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Speaker 1 (00:02):
We're back on the Roy West Show on this Sunday afternoon,
and joining me today in this segment is Joshua Moore. Hi, Josh,
Welcome morning. Josh. Chef Pierre Moore is owner of Crave Moore,
and if you have not had the opportunity to taste
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some of the delightful culinary treats that this man is
known for, you definitely should attend one of the functions
that he caters, one of the events that he hosts,
and get a chance to know Josh Moore. He is
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somebody that you should know. He is doing big things
in Southeast Texas, not only with his food, but with
his heart and with some of the givebacks and things
that he does. So we're excited to have him here
today to talk about a special event that is actually
coming up on February the twenty first, the Marty Gras
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Masquerade Culinary Experience February the twenty fourth first. So we'll
get to that in a minute, But Josh, tell us
a little bit about who you are in your background.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Josh more Chfia as my alias I like to go by.
I'm originally here from Beaumont, Texas, just moved back about
three years ago from lived in Austin up and through COVID.
Been in the industry for about eighteen years now. Yeah
I'm thirty six, so yeah, but one on nineteen years so,
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been in the industry for for a while, almost two decades,
and I just.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Love what I do.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I kind of started out cooking based off of the
two special women in my life, my mom and my grandmother.
There was their passion, my grandmother more so cooking, but
my mom. She's just been in the in the industry
for over twenty years and just kind of follow death footsteps.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Absolutely and it comes out in your food. Sir, I
want you to talk a little bit about that that Louisiana,
that southern, that Cajun flair that you are known for.
Where did that come from?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So well, I'll start off by saying I always say
that and some people may not agree, some people will,
but I think the best cooks in the world come
from Southeast Texas because we have a twist occasion, we
right down the street from Louisiana, but we also have
you know, the homestyle cooking of Texas, also Texas barbecue.
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You know, things that are unique and essential to our area.
But the But the beautiful part about Southeast Texas was
it's a melting pot and so many different cultures that
inspire and motivate each other to do a lot of
infusion type dishes. And that's kind of my unique style
because the Cajun culture is made up of seven different
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cultures that a lot of people don't know, and those
seven cultures that came together in different variations and inspirations
that came from them. So you mean, if you see
like the German charkouterie or the French cuisine, a lot
of inspirations when you think about like etu.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Fe and a lot of.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The French aspect in the Cajun culture. And my family's
originally from New Iberia and Oppolusa's area in Louisiana, So
my great grandmother migrated here to Beaumont, Texas from uh
that from that Louisiana area as well.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So well, you can you can taste it in your food,
uh and you can feel it with your heart because
it's there. Again, I'm a huge fan if you cannot
tell a chef peer. So now there is a very
specific event and a fundraiser that we are here to
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talk about today coming up on February the twenty first.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, so the it's.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Called the Marty grad Mask Garade Culinary Experience. So that
was just something I started doing when I moved back
to Southeast Sixes. I was the first speechreshelf for the
Wine Parent event that the Chamber puts on every year,
and from that, I started my first wine Parent event
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in bow Mine.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
I used to do them in Austin.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I did it to where it was like I wanted
as many people to get eyes on it as possible,
So I used that platform to kind of boost what
I was doing, and then I did the first the
first wine Parent event, and the following that I did.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I just have.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I was inspired by a colleague of mine. She's like,
why don't you, you know, feature some local nonprofits Ariana Mace.
She's a a good colleague of mine, and I was like, yeah,
and it was like I kind of I helped with
this dark studio witha Tanya Castelin. I helped with her
nonprofit with the kids, and kind of get that she's
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very involved in the community.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So I wanted to help someone that.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I knew it would go directly to the beneficiaries, which
were the children.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
So we did that.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We raised money for her nonprofit last year and going
into the Marny Grond Masquerade for this event, it will
be benefiting Brandy's Pantry, which is a nonprofit that I'm
definitely passionate about. But with that comes a very particular
story that inspired me and motivated me to remind me
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of why it is why I continue to do what
I love to do, and kind of from the Bayway
of with you April is kind of how I met
you as well. I think it was Craig Craig Excamilla
that tagged me on Facebook when you and your mom
was looking for a chef to do some profit chef events.
I want to say this was in April, April twenty four.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And I just.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Remember getting on a call with you and your mom
and you initially kind of fill everything out and he
was like, Okay, I want to set up a call
with with me and miss Cindy, and I just remember
us getting on a call and the first thing I
always do is I try to get to know my client.
And she was telling me that you know, she was
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going through some medical issues and she wanted to have
her last who rob her last marathon for lack of
better expression. She I asked her, what type of food
do you like? If you was learning to anything. She
was like, she was telling me some of the things
that she did like and she didn't like. But she
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started talking about all these other people, and I was like,
Miss Cindy, I'm gonna tell you straight up this.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Howay I operate. It don't matter what they like. I
want to know what you like.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And I just remember her saying, April, you got so
many any other chefs for me to talk to, Because
I don't need to talk to nobody else. I'm hiring Josh.
And then from that day on, like we just clicked.
It was genuine, it was natural. It was a natural
inclination for us to kind of come together. And I
don't tell too many people about that because it was
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a stressful time for me in my life. In particular,
I had just closed out two big clients the previous
year and going into twenty twenty four, it was a
hard financial situation for me at the time. And just
Miss Indy she came in, she hired me as a
personal chefing. I mean, she didn't even realize at the
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time that she basically helped feed my family. And I
just remember the last I was think I was supposed
to do about eight meals throughout that time frame, and
she got sick and she had to she had to
go back home, she had to leave the beach, and
I was me and you had been trying to coordinate
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a time frame where I can come bring her her
last meal, and she ended up being at your house.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
And she called me over one Sunday and that was
available and.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Uh, she you sent me the location and I got there.
I remember getting a call from her.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
The day before or earlier that day, and she was like, hey, Josh,
you have you know, a minute to sit down and talk.
I was like, sure, of course, it's miss Cindy. I
got all the time in the world for you. And
as we sat there and me and you said, and
your your daughter as well, she told she told us
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that she wanted to present us with an opportunity. And
I'm like, we, Miss Cindy have going on and no
idea what she was about to ask. But in my mind,
I'm like, I'm already for it, because I do anything
for And she presented her idea for her Legacy Foundation
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which is Granny's pantry, and she wanted to feed the
disenfranchised kids in the community, but also teach them culinary
skills that they can take no matter where they go.
They have the means and the resources to be able
to feed themselves and possibly their younger siblings as well.
And that's what granny Spentry is about. That's what crew
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to create more presenting Mardi Gras masquerade, that's what they
will be benefiting.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
February twenty first, six pm.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
We still have opportunities as well for people to help out.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So Josh, I really appreciate you sharing that story because
obviously it's near and dear to my heart. We lost
my mom June the twenty eighth of last year, and
you were such an integral part of her final monts.
She really took you under her wing and and left
you charged with this legacy foundation. So Grannie's pantry has
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come to fruition. You have you have made her final
wish come true, and you have seen Granny's pantry form
and you have coordinated with my son, her grandson, and
and you guys have really have a beautiful mission to
to continue in her legacy and some of the ideas
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and the things that you guys have come up with
on how to help not only feed underprivileged children, but
also to like you said, give them the tools that
they need to make sure that they can feed themselves
at home, that they can feed their younger siblings, those
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kind of things as well. So I'm really excited to
continue to hear more about how this foundation is going
to continue its mission, specifically in Southeast Texas, because that's
what she charged with. So the Marti Graum Masquerade Culinary
Experience is February twenty first at the Laurels. It is
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the first fundraising event for the Granny Pantry Foundation. And
where do they get tickets?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Josh, I have tickets and also sponsor packages available on
my website and crave more Industries dot com and that's
m o o r E like my last name.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Okay, cravemore Industries dot com, cee r a ve e
m o o r E Industries dot com and find
out more about the Marti Graum Massquerade Culinary Experience coming
up February twenty first at the Laurels at six pm.
We sure look forward to seeing you all there, and Josh,
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thank you so much for being with us today and
we're back on the Roy West Show. I am April
Tolbert sitting in for Roy West today and we have
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some great guests lined up for the show today. This segment,
we are talking to one of the star couples from
the upcoming Dancing with the Stars. We have Doctor Ramona
at Tie at Decor and Josh Davis. Welcome. Thank you
for having us. Well, I can tell you, from having
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had the privilege of doing Dancing with the Stars a
couple of years ago now with my partner Andrew, the
most fun by far, not even close to anything else
I've ever done to raise money for nonprofit. How are
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you guys finding the experience so far?
Speaker 5 (13:07):
It's been fun.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
I went into it telling h Doctor Ramona and Becca
our choreographer, that I know nothing about dance, so it
was a big sip outside the box for me, and
it's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot
of laughs, a lot of close falls. But fortunately we
have a doctor in the house, so if I do
bless the ankle, I'm good to go.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, I remember, really sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (13:34):
I was just saying I've never really like had an
opportunity to fundraise like this. I'm learning a lot from
Josh and all of his ideas with marketing. That's just
like his his thing, and so I'm learning a lot
on that aspect as well. But it's been a lot
of fun to be a part of I've it's it's
been a privilege to be a part of this.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
This show.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Tell me about first of all, who's your choreographer that
you're working with.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
So we have beca gidry over at dance attitudes.
Speaker 7 (14:05):
Yeah, and she's been great.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
She's been really patient with us.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
Neither of us have any dance background at all, but
she has a lot of faith that we are going
to be awesome dancers at the end of this. So
I'm just gonna say really positive about the end results.
If she thinks we can do it, then I'm just
gonna go with it.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So we haven't had any need for medical assistance yet,
Is that correct? Now?
Speaker 6 (14:31):
I had a close I slipped the other day and
looked like I was gonna fall into Ramona, but it
was all good. So clumsiness is my best friend. So
I'm trying to leave clumsiness behind and we go on
the stage on March seven.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Absolutely, I know that you will and I know that
they will get you lined out, Josh, to where it
is truly an entertainment for those of us that will
be attending the event on March the seventh. Now, tell
me a little bit about where what you guys are
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doing that might be unique. Are you doing anything to
market yourself with your marketing background, Josh, anything you're doing
to help get people to vote for couple number.
Speaker 6 (15:19):
So we are number three listed, but we will be
dancing second, so we won the advantage at the beginning
of January, so we had the most money raised in January,
so we elected to move our dance spot to number
two from number three, but we were listed to it's
a couple number three. But I think we're using the
power social media, so Facebook LinkedIn, using all the different
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platforms just to market what we're doing, getting the attention
out there and just sharing all the good thing that
the Junior League does.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Tell us a little bit about that. Why does the
Junior League do this Dancing with the Stars of Men
every year?
Speaker 6 (15:55):
So the event itself benefits so many local nonprofits, and
working for a nonprofit, I continue first being the importance
of organizations like this that help to benefit these of
the nonprofits, because for some of the nonprofits, it's what
helps them do their day to day it's what helps
them to continue to make a difference in Southeast Sexist.
And by Genially doing this event and the community come
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out and supporting it, you're not just supporting Genially, You're
supporting all of Southeast Sexist and these local nonprofits. It
helps make a difference every day in our lives.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
One of my favorite ones, one of local nonprofits that
they support is Stable Spirit. Just personally, I have a
lot of patients that go to Stable Spirit and I
have been out there as well, and I just they
do a lot, they do hippotherapy and you know, with
the horses. It's just for anybody who goes out there.
It's it just it's a very Cammon area and I
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think it benefits anybody who really goes out there. And
it's amazing what they do with a lot of our
a lot of our kids, especially kids with autism and
special needs. Amazing what they can do with these children.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
So it makes the work and the weeks and weeks
and weeks of preparation worth it. Whenever you see in
the end that these nonprofits, including Stable Spirits are receiving
the benefit of the fruits of your of your hard
work and your efforts, that's for sure, absolutely so, how
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as far as your choreography, can you give us any
teasers of anything that we might be seeing from the
couple number three?
Speaker 6 (17:38):
So I will say that the original choreographer we had
that changed before Christmas because Beca said we are doing
so well that she took some easy parts out and
added some more more advanced dance moves in. So we
definitely have a challenge ahead of us, but we're excited
for it. Be some little apasta double, a little little freestyle,
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so we got some exciting things.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Ramona, I are super excited about the music.
Speaker 6 (18:09):
It's fun, upbeat, So crowd needs to come ready to
cheer and donate and vote because we're gonna bring it
all all on stage.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You have both of you attended Dancing with the Stars before.
Speaker 5 (18:25):
Yes, it's been five or six years, but.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yes, never Okay, So doctor Ramona, you're like me. I
have never attended a Dancing with the Stars before I
participated on stage dancing and Dancing with the Stars, I
had no idea what to expect and for someone and
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being their first time, I can tell you I will
go every year that the Junior Land does this event.
So much fun when I tell you, from noise makers
to confetti poppers going off, to just the energy that is.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
In that room.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
People really get into this. It is not always about
who dances the best. I'll be honest with you. If
Andrew and I one fan favorite year before last, I
can tell you it's not about who dances the best,
because there were plenty of people who actually danced better
than they did. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
No, I it was an honor to be asked to
do this because that, you know, I'd never been a
part of Junior League or help. I have a lot
of friends in Junior League, and I think it's an
awesome organization with all these amazing powerful women. But it
was it was if they thought that I could help somehow,
you know, raise money for the community and help Junior League,
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I was all for it. We I mean, Josh and
I both love this community. We're both from here. Anything
we could do to give back, We're always going to
say yes.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
So that that is what it's all about. And that's
why you got asked by the Junior League to participate,
because truly, when it all comes down to it, it's
a really great time. It's a fantastic event. But it's
about giving back to the community. It's about taking people
who are passionate about the community that we've all chosen
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to live and work and to make it a better place. So, Josh,
any last at last words of from couple number three
that you can give.
Speaker 5 (20:38):
Us, Josh, I think they have us.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
Let's say as number two now Actually, okay, yeah, just
f yi.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
I think so a couple of number two, Ramona and Josh.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Yeah, but I will say I've always said I'll do
anything to raise money except for two things and sing
and dance, and I'm not gonna be dancing to raise money.
So Junior League has taken me outside of my comfort zone.
I'm really excited about it. It's it's a challenge, it's
a I think Ramona and I are not only given
back to the community, but it's a personal and professional
growth as well. And so it's one of those things
we're getting so much out of it while being able
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to give back to the community at the same time.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
I agree with Josh. It's I think it's I'm so glad.
I said, yes, it's been a great opportunity leading a
lot of new people, amazing people, and I love I
love being able to help out. So this is this
has been a great opportunity.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
And how can people find tickets for the event coming
up on March the.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Seventh, So go onto the Junior League Dancing with the
Tourist facebook page or looking at my Facebook page, my
LinkedIn I post all information. The links I post are
to go to bid for a couple number two and vote,
So if you click on that link, you're going to
be voting for Josh and Ramona. But we that's what
we want, So follow us on Facebook and look at
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the Junior League Facebook page.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Every dollar is a vote, so come out support couple
number two, doctor Ramona and Josh Davis. We had Dancing
with the Stars on March the seventh supporting the Junior
League of Beaumont. We'll be back on the Roy West Show.
Thank you. Welcome to the Roy West Show. I am
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April Tolbert sitting in for Roy West today and we
have a fantastic show. We have got some guests here,
stars from Dancing with the Stars. We have Joshua Moore
with Crave Moore that is going to be talking about
an upcoming event and fundraiser that's going on. And in
this first segment, we have Jeremy Rayley with Crime Stoppers
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of Southeast Texas. We always love to have Jeremy on.
I know Roy is a huge supporter of Crime Stoppers.
I'm honored to serve on the board of Directors for
Crime Stoppers as well. And Jeremy is our campus coordinator
and administrator for Crime Stoppers. Welcome Jeremy.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Thank you April for having me today.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Of course, of course, and you can get me talking
about crime Stoppers. People know, don't ask April about Crime
Stoppers because she'll go on and on and on and on.
I just believe this program is so important in helping us,
you know, reduce crime and solve crimes and bring justice
to victims of crime here in Southeast Texas. So tell
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us about the program now serving four counties.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
Right correct, serving the Orange County, Jefferson County, Hardin County,
and Jasper County. You know, it started out in nineteen
eighty one as Beaumont, crime Stoppers evolved over time to
now covering four counties.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
And when you think about that, I.
Speaker 9 (23:46):
Mean when you involve the community because there's a lot
more people in our community than what there are law enforcements.
So when you have eyes out and about and they're
able to help assist law enforcement by seeing thing and
then finally reporting things and having a way that they
can be anonymous. You know, our program guarantees one hundred
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percent anonymity, and that's under government Code for fourteen. So
there's a statute that states that there's one hundred percent
anonymity for anybody that turns into tip through Crime Stoppers
of Southeast Texas or any other crime Stoppers entity throughout
the state, the US, or the entire world.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
That's right, it's worldwide. So all they need to do
is turn in that tip.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
We end up giving that tip to law enforcement. Law
enforcement does their investigation. When they wrap up the investigation,
as soon as it's all said and done, they'll let
us know if that tip led to arrest, you know,
or stopped some type of crime or property recovered, whatever.
And then we take it to our board of directors
and they see what the reward recommendation is and approve it.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
So since nineteen eighty one, crime Stoppers has how many tips?
Talk about our stats? I know we had a amazing
year last year and a record breaking year the year
before in the number of tips that were received from
the community that helped law enforcement solve crime. So tell
us about that.
Speaker 9 (25:11):
So this past year, we did over seventeen hundred tips.
And what you have to think about is sometimes people
misunderstand the way that the reward system works and everything.
And whenever we look and say, Okay, well we had
over seventeen hundred tips, but we don't have seventeen hundred
rewards that are getting paid out. And that could be
for a lot of numerous reasons. It could be because
we might get ten or fifteen tips or more on
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the same crime that took place, but the first person
that gives us the information or the first tip that
comes in it gives us enough information per se about
that crime could be the one that gets paid the
reward money. Now, every now and then, we'll have it
to where we have two tips that just are solid tips.
One gives a lot of information, the second one validates
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a little bit more information, and so we may have
to split up that reward for those two tips. But
you look at it and you say, Okay, seventeen hundred
something tips that came in.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
That's a lot of people keeping their eyes out.
Speaker 9 (26:06):
And then we finish up with over sixty one thousand
dollars in reward payouts, approval from the board and stuff.
So that's a big number when you think about how
much money Crime Stoppers has alone in our area provide.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
It to tipsters.
Speaker 9 (26:22):
Now what you do after factor and also is that
some of those might be multiple arrests. You know, the
most recent one that really is heartbreaking to me was
the gillery murder.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
The young lady that was murdered.
Speaker 9 (26:36):
Back in December in Beaumont. You know, that was just
a cowardly murder that took place. Three individuals did it,
and tip from Crime Stoppers is what helped Beaumont Police
Department catch those three individuals that murdered that young lady. So,
you know a lot of our success stories are other
people's tragedies, but we again help bring that closure and
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bring justice or help at least get it on the
path to justice.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
That's right and Crime Stoppers a lot of people don't realize.
Crime Stoppers is a non profit organization run by a
group of citizens that want to assist law enforcement with
solving crime, bringing justice to victims. Of crime, and one
of the things here back a few years ago talk
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about David's Law and talk about why we now are
trying so hard to reach into the schools throughout Southeast Texas.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
So a few years back, there was a gentleman, a
young young man by the name of David Molac that
unfortunately committed suicide due to bullying and cyber bullying. His mom, Maureen,
made a big effort through the state legislature to get
some laws passed, and the first law to actually combat
bullying was David's Law. So every school that's a school
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district in the state of Texas has to abide by
David's Law, and that law helps protect kids that are
being bullied. It actually helps them find different ways to
go about getting with the school district. And if things
can't get done through the school district, it allows parents
to go as far as falling against the families that
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are doing this bullying and everything.
Speaker 3 (28:22):
So there's a.
Speaker 9 (28:23):
Lot of rules about it that help for the victim's sake.
Now we're in all the school districts in all four counties,
which is a big task to accomplish. A lot of
the crime stoppers programs throughout the state, they only have
one or two, maybe three law enforcement entities, maybe one
or two school districts at most. We have over twenty
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two school districts that we deal with, and then also
all the different law enforcement entities that we deal with,
whether it be a municipality, a county, a school district,
PD US Marshalls, FBI, the Texas Rangers, it doesn't matter,
We're going to deal with them. And at the school level,
you know, I do presentations at the schools. I talk
to them about other things, not just bullying and cyber bullying.
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We talk to them about you know, drugs, vapes, weapons
on campus, sexting. All kinds of different topics are covered
at those presentations.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
And it's an honor to be able to actually have
the school districts allow me.
Speaker 9 (29:22):
To bring our program into those schools, talk to those
students about it, and to hear those students come afterwards
and say thank you, we needed to hear this. That
tells me that there's a cry for this type of
program in the school districts well.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
And we all know and those of us that are
passionate about Crime Stoppers and the mission of that program,
we know that kids know what's happening in their schools.
They know who's bringing drugs on campus, who the risks
are for bringing weapons on campus, who's making threats. They know,
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they just don't feel safe. They feel maybe at risk
of retribution or bullying or something for actually reporting those
people in school. So what Crime Stoppers does is it
allows them a tool that is an app on their phone.
(30:21):
The P three tips app can be downloaded on their
phone and they are truly anonymous, So it gives them
a buy in to their safety and it gives them
a voice to help them keep themselves and their friends
and the administration at the school, everyone on campus safe
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without having to have that fear of retribution exactly.
Speaker 9 (30:48):
And you know, we have some amazing partners out there
that we've been able to receive a few grants from
to help us with some signage in the schools and everything,
and so we're putting a lot more signs in the
schools qr CO that way they can scan them with
their phones. But just know that if you don't use
your phone, you know, you can call the number four
O nine eight three three TPS. You can use the
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app and use your phone, or you can use a
computer and go to the either the eight three three
tips dot com or p threetips dot com and report
that same way one way or the other. We're gonna
make sure that whenever we receive the tip, that it
gets to the appropriate people and we've had it to
where on a weekend, for example, if I get a
tip at two o'clock in the morning and it's a
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threat to a school or a suicide thread or something
like that that's been posted on social media, don't think
that I'm not gonna wake some people up. I'm calling
everybody that I can think of. I'm gonna call the
ISD superintendent, they're head of security, you know, they're counselors.
If they have a police department, I'm gonna call them,
and then if they don't, I'm going to call the
local authorities as well, and we're all going to find
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out what's going on, and we're gonna protect the other
kids or the child that's threatened suicide, because just because
it's done on a weekend doesn't mean that that they
might not actually fulfill something during the week at school
and hurt other people.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
So sermy, thank you. We really appreciate everything you do
every day to help keep the community safe. And we're
going to have to stop for a break, but visit
A three three tips dot com for more information.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
I'm sorry I did not see them here.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
We are back on the Roy West Show on this
Sunday afternoon. Thank you for joining us. I am April
Tolbert filling in for Roy West today and we are
talking about Dancing with the Stars of Southeast Texas. In
this segment, we have two stars and if you don't
see them sparkle on the screen as you're watching the podcast,
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I hope that if you're listening to our audio on
the radio show that you can hear the sparkle in
their voice, because these two are getting ready to take
the stage on March the seventh to raise money or
the Junior League of Beaumont and the nonprofits that they
serve here in Southeast Texas. In this segment, help me
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welcome Anitra Cheatham and Brandon Williams. Welcome to the show. Hello,
So tell us what couple are you guys? What order
are we going to see you in the night of
the show.
Speaker 10 (33:27):
We are a couple number seven, Lucky seven, a.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Couple number seven, and who is your choreographer?
Speaker 10 (33:39):
We are so blessed to have Tisha William Tisa Smith,
I'm sorry, Tisja Smith as our choreographer who's cooking up
something really great for us, and so we're excited to
show what she's put together.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
And do I remember correctly that uh, Tisha is she
is with Westbrook High School? Is that correct?
Speaker 8 (34:02):
Yes, she's a Chorea.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
She works with their dance teams there at Westbrook.
Speaker 10 (34:08):
Yes, she has been leading the Stars, the Westbrook Stars
for quite some time, so we know that again she
has put together a beautiful performance for us, and so
we hope that we can do her justice for their
great choreography.
Speaker 8 (34:23):
We're in good hands, which.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Is yes, she is absolutely amazing watching what she does
with the Westbrook Stars. So you guys are so fortunate
to have her as your choreographer and we're so grateful
to her for volunteering her time. Tell us what the
experience has been like with her, and can you give
us any sneak peek as far as nuggets of what
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we might see from couple number seven.
Speaker 8 (34:50):
I think the experience it's been amazing. We both have
an open mind of concept and dancing and songs, so
we're having a lot of fun. We've already we've gone
into rehearsals. We've had a great time, and our instructor
is very talented, so we know we're in good hands.
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But it's a lot of collaborative thinking as well. Maybe
a trip throws out an idea, I thrown an idea,
and then we meet in the middle. But I think
we're having a grandele time and I'm very happy to
be part of Lucky number seven.
Speaker 10 (35:30):
The same here. I think Tish has made it really fun.
Brandon has amazing ideas to bring to the table, and
so it has actually reminded me how much I love
to dance.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
It's been fun, that's great, and no need for medical assistance. Yeah,
you guys are getting through it. Nobody has tripped involved
in their head open, Yeah, nothing like that.
Speaker 8 (35:55):
Right now, we're safe.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
No one has tripped or fallen.
Speaker 10 (36:00):
But I will say some of those dips I did
field the next day after practice last week.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Absolutely, I can imagine. I can imagine. You know you
use muscles when you dance. You don't realize you use
muscles that you didn't even know you had. You probably
hadn't used them since you were a kid. Absolutely, there
is definitely a lot to it. So what are you
guys doing to promote couple number seven and how can
people support you specifically in this mission to raise money
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for the Junior League.
Speaker 8 (36:35):
Well, you can start by buying a table to the event.
Each dollar, so if you buy a fifteen hundred dollars
table twenty five hundred dollars table, whichever table you purchase,
that dollar equals one vote for our team. So when
you purchase a ticket or a table through through the website,
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consider Team number seven Lucky number seven to support our
team and ultimately to become champions Dancing Champions this year.
Speaker 10 (37:09):
Absolutely, and if for some reason you're unable to attend
the event and won't be buying a table or participating
in that way, we ask you to still go and
visit us on Facebook, select that link and choose Lucky
Number seven by contributing. Again, every dollar that you spend
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with us is one vote for us, so we hope
that you consider giving us several votes. Whether not, you
can attend by going to either the Dancing with the
Stars page and I know those links are also posted
on our personal pages as well.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Facebook is a great resource to find out all things
regarding Dancing with the Stars, that's happening on March the seventh.
You can support covering number seven and that's a Nietra
and Brandon. Tell us a little bit about your particular
style of dance that you'll be doing. Would you share
that with us?
Speaker 8 (38:08):
That's the magic question. I think not to give too
much away, but it will be a beautiful medley of
dance and song.
Speaker 11 (38:24):
Oh that's crowds pleasing, attention grabbing, and it'll be a
beautiful way for us to also connect with the audience
as we perform, because that's important too.
Speaker 8 (38:37):
You want to be connected with the audience. You want
to have a little the audience to participate and to
be zoned in on your performance.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
That's right, That's exactly right. That that audience interaction and
that participation means everything. There are also ways that you
can bring dollars with you to contribute to help this
couple reach the Mirror Ball Trophy, because that's what everybody
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is trying to do, right. Yes, it is a one
hundred percent about raising money and giving back to the community,
but the end goal is the Mirror Ball Trophy. So
how excited are you guys to be have the opportunity
to earn that Mirror Ball.
Speaker 10 (39:28):
I'm really excited about the opportunity. I think we want
to definitely take home the mirror Ball for bringing in
the most boats and the most funds. But I'm also
excited to just showcase our dance moves that Dish is
putting together and that we're working so hard to refine.
(39:48):
So we also hope to be a favorite with our
unique moves in our medley.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Well, I really appreciate both of you and Cheatham and
Brandon Williams. Couple number seven at Dancing with the Stars.
Be sure to go on Facebook, go online look at
Dancing with the Stars of Southeast Texas benefiting the Junior
League of Beaumont. That event is coming up Friday, March
the seventh, and go vote couple number seven. We'll see
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you all there, We'll be back. Welcome back to the
Roy West Show on this Sunday afternoon. I'm April Tolbert
filling in for Roy West today. We have had an
excellent show, some amazing guests. We've had two couples from
the upcoming Dancing with the Stars to benefit the Junior
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League of Beaumont. That event is coming up on Friday,
March the seventh, so you want to make sure you
get your tickets. We're very thankful for doctor Ramona Taya
to Decor for being here. Also with josh Davis. They
are a couple number two. They were on earlier in
the show. We also had an Nitra Cheatham and Brandon
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Davis there a couple number seven. They were on as well,
talking about their adventure with dancing this year on stage
for Dancing with the Stars, so thank them for being here.
We had Jeremy Rayley from Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas
here talking about the tip line eight three three tips
dot com downloading the P three tips app. If you
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see something, say something, report things anonymously to Crime Stoppers
of Southeast Texas. So thank you Jeremy for being with us.
And then we had Joshua Moore with Cravemore that was
here as well, talking about the fundraiser and the amazing
event that they're going to be having on February twenty first,
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that's a Friday evening Marty Grawl Masquerade culinary experience raising
money for Granny's Pantry, a nonprofit that is near and
dear to my heart that's going to be happening on
February twenty first at the Laurels, So you can go
to Crave More Industries. That's c R a v E
m o o r E industries dot com for more
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information about that event. Thank you for tuning in, and
tune in again next week to the Roy West Show
right here on a M five sixty k l v
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We're back on the Roy West Show on this Sunday afternoon,
and joining me today in this segment is Joshua Moore. Hi, Josh,
Welcome morning. Josh. Chef Pierre Moore is owner of Crave Moore,
and if you have not had the opportunity to taste
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some of the delightful culinary treats that this man is
known for, you definitely should attend one of the functions
that he caters, one of the events that he hosts,
and get a chance to know Josh Moore. He is
(00:45):
somebody that you should know. He is doing big things
in Southeast Texas, not only with his food, but with
his heart and with some of the givebacks and things
that he does. So we're excited to have him here
today to talk about a special event that is actually
coming up on February the twenty first, the Marty Gras
(01:06):
Masquerade Culinary Experience February the twenty fourth first. So we'll
get to that in a minute, But Josh, tell us
a little bit about who you are in your background.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Josh more Chfia as my alias I like to go by.
I'm originally here from Beaumont, Texas, just moved back about
three years ago from lived in Austin up and through COVID.
Been in the industry for about eighteen years now. Yeah
I'm thirty six, so yeah, but one on nineteen years so,
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been in the industry for for a while, almost two decades,
and I just.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Love what I do.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I kind of started out cooking based off of the
two special women in my life, my mom and my grandmother.
There was their passion, my grandmother more so cooking, but
my mom. She's just been in the in the industry
for over twenty years and just kind of follow death footsteps.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Absolutely and it comes out in your food. Sir, I
want you to talk a little bit about that that Louisiana,
that southern, that Cajun flair that you are known for.
Where did that come from?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So well, I'll start off by saying I always say
that and some people may not agree, some people will,
but I think the best cooks in the world come
from Southeast Texas because we have a twist occasion, we
right down the street from Louisiana, but we also have
you know, the homestyle cooking of Texas, also Texas barbecue.
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You know, things that are unique and essential to our area.
But the But the beautiful part about Southeast Texas was
it's a melting pot and so many different cultures that
inspire and motivate each other to do a lot of
infusion type dishes. And that's kind of my unique style
because the Cajun culture is made up of seven different
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cultures that a lot of people don't know, and those
seven cultures that came together in different variations and inspirations
that came from them. So you mean, if you see
like the German charkouterie or the French cuisine, a lot
of inspirations when you think about like etu.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Fe and a lot of.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The French aspect in the Cajun culture. And my family's
originally from New Iberia and Oppolusa's area in Louisiana, So
my great grandmother migrated here to Beaumont, Texas from uh
that from that Louisiana area as well.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So well, you can you can taste it in your food,
uh and you can feel it with your heart because
it's there. Again, I'm a huge fan if you cannot
tell a chef peer. So now there is a very
specific event and a fundraiser that we are here to
(04:02):
talk about today coming up on February the twenty first.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Yeah, so the it's.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Called the Marty grad Mask Garade Culinary Experience. So that
was just something I started doing when I moved back
to Southeast Sixes. I was the first speechreshelf for the
Wine Parent event that the Chamber puts on every year,
and from that, I started my first wine Parent event
(04:31):
in bow Mine.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
I used to do them in Austin.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I did it to where it was like I wanted
as many people to get eyes on it as possible,
So I used that platform to kind of boost what
I was doing, and then I did the first the
first wine Parent event, and the following that I did.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I just have.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I was inspired by a colleague of mine. She's like,
why don't you, you know, feature some local nonprofits Ariana Mace.
She's a a good colleague of mine, and I was like, yeah,
and it was like I kind of I helped with
this dark studio witha Tanya Castelin. I helped with her
nonprofit with the kids, and kind of get that she's
(05:12):
very involved in the community.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So I wanted to help someone that.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I knew it would go directly to the beneficiaries, which
were the children.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
So we did that.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We raised money for her nonprofit last year and going
into the Marny Grond Masquerade for this event, it will
be benefiting Brandy's Pantry, which is a nonprofit that I'm
definitely passionate about. But with that comes a very particular
story that inspired me and motivated me to remind me
(05:44):
of why it is why I continue to do what
I love to do, and kind of from the Bayway
of with you April is kind of how I met
you as well. I think it was Craig Craig Excamilla
that tagged me on Facebook when you and your mom
was looking for a chef to do some profit chef events.
I want to say this was in April, April twenty four.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And I just.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Remember getting on a call with you and your mom
and you initially kind of fill everything out and he
was like, Okay, I want to set up a call
with with me and miss Cindy, and I just remember
us getting on a call and the first thing I
always do is I try to get to know my client.
And she was telling me that you know, she was
(06:32):
going through some medical issues and she wanted to have
her last who rob her last marathon for lack of
better expression. She I asked her, what type of food
do you like? If you was learning to anything. She
was like, she was telling me some of the things
that she did like and she didn't like. But she
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started talking about all these other people, and I was like,
Miss Cindy, I'm gonna tell you straight up this.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Howay I operate. It don't matter what they like. I
want to know what you like.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And I just remember her saying, April, you got so
many any other chefs for me to talk to, Because
I don't need to talk to nobody else. I'm hiring Josh.
And then from that day on, like we just clicked.
It was genuine, it was natural. It was a natural
inclination for us to kind of come together. And I
don't tell too many people about that because it was
(07:25):
a stressful time for me in my life. In particular,
I had just closed out two big clients the previous
year and going into twenty twenty four, it was a
hard financial situation for me at the time. And just
Miss Indy she came in, she hired me as a
personal chefing. I mean, she didn't even realize at the
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time that she basically helped feed my family. And I
just remember the last I was think I was supposed
to do about eight meals throughout that time frame, and
she got sick and she had to she had to
go back home, she had to leave the beach, and
I was me and you had been trying to coordinate
(08:08):
a time frame where I can come bring her her
last meal, and she ended up being at your house.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
And she called me over one Sunday and that was
available and.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Uh, she you sent me the location and I got there.
I remember getting a call from her.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
The day before or earlier that day, and she was like, hey, Josh,
you have you know, a minute to sit down and talk.
I was like, sure, of course, it's miss Cindy. I
got all the time in the world for you. And
as we sat there and me and you said, and
your your daughter as well, she told she told us
(08:47):
that she wanted to present us with an opportunity. And
I'm like, we, Miss Cindy have going on and no
idea what she was about to ask. But in my mind,
I'm like, I'm already for it, because I do anything
for And she presented her idea for her Legacy Foundation
(09:09):
which is Granny's pantry, and she wanted to feed the
disenfranchised kids in the community, but also teach them culinary
skills that they can take no matter where they go.
They have the means and the resources to be able
to feed themselves and possibly their younger siblings as well.
And that's what granny Spentry is about. That's what crew
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to create more presenting Mardi Gras masquerade, that's what they
will be benefiting.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
February twenty first, six pm.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
We still have opportunities as well for people to help out.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
So Josh, I really appreciate you sharing that story because
obviously it's near and dear to my heart. We lost
my mom June the twenty eighth of last year, and
you were such an integral part of her final monts.
She really took you under her wing and and left
you charged with this legacy foundation. So Grannie's pantry has
(10:09):
come to fruition. You have you have made her final
wish come true, and you have seen Granny's pantry form
and you have coordinated with my son, her grandson, and
and you guys have really have a beautiful mission to
to continue in her legacy and some of the ideas
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and the things that you guys have come up with
on how to help not only feed underprivileged children, but
also to like you said, give them the tools that
they need to make sure that they can feed themselves
at home, that they can feed their younger siblings, those
(10:53):
kind of things as well. So I'm really excited to
continue to hear more about how this foundation is going
to continue its mission, specifically in Southeast Texas, because that's
what she charged with. So the Marti Graum Masquerade Culinary
Experience is February twenty first at the Laurels. It is
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the first fundraising event for the Granny Pantry Foundation. And
where do they get tickets?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Josh, I have tickets and also sponsor packages available on
my website and crave more Industries dot com and that's
m o o r E like my last name.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Okay, cravemore Industries dot com, cee r a ve e
m o o r E Industries dot com and find
out more about the Marti Graum Massquerade Culinary Experience coming
up February twenty first at the Laurels at six pm.
We sure look forward to seeing you all there, and Josh,
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thank you so much for being with us today and
we're back on the Roy West Show. I am April
Tolbert sitting in for Roy West today and we have
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some great guests lined up for the show today. This segment,
we are talking to one of the star couples from
the upcoming Dancing with the Stars. We have Doctor Ramona
at Tie at Decor and Josh Davis. Welcome. Thank you
for having us. Well, I can tell you, from having
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had the privilege of doing Dancing with the Stars a
couple of years ago now with my partner Andrew, the
most fun by far, not even close to anything else
I've ever done to raise money for nonprofit. How are
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you guys finding the experience so far?
Speaker 5 (13:07):
It's been fun.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
I went into it telling h Doctor Ramona and Becca
our choreographer, that I know nothing about dance, so it
was a big sip outside the box for me, and
it's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot
of laughs, a lot of close falls. But fortunately we
have a doctor in the house, so if I do
bless the ankle, I'm good to go.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, I remember, really sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (13:34):
I was just saying I've never really like had an
opportunity to fundraise like this. I'm learning a lot from
Josh and all of his ideas with marketing. That's just
like his his thing, and so I'm learning a lot
on that aspect as well. But it's been a lot
of fun to be a part of I've it's it's
been a privilege to be a part of this.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
This show.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Tell me about first of all, who's your choreographer that
you're working with.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
So we have beca gidry over at dance attitudes.
Speaker 7 (14:05):
Yeah, and she's been great.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
She's been really patient with us.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
Neither of us have any dance background at all, but
she has a lot of faith that we are going
to be awesome dancers at the end of this. So
I'm just gonna say really positive about the end results.
If she thinks we can do it, then I'm just
gonna go with it.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So we haven't had any need for medical assistance yet,
Is that correct? Now?
Speaker 6 (14:31):
I had a close I slipped the other day and
looked like I was gonna fall into Ramona, but it
was all good. So clumsiness is my best friend. So
I'm trying to leave clumsiness behind and we go on
the stage on March seven.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Absolutely, I know that you will and I know that
they will get you lined out, Josh, to where it
is truly an entertainment for those of us that will
be attending the event on March the seventh. Now, tell
me a little bit about where what you guys are
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doing that might be unique. Are you doing anything to
market yourself with your marketing background, Josh, anything you're doing
to help get people to vote for couple number.
Speaker 6 (15:19):
So we are number three listed, but we will be
dancing second, so we won the advantage at the beginning
of January, so we had the most money raised in January,
so we elected to move our dance spot to number
two from number three, but we were listed to it's
a couple number three. But I think we're using the
power social media, so Facebook LinkedIn, using all the different
(15:41):
platforms just to market what we're doing, getting the attention
out there and just sharing all the good thing that
the Junior League does.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Tell us a little bit about that. Why does the
Junior League do this Dancing with the Stars of Men
every year?
Speaker 6 (15:55):
So the event itself benefits so many local nonprofits, and
working for a nonprofit, I continue first being the importance
of organizations like this that help to benefit these of
the nonprofits, because for some of the nonprofits, it's what
helps them do their day to day it's what helps
them to continue to make a difference in Southeast Sexist.
And by Genially doing this event and the community come
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out and supporting it, you're not just supporting Genially, You're
supporting all of Southeast Sexist and these local nonprofits. It
helps make a difference every day in our lives.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
One of my favorite ones, one of local nonprofits that
they support is Stable Spirit. Just personally, I have a
lot of patients that go to Stable Spirit and I
have been out there as well, and I just they
do a lot, they do hippotherapy and you know, with
the horses. It's just for anybody who goes out there.
It's it just it's a very Cammon area and I
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think it benefits anybody who really goes out there. And
it's amazing what they do with a lot of our
a lot of our kids, especially kids with autism and
special needs. Amazing what they can do with these children.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
So it makes the work and the weeks and weeks
and weeks of preparation worth it. Whenever you see in
the end that these nonprofits, including Stable Spirits are receiving
the benefit of the fruits of your of your hard
work and your efforts, that's for sure, absolutely so, how
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as far as your choreography, can you give us any
teasers of anything that we might be seeing from the
couple number three?
Speaker 6 (17:38):
So I will say that the original choreographer we had
that changed before Christmas because Beca said we are doing
so well that she took some easy parts out and
added some more more advanced dance moves in. So we
definitely have a challenge ahead of us, but we're excited
for it. Be some little apasta double, a little little freestyle,
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so we got some exciting things.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Ramona, I are super excited about the music.
Speaker 6 (18:09):
It's fun, upbeat, So crowd needs to come ready to
cheer and donate and vote because we're gonna bring it
all all on stage.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You have both of you attended Dancing with the Stars before.
Speaker 5 (18:25):
Yes, it's been five or six years, but.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yes, never Okay, So doctor Ramona, you're like me. I
have never attended a Dancing with the Stars before I
participated on stage dancing and Dancing with the Stars, I
had no idea what to expect and for someone and
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being their first time, I can tell you I will
go every year that the Junior Land does this event.
So much fun when I tell you, from noise makers
to confetti poppers going off, to just the energy that is.
Speaker 4 (19:08):
In that room.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
People really get into this. It is not always about
who dances the best. I'll be honest with you. If
Andrew and I one fan favorite year before last, I
can tell you it's not about who dances the best,
because there were plenty of people who actually danced better
than they did. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
No, I it was an honor to be asked to
do this because that, you know, I'd never been a
part of Junior League or help. I have a lot
of friends in Junior League, and I think it's an
awesome organization with all these amazing powerful women. But it
was it was if they thought that I could help somehow,
you know, raise money for the community and help Junior League,
(19:53):
I was all for it. We I mean, Josh and
I both love this community. We're both from here. Anything
we could do to give back, We're always going to
say yes.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
So that that is what it's all about. And that's
why you got asked by the Junior League to participate,
because truly, when it all comes down to it, it's
a really great time. It's a fantastic event. But it's
about giving back to the community. It's about taking people
who are passionate about the community that we've all chosen
(20:26):
to live and work and to make it a better place. So, Josh,
any last at last words of from couple number three
that you can give.
Speaker 5 (20:38):
Us, Josh, I think they have us.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
Let's say as number two now Actually, okay, yeah, just
f yi.
Speaker 5 (20:44):
I think so a couple of number two, Ramona and Josh.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
Yeah, but I will say I've always said I'll do
anything to raise money except for two things and sing
and dance, and I'm not gonna be dancing to raise money.
So Junior League has taken me outside of my comfort zone.
I'm really excited about it. It's it's a challenge, it's
a I think Ramona and I are not only given
back to the community, but it's a personal and professional
growth as well. And so it's one of those things
we're getting so much out of it while being able
(21:09):
to give back to the community at the same time.
Speaker 7 (21:13):
I agree with Josh. It's I think it's I'm so glad.
I said, yes, it's been a great opportunity leading a
lot of new people, amazing people, and I love I
love being able to help out. So this is this
has been a great opportunity.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
And how can people find tickets for the event coming
up on March the.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Seventh, So go onto the Junior League Dancing with the
Tourist facebook page or looking at my Facebook page, my
LinkedIn I post all information. The links I post are
to go to bid for a couple number two and vote,
So if you click on that link, you're going to
be voting for Josh and Ramona. But we that's what
we want, So follow us on Facebook and look at
(21:52):
the Junior League Facebook page.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Every dollar is a vote, so come out support couple
number two, doctor Ramona and Josh Davis. We had Dancing
with the Stars on March the seventh supporting the Junior
League of Beaumont. We'll be back on the Roy West Show.
Thank you. Welcome to the Roy West Show. I am
(22:21):
April Tolbert sitting in for Roy West today and we
have a fantastic show. We have got some guests here,
stars from Dancing with the Stars. We have Joshua Moore
with Crave Moore that is going to be talking about
an upcoming event and fundraiser that's going on. And in
this first segment, we have Jeremy Rayley with Crime Stoppers
(22:45):
of Southeast Texas. We always love to have Jeremy on.
I know Roy is a huge supporter of Crime Stoppers.
I'm honored to serve on the board of Directors for
Crime Stoppers as well. And Jeremy is our campus coordinator
and administrator for Crime Stoppers. Welcome Jeremy.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Thank you April for having me today.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Of course, of course, and you can get me talking
about crime Stoppers. People know, don't ask April about Crime
Stoppers because she'll go on and on and on and on.
I just believe this program is so important in helping us,
you know, reduce crime and solve crimes and bring justice
to victims of crime here in Southeast Texas. So tell
(23:31):
us about the program now serving four counties.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
Right correct, serving the Orange County, Jefferson County, Hardin County,
and Jasper County. You know, it started out in nineteen
eighty one as Beaumont, crime Stoppers evolved over time to
now covering four counties.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
And when you think about that, I.
Speaker 9 (23:46):
Mean when you involve the community because there's a lot
more people in our community than what there are law enforcements.
So when you have eyes out and about and they're
able to help assist law enforcement by seeing thing and
then finally reporting things and having a way that they
can be anonymous. You know, our program guarantees one hundred
(24:07):
percent anonymity, and that's under government Code for fourteen. So
there's a statute that states that there's one hundred percent
anonymity for anybody that turns into tip through Crime Stoppers
of Southeast Texas or any other crime Stoppers entity throughout
the state, the US, or the entire world.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
That's right, it's worldwide. So all they need to do
is turn in that tip.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
We end up giving that tip to law enforcement. Law
enforcement does their investigation. When they wrap up the investigation,
as soon as it's all said and done, they'll let
us know if that tip led to arrest, you know,
or stopped some type of crime or property recovered, whatever.
And then we take it to our board of directors
and they see what the reward recommendation is and approve it.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
So since nineteen eighty one, crime Stoppers has how many tips?
Talk about our stats? I know we had a amazing
year last year and a record breaking year the year
before in the number of tips that were received from
the community that helped law enforcement solve crime. So tell
us about that.
Speaker 9 (25:11):
So this past year, we did over seventeen hundred tips.
And what you have to think about is sometimes people
misunderstand the way that the reward system works and everything.
And whenever we look and say, Okay, well we had
over seventeen hundred tips, but we don't have seventeen hundred
rewards that are getting paid out. And that could be
for a lot of numerous reasons. It could be because
we might get ten or fifteen tips or more on
(25:33):
the same crime that took place, but the first person
that gives us the information or the first tip that
comes in it gives us enough information per se about
that crime could be the one that gets paid the
reward money. Now, every now and then, we'll have it
to where we have two tips that just are solid tips.
One gives a lot of information, the second one validates
(25:53):
a little bit more information, and so we may have
to split up that reward for those two tips. But
you look at it and you say, Okay, seventeen hundred
something tips that came in.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
That's a lot of people keeping their eyes out.
Speaker 9 (26:06):
And then we finish up with over sixty one thousand
dollars in reward payouts, approval from the board and stuff.
So that's a big number when you think about how
much money Crime Stoppers has alone in our area provide.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
It to tipsters.
Speaker 9 (26:22):
Now what you do after factor and also is that
some of those might be multiple arrests. You know, the
most recent one that really is heartbreaking to me was
the gillery murder.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
The young lady that was murdered.
Speaker 9 (26:36):
Back in December in Beaumont. You know, that was just
a cowardly murder that took place. Three individuals did it,
and tip from Crime Stoppers is what helped Beaumont Police
Department catch those three individuals that murdered that young lady. So,
you know a lot of our success stories are other
people's tragedies, but we again help bring that closure and
(27:00):
bring justice or help at least get it on the
path to justice.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
That's right and Crime Stoppers a lot of people don't realize.
Crime Stoppers is a non profit organization run by a
group of citizens that want to assist law enforcement with
solving crime, bringing justice to victims. Of crime, and one
of the things here back a few years ago talk
(27:27):
about David's Law and talk about why we now are
trying so hard to reach into the schools throughout Southeast Texas.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
So a few years back, there was a gentleman, a
young young man by the name of David Molac that
unfortunately committed suicide due to bullying and cyber bullying. His mom, Maureen,
made a big effort through the state legislature to get
some laws passed, and the first law to actually combat
bullying was David's Law. So every school that's a school
(27:58):
district in the state of Texas has to abide by
David's Law, and that law helps protect kids that are
being bullied. It actually helps them find different ways to
go about getting with the school district. And if things
can't get done through the school district, it allows parents
to go as far as falling against the families that
(28:20):
are doing this bullying and everything.
Speaker 3 (28:22):
So there's a.
Speaker 9 (28:23):
Lot of rules about it that help for the victim's sake.
Now we're in all the school districts in all four counties,
which is a big task to accomplish. A lot of
the crime stoppers programs throughout the state, they only have
one or two, maybe three law enforcement entities, maybe one
or two school districts at most. We have over twenty
(28:44):
two school districts that we deal with, and then also
all the different law enforcement entities that we deal with,
whether it be a municipality, a county, a school district,
PD US Marshalls, FBI, the Texas Rangers, it doesn't matter,
We're going to deal with them. And at the school level,
you know, I do presentations at the schools. I talk
to them about other things, not just bullying and cyber bullying.
(29:06):
We talk to them about you know, drugs, vapes, weapons
on campus, sexting. All kinds of different topics are covered
at those presentations.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
And it's an honor to be able to actually have
the school districts allow me.
Speaker 9 (29:22):
To bring our program into those schools, talk to those
students about it, and to hear those students come afterwards
and say thank you, we needed to hear this. That
tells me that there's a cry for this type of
program in the school districts well.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
And we all know and those of us that are
passionate about Crime Stoppers and the mission of that program,
we know that kids know what's happening in their schools.
They know who's bringing drugs on campus, who the risks
are for bringing weapons on campus, who's making threats. They know,
(30:00):
they just don't feel safe. They feel maybe at risk
of retribution or bullying or something for actually reporting those
people in school. So what Crime Stoppers does is it
allows them a tool that is an app on their phone.
(30:21):
The P three tips app can be downloaded on their
phone and they are truly anonymous, So it gives them
a buy in to their safety and it gives them
a voice to help them keep themselves and their friends
and the administration at the school, everyone on campus safe
(30:44):
without having to have that fear of retribution exactly.
Speaker 9 (30:48):
And you know, we have some amazing partners out there
that we've been able to receive a few grants from
to help us with some signage in the schools and everything,
and so we're putting a lot more signs in the
schools qr CO that way they can scan them with
their phones. But just know that if you don't use
your phone, you know, you can call the number four
O nine eight three three TPS. You can use the
(31:09):
app and use your phone, or you can use a
computer and go to the either the eight three three
tips dot com or p threetips dot com and report
that same way one way or the other. We're gonna
make sure that whenever we receive the tip, that it
gets to the appropriate people and we've had it to
where on a weekend, for example, if I get a
tip at two o'clock in the morning and it's a
(31:31):
threat to a school or a suicide thread or something
like that that's been posted on social media, don't think
that I'm not gonna wake some people up. I'm calling
everybody that I can think of. I'm gonna call the
ISD superintendent, they're head of security, you know, they're counselors.
If they have a police department, I'm gonna call them,
and then if they don't, I'm going to call the
local authorities as well, and we're all going to find
(31:52):
out what's going on, and we're gonna protect the other
kids or the child that's threatened suicide, because just because
it's done on a weekend doesn't mean that that they
might not actually fulfill something during the week at school
and hurt other people.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
So sermy, thank you. We really appreciate everything you do
every day to help keep the community safe. And we're
going to have to stop for a break, but visit
A three three tips dot com for more information.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
I'm sorry I did not see them here.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
We are back on the Roy West Show on this
Sunday afternoon. Thank you for joining us. I am April
Tolbert filling in for Roy West today and we are
talking about Dancing with the Stars of Southeast Texas. In
this segment, we have two stars and if you don't
see them sparkle on the screen as you're watching the podcast,
(32:46):
I hope that if you're listening to our audio on
the radio show that you can hear the sparkle in
their voice, because these two are getting ready to take
the stage on March the seventh to raise money or
the Junior League of Beaumont and the nonprofits that they
serve here in Southeast Texas. In this segment, help me
(33:07):
welcome Anitra Cheatham and Brandon Williams. Welcome to the show. Hello,
So tell us what couple are you guys? What order
are we going to see you in the night of
the show.
Speaker 10 (33:27):
We are a couple number seven, Lucky seven, a.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Couple number seven, and who is your choreographer?
Speaker 10 (33:39):
We are so blessed to have Tisha William Tisa Smith,
I'm sorry, Tisja Smith as our choreographer who's cooking up
something really great for us, and so we're excited to
show what she's put together.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
And do I remember correctly that uh, Tisha is she
is with Westbrook High School? Is that correct?
Speaker 8 (34:02):
Yes, she's a Chorea.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
She works with their dance teams there at Westbrook.
Speaker 10 (34:08):
Yes, she has been leading the Stars, the Westbrook Stars
for quite some time, so we know that again she
has put together a beautiful performance for us, and so
we hope that we can do her justice for their
great choreography.
Speaker 8 (34:23):
We're in good hands, which.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Is yes, she is absolutely amazing watching what she does
with the Westbrook Stars. So you guys are so fortunate
to have her as your choreographer and we're so grateful
to her for volunteering her time. Tell us what the
experience has been like with her, and can you give
us any sneak peek as far as nuggets of what
(34:47):
we might see from couple number seven.
Speaker 8 (34:50):
I think the experience it's been amazing. We both have
an open mind of concept and dancing and songs, so
we're having a lot of fun. We've already we've gone
into rehearsals. We've had a great time, and our instructor
is very talented, so we know we're in good hands.
(35:12):
But it's a lot of collaborative thinking as well. Maybe
a trip throws out an idea, I thrown an idea,
and then we meet in the middle. But I think
we're having a grandele time and I'm very happy to
be part of Lucky number seven.
Speaker 10 (35:30):
The same here. I think Tish has made it really fun.
Brandon has amazing ideas to bring to the table, and
so it has actually reminded me how much I love
to dance.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
It's been fun, that's great, and no need for medical assistance. Yeah,
you guys are getting through it. Nobody has tripped involved
in their head open, Yeah, nothing like that.
Speaker 8 (35:55):
Right now, we're safe.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
No one has tripped or fallen.
Speaker 10 (36:00):
But I will say some of those dips I did
field the next day after practice last week.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Absolutely, I can imagine. I can imagine. You know you
use muscles when you dance. You don't realize you use
muscles that you didn't even know you had. You probably
hadn't used them since you were a kid. Absolutely, there
is definitely a lot to it. So what are you
guys doing to promote couple number seven and how can
people support you specifically in this mission to raise money
(36:32):
for the Junior League.
Speaker 8 (36:35):
Well, you can start by buying a table to the event.
Each dollar, so if you buy a fifteen hundred dollars
table twenty five hundred dollars table, whichever table you purchase,
that dollar equals one vote for our team. So when
you purchase a ticket or a table through through the website,
(36:56):
consider Team number seven Lucky number seven to support our
team and ultimately to become champions Dancing Champions this year.
Speaker 10 (37:09):
Absolutely, and if for some reason you're unable to attend
the event and won't be buying a table or participating
in that way, we ask you to still go and
visit us on Facebook, select that link and choose Lucky
Number seven by contributing. Again, every dollar that you spend
(37:30):
with us is one vote for us, so we hope
that you consider giving us several votes. Whether not, you
can attend by going to either the Dancing with the
Stars page and I know those links are also posted
on our personal pages as well.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Facebook is a great resource to find out all things
regarding Dancing with the Stars, that's happening on March the seventh.
You can support covering number seven and that's a Nietra
and Brandon. Tell us a little bit about your particular
style of dance that you'll be doing. Would you share
that with us?
Speaker 8 (38:08):
That's the magic question. I think not to give too
much away, but it will be a beautiful medley of
dance and song.
Speaker 11 (38:24):
Oh that's crowds pleasing, attention grabbing, and it'll be a
beautiful way for us to also connect with the audience
as we perform, because that's important too.
Speaker 8 (38:37):
You want to be connected with the audience. You want
to have a little the audience to participate and to
be zoned in on your performance.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
That's right, That's exactly right. That that audience interaction and
that participation means everything. There are also ways that you
can bring dollars with you to contribute to help this
couple reach the Mirror Ball Trophy, because that's what everybody
(39:08):
is trying to do, right. Yes, it is a one
hundred percent about raising money and giving back to the community,
but the end goal is the Mirror Ball Trophy. So
how excited are you guys to be have the opportunity
to earn that Mirror Ball.
Speaker 10 (39:28):
I'm really excited about the opportunity. I think we want
to definitely take home the mirror Ball for bringing in
the most boats and the most funds. But I'm also
excited to just showcase our dance moves that Dish is
putting together and that we're working so hard to refine.
(39:48):
So we also hope to be a favorite with our
unique moves in our medley.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Well, I really appreciate both of you and Cheatham and
Brandon Williams. Couple number seven at Dancing with the Stars.
Be sure to go on Facebook, go online look at
Dancing with the Stars of Southeast Texas benefiting the Junior
League of Beaumont. That event is coming up Friday, March
the seventh, and go vote couple number seven. We'll see
(40:19):
you all there, We'll be back. Welcome back to the
Roy West Show on this Sunday afternoon. I'm April Tolbert
filling in for Roy West today. We have had an
excellent show, some amazing guests. We've had two couples from
the upcoming Dancing with the Stars to benefit the Junior
(40:41):
League of Beaumont. That event is coming up on Friday,
March the seventh, so you want to make sure you
get your tickets. We're very thankful for doctor Ramona Taya
to Decor for being here. Also with josh Davis. They
are a couple number two. They were on earlier in
the show. We also had an Nitra Cheatham and Brandon
(41:02):
Davis there a couple number seven. They were on as well,
talking about their adventure with dancing this year on stage
for Dancing with the Stars, so thank them for being here.
We had Jeremy Rayley from Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas
here talking about the tip line eight three three tips
dot com downloading the P three tips app. If you
(41:25):
see something, say something, report things anonymously to Crime Stoppers
of Southeast Texas. So thank you Jeremy for being with us.
And then we had Joshua Moore with Cravemore that was
here as well, talking about the fundraiser and the amazing
event that they're going to be having on February twenty first,
(41:48):
that's a Friday evening Marty Grawl Masquerade culinary experience raising
money for Granny's Pantry, a nonprofit that is near and
dear to my heart that's going to be happening on
February twenty first at the Laurels, So you can go
to Crave More Industries. That's c R a v E
m o o r E industries dot com for more
(42:11):
information about that event. Thank you for tuning in, and
tune in again next week to the Roy West Show
right here on a M five sixty k l v
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