9 Die down
she
says
no,
she
means
no.
Yesreflection?
118
119
120
44 “Me and Bobby
5 7 Tor ah holder s
1 0 Wi t h 6 9 -D o w n ,
92 Not mixing well?
terday, I was sitting next to gave no reason. My first anni___” (posthumous
1 9 9 0 s-2 0 0 0 s si t c o m 5 9 Gener al ___ chicken
is approaching, and I
9 6 S c h o o l o rg s.
Janis Joplin No. 1)
Donna and started
kissing her 94versary
st a r
6 0 ___- goat
79 Fr ench high- s peed
Oklahoma I ndian s
68 Language f r om
1 0 3 Ur b an _ _ _ , 2 0 0 4
9 7 … S k y wa l k e r ’s
4 6 P a n ts m e a s u r e
have
yet
to hear
any words of
11 To p s
r
ail
inits
.
an d 2 0 1 2
which
“cotton”
and
on
the
lips.
She
said
no,
and
6 1 Standar d par t of a
t ren d y h y g i e n e
95 “I Never Played t h e
47 … a Hispanic “hip
u n d ef eat
ed co l“best
l eg e
“candy” ar e
1 2 S a n t i a g o ’s m i l i e u i n
congratulations
from
my
80 Liter ar y inits .
limer ick
p ro d u c t s?
when
she slapped Game” memoir i st
hip hooray”?
f o o t b al l co ach
der ivedI didn’t stop,
a H e m i n g w a y n o v e l 6 3 J ames who died
83 Retr o dos
1 0 1 B ox e r, e . g . , i n
96friend”
Pr ominent beef
cakno
e
—
card
or
gift
or
1
0
6
_
_
_
l
aw
5 3 Co u s i n _ _ _
69
See 10Down It felt 84
my
face.
like
had
1 3 Be c o m e l e n i e n t
W herIe the
wor been
ld’s
thr ee year s bef or e
brief
f eatur es
1 0 7 Sweat
70 Day, to da Vinci
even
a
phone
call.
I
also
haven’t
100 talles t
54 Nikkei unit
winning
a
Pulitzer
1
4
P
ri
n
c
e
Va
l
i
a
n
t
’s
1 0 4 D r i n k s se rv e d i n
stung by a bee. Donna
told
mountains
ar e me 98 “I ’ d like to s ee _ _ _ ” 1 0 8 Fo r m er r ai l r o ad
73 Has an adult
love
5 5 E p i to m e o f t h i n n e s s
6 4 “A Doll’s Hous e”
f l ut e s
anything
from
Sur name appear
ing
f ound
r eg u l at o rher
y ag cy.parconver
s ation?
she
definitely
had
to
slap
me. 99heard
wif
e
1
5
Ch
e
c
k
s
o
u
t
56 Greet silently
1 0 5 P a rl i a m e n t
nine times
in a in
l i st my
85 I t’s an aff r ont
1 0 9hometown,
B l em i sh
74 Fever is h f it
ents.
Back
my
My cousin said
that in aorg.dat- of I ndy 500
6 5 “Do not like”
1 6 O ri g i n a l o p e n i n g t o
c o n st i t u e n t ?
86 “Homeland”
11 0 I t al i an m i n e?
For any three answers,
75 Does n’t jus t tear up
mother
occasionally
runs
into
H
o
m
e
r
’s
winner
s
6
6
Wor
ker
’s
weekend
1
0
8
“
H
o
w
t
o
u
c
h
i
n
g
”
call from a touch-tone
88 Bas
ketball Hall-sets
of 11 2 “I d i d NOT n eed t o
ing
situation,
woman
77
___ PiggleWiggle the
“ O d y sse y ” ?
phone:
whoop
For 1-900-285-5656,
solution, 111 … g i v i n g a
100
Long- tailed mother.
beach
Famer Ar tis
h ear t h has
at ”
Martha’s
She
never
( childr en’s
$1.49 each minute; or,
the
rules,
and
it
is
her
preroga1 7 H e rm a n o d e l p a d re o 6 7 Anthony’s par tner in
f
lier
s
92
Pos
itive
ends
11 3 Fo r m er Fo r d m o d el
p
i
psq
u
e
a
k
t
h
e
char acter )
seea credit
page
with
card, 15C
1-800No.
0526
mentioned
my
marriage.
d e l a m a d re
r adio
b r u sh -o f f ?
102
___
nous
tive
to
slap
a
man’s
face
if
she
814-5554.
93 ’ 60s activis t org.
11 4 C i n n ab ar, e. g .
78 Engine pr oblem
I am terribly hurt. It seems
No. 0526 feels he has gone too far. Do you
hortz
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
agree? I don’t think she had to clear that Martha doesn’t care
ill Shortz
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
about me or want to continue
20
21
22
slap me.
our friendship. I am trying to put
20
21
22
—
John
23
24
25
this behind me, but I am puzzled
23
24
25
of the
26
27
28
that neither she nor her family
Dear
John:
gye rConf.
s of t he
26
27
28
Val
e l ey Conf. 29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
It’s hard to believe you are had the common courtesy to
s h a pe
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
living in this century. While we send a note of congratulations. I
Alg.
37
38
39
40
41
o
r
of
Al
g.
don’t recommend that women am thinking of “unfriending”
vast
42
43
44
45
46
o r e vast
42
43
44
45
46
go around slapping men, any- her on Facebook.
a b br.
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
— Raised with Manners
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
thing you do after Donna says
s
or Clara
54
55
56
57
m e f or Clara
“no” could be considered assault Dear Manners:
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
or even attempted rape. She is
such
58
59
60
61
a n d s uc h
Martha was remiss not to
er
entitled to defend herself. She
K u t che r
62
63
64
65
66
67
62
63
64
65
66
67
rd.
e d r d.
could call the police. Show send a card of congratulations.
68 6869 6970 70
71 71
72
73 7474 7575
72
73
some respect for your girlfriend, But when friends go in different
ta
s t a- ta
76 76
77 77
78
81
78 79
79 80
80
81
and stop kissing her when she directions — figuratively as
a nSouth
o f Sout h
asks you to stop. You sound too well as physically — the close82 82
83 83
8484 8585
86
86
nit
ness tends to fade. 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. But we always
rs
l _ __ chi cken
talked about our future wed- Dear Annie:
chicken
at
7 9 Fren ch h i g h -s p eed
9 4 O k l ah o ma In d i an s
6 8 Lan gu a g e fro m
103 Ur ban ___, 2004
I am a skinny woman with
dings and vowed to attend each
94
103 and
Urban
ra i l ihigh-speed
nits.
2012___, 2004
w h ic h from
“ c o tto n ” a n d 79 French
r d pa r t of a 68 Language
9 5Oklahoma
“I N ev er PlIndians
ay ed t h e
undef
eated college
inits. i n i t s .
and 2012
“can
d y ” a re and
which
“cotton”
8 0rail
L it erary
crtk of a
large
breasts. I know there is a
95 “IGNever
Played
other’s.
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.
Available from the IObit at prehensive protection from
www.iobit.com are both a free threats, including a series of
version and a paid pro version “Guards,” that each protect
($19.95 for a one year license). from an attack targeted at a
Both offer real-time protection specific computer function.
from malware attacks with a These guards include a “Startsecurity package that does not up Guard” that prevents
significantly slow down the unwanted programs from
computer, is frequently updated, installing themselves such that
can detect and remove malware they load every time the computer is booted;
infections that
a
“Browser
may have penGuard” that
etrated
the
protects the
existing securiIra
browser from
ty software,
Wilsker being hijacked,
and is explicithaving
the
ly designed to
startup page
run on top of
changed withother antivirus
Technology
out consent,
and security
and
other
software
in
browser based
order to provide security in depth. 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